Richard W. Piacenti
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Richard W. Piacenti served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mission Resources from May 2003 until the Petrohawk merger in July 2005. From October 2002 until April 2003 Mr. Piacenti served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Mission. At Mission, Mr. Piacenti led the debt repurchase, the debt for equity swaps, the bond offering and new bank and term loans instrumental in restructuring the balance sheet of Mission Resources. Mr. Piacenti also managed the company’s accounting, budgeting, human resources, information systems and risk management functions at Mission bringing them all into compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley regulations. Prior to joining Mission, he served first as Vice President and Controller and then as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of El Paso Production Company, a natural gas production company and subsidiary of El Paso Corporation, a natural gas services provider and NYSE-traded company, from September 1999 to October 2002. From June 1996 to September 1999, Mr. Piacenti served as director of accounting of El Paso Field Services Company, a natural gas gathering, treating, processing, compression and intrastate transmission company and subsidiary of El Paso Corporation.
Mr. Piacenti received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Illinois State University and is both a certified public and certified management accountant.
