Mr. Thomas is Chief Executive Officer of EIG and portfolio manager for all energy and infrastructure-related funds and accounts. He is, or has been, a member of the Board of TCW Asset Management Company and portfolio companies in the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Dominican Republic and Norway. Prior to joining EIG in 1998, Mr. Thomas was a senior investment officer with the Inter-American Development Bank and a project finance attorney at the law firm of Brown & Wood in New York. Mr. Thomas also served as an adviser on energy and budget policy in the first Bush White House. Mr. Thomas received a B.A. from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from New York Law School and an L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. Mr. Thomas is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Jefferson Scholars Foundation at the University of Virginia.