Mr. Padfield was a principal and Executive Vice President of Blackline Partners LLC, a closely held private equity and midstream logistics and terminal development company, where he served from 2014 to 2019. He continues to hold the position as the Board Chairman of CAP Technologies, a private U.S. company that has developed and markets a ground-breaking technology for cleaning and coating wire, rebar and plate steel, a position he has held since 2018. In June 2025 Mr. Padfield was appointed Board Chairman of Envirovalve Group Inc., a private U.S.-based company that produces and sells an innovative, patented family of pressure relief valves. Prior to forming Blackline Partners, Mr. Padfield was a founding partner and Vice President of U.S. Development Group LLC, an industry leading biofuel and crude oil terminal development company. Mr. Padfield's early career includes eighteen years at Shell Oil Company where he held a number of roles in marketing, engineering and product supply, ultimately serving as the Business Development and Acquisitions Manager for their terminal and pipeline business. Mr. Padfield has a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri.