Jonathan Siegler
Jonathan Siegler serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer and Non-Independent Director of Bluescape Opportunities Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: BOAC), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Bluescape.
Mr. Siegler also serves as a Managing Director and member of the Investment Committee of three investment vehicles: (i) Bluescape Resources Company, (ii) Parallel Resource Partners and (iii) Bluescape Energy Partners. Mr. Siegler also serves on the Valuation, Compliance, and Risk Committees for the investment vehicles. Mr. Siegler serves on the boards of many of the portfolio investments and is responsible for driving performance management, strategy, investment decision making and transaction execution.
As a Managing Director, Mr. Siegler helped lead more than $1.6 billion of investments across 25 major investments. Highlights include the origination and greenfield development of one of the largest contiguous positions in the Marcellus Shale, the development of long haul transmissions lines to enable wind generation and the performance improvement of multiple deregulated energy companies.
Mr. Siegler was formerly Senior Vice President of Strategy and M&A at TXU Corp. He helped (i) design and implement the performance improvement program, (ii) ensure the competitive market was maintained in Texas, (iii) design TXU’s new build generation strategy and (iv) lead the sale of TXU to an investment group led by affiliates of KKR, TPG and Goldman Sachs. Prior to TXU, Mr. Siegler was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company leading strategy, finance, and operations work across the energy/industrial sector. Mr. Siegler led Strategic turnaround work at both E&P and power companies and led operational turnaround work power plants. Prior to that, Mr. Siegler served as a lieutenant aboard the nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735B), qualifying as a naval nuclear engineer, and receiving three Navy and Marine Corps achievement medals for superior service.
Mr. Siegler earned a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy, where he graduated with distinction.