
NGP's Executive Committee comprises the firm's three partners, Chris Ruth, Zaab Sethna and Bartle Bull, plus RP Eddy, Harrison LeFrak (see Advisory Board, below) and Todd Morley. Mr. Morley, formerly with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Lehman Brothers, is the founding CEO of G2 Investments, an investment management company featuring in house fund distribution, real estate banking and capital markets. Mr. Morley and G2 are principal investors in NGP.

NGP's Advisory Board includes individuals representing the fields of finance, government, security and petroleum from Iraq, the Gulf Region, Europe, and the United States.
Harrison Lefrak, CEO - The Lefrak Organization
- Harrison Lefrak, an NGP principal shareholder, manages the LeFrak Organization, a multi-billion dollar family-owned firm that engages in real estate, oil and gas, and securities investments worldwide.
RP Eddy, CEO - Ergo
- CEO of Ergo LLC, a global advisory firm providing best-in-class growth markets research for leading international hedge funds and private equity investors.
- Served as a Director at the White House National Security Council; Chief of Staff to the US Ambassador to the UN, Richard Holbrooke; and Senior Advisor for National Security to the Secretary of Energy.
- Formerly a Managing Director at Gerson Lehrman Group, where he built their global risk division, and an executive at The Monitor Group.
- Selected as 2002 World Economic Forum Global Leader for Tomorrow.
HUSSEIN DAMIRJI, Partner - Patton Boggs MENA Practice
- Cited by The Lawyer as "Iraq's most high-profile business lawyer"
- Previously handled corporate issues – specifically involving U.S. capital markets – while at the world’s largest law firm.
- Patton Boggs is a top international law firm concentrating in global business and trade with over 600 lawyers
JAMES MARKS, Managing Partner - Ergo
- Major General James "Spider" Marks, a former Commanding General of the United States Army Intelligence Center, was Senior Intelligence Officer for Coalition Land Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Former CEO of Global Linguist Solutions, the largest private employer of Iraqis
HUSSAIN QARAGHOLI, Head of Global Wholesale Banking, Iraq - ADIB
- Head of Global Wholesale Banking - Iraq for Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank
- 6 years running Citibank Iraq desk. 14 years in MENA capital markets with Citibank, Merrill Lynch and Essdar Capital. Co-originated and executed $22bn restructuring of Republic of Iraq global debt claims, resulting in Iraq's debut issue, the $2.7bn Iraq 2028
- Lead advisor to UAE Finance Ministry, UAE Central Bank, and leading GCC royal family on a variety of credit market matters
Gary King, Founder - Matrix Commodities
- CEO and founder of Matrix Commodities, a Middle East strategic advisory firm focused on energy, commodities and natural resources.
- Formerly a petroleum exploration engineer, then an oil trader with Morgan Stanley, he has served as Chief Advisor to the Group CEO of ENOC and was the founding partner of the GCC Energy Fund, the first energy-focused private equity fund in the Gulf region.
- Founding CEO of the Dubai Mercantile Exchange, and a director of Parker Drilling Company.
JEFF JOHNSON, Former Chief of TFBSO - Kurdistan Region
- Former Kurdistan Region chief for the Task Force for Business Stability Operations in Iraq
- Formerly Grant Thornton's country manager for Iraq, where he oversaw $7B+ in supported capital investment initiatives, drafted the privatization reform and roadmap white-paper for the Ministry of Industry and Prime Minister, and facilitated first major private investment within Baghdad (Marriott Hotel in International Zone)
JAMES ELLERY, Director of Strategic Initiatives - Aegis
- Brigadier James Ellery CBE is Director of Strategic Initiatives at Aegis, the leading security firm in Iraq and globally
- Former chief of security for US Government reconstructions efforts in Iraq
MATIAS ROJAS, Founder - Blue Oil Group
- Founder of Blue Oil, a London-based international oil trading business
- Blue Oil is active in the storage and distribution, both wholesale and retail, of refined petroleum product in emerging markets