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El Paso Branch Board of Directors

James Walter

Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director
Permian Resources Corp.
Midland, Texas

James WalterJames Walter joined the El Paso Branch board in 2024.

Walter is co-CEO and a director of Permian Resources Corp. and has served in that capacity since September 2022. Prior to the formation of Permian Resources in 2022, he served as co-chief executive officer of Colgate Energy, which he co-founded in 2015. Permian Resources was formed as the product of a merger between Centennial Resource Development and Colgate Energy.

In addition, Walter serves as a board member for Permian Strategic Partnership, a coalition of leading Permian Basin companies working together to address current and future challenges to the responsible development of oil and gas resources across the region’s communities in Texas and New Mexico. He is also an active member of the CEO Forum and Redeemer Midland Church.

Walter received his bachelor of arts degree in the Plan II Honors Program and bachelor of business administration in finance from the University of Texas at Austin.