Management

Diaco Aviki will serve as a member of the board of directors upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Diaco also currently serves as a board director to Dynamix II, a SPAC formed in 2024, which entered into the Ether Business Combination Agreement with The Ether Machine and certain other parties on July 21, 2025. Mr. Aviki is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Woodway. He was previously the President, Chief Executive Officer and a board member of BayoTech, Inc. Mr. Aviki joined Crestwood in 2017 as Chief Operating Officer, Business Development and Commercial Operations for the Gathering and Processing Division, located in Houston, Texas. Mr. Aviki was promoted to COO in 2022, in this role he was responsible for Engineering, Operations, and Commercial activities until Crestwood was sold to Energy Transfer LP at a valuation of $7.1 billion in November 2023. Mr. Aviki began his career with ExxonMobil in 1995, where he held various domestic and international positions in their downstream, chemicals, and gas marketing business units. Mr. Aviki led the ExxonMobil gas marketing team involved with the commissioning of the ExxonMobil Golden Pass LNG Terminal where it successfully completed a re-gassified LNG send-out (a process of sending LNG at high-pressure to an onshore pipeline) prior to joining BHP. At BHP, Mr. Aviki initially served as the Atlantic Basin Marketing Manager, integrating the shale acquisitions from Petrohawk Energy Corporation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation. Prior to joining Crestwood, Mr. Aviki served as the President of various midstream assets at BHP and led their commercial efforts. Mr. Aviki has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University and has an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas. He is an advisory board member for the Engineering College and Chemical Engineering Department at Auburn University.

We believe Mr. Aviki’s years of experience and first-hand knowledge of the energy industry qualify him to bring valuable and needed skills to our board of directors.

Ali Harandi will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Ali Harandi is Senior Vice President and Investment Officer at Prologis, leading data center investments across the Western U.S. He is responsible for the acquisition, development, and strategic deployment of powered infrastructure, with a focus on hyperscale and AI-driven demand in high-growth digital corridors. Since joining Prologis in 2012, Mr. Harandi has held multiple investment roles on the west coast, spanning acquisitions, development, and leasing. Prior to his current role, he was part of the Northern California capital deployment team, where he led industrial transactions across the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley. Mr. Harandi holds a BA in Urban Studies with a minor in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University. He is an active member of NAIOP and Stanford Professionals in Real Estate (SPIRE) and is the chair of the leadership committee of the Bay Area Real Estate Roundtable (BARER), organizing an annual fundraiser for autism awareness.

Ralph Alexander will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Mr. Alexander served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Talen Energy Corporation, one of the largest independent power generation and infrastructure companies in North America. He was previously a partner with private equity firm Carlyle/Riverstone from 2007 to 2016. Prior to that, for nearly 25 years, he served in various positions with subsidiaries and affiliates of BP. From 2004 until 2006, Mr. Alexander served as Chief Executive Officer of Innovene, BP’s $20 billion olefins and derivatives subsidiary. From 2001 until 2004, he served as Chief Executive Officer of BP’s Gas, Power and Renewables and Solar segment and was a member of the BP group executive committee. Prior to that, Mr. Alexander served as a Group Vice President in BP’s Exploration and Production segment and BP’s Refinery and Marketing segment. He held responsibilities for various regions of the world, including North America, Russia, the Caspian, Africa and Latin America. Prior to these positions, Mr. Alexander held various positions in the upstream, downstream, and finance groups of BP. He has served on the Board of Directors of EP Energy Corporation, Foster Wheeler, Stein Mart, Inc., Amyris and Anglo-American plc. He is currently on the boards of Netpower and Houston Methodist hospital. Mr. Alexander holds an M.S. in Nuclear Engineering from NYU and an M.S. in Management Science from Stanford University.

Joseph “Joe” C. Gatto will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Mr. Gatto until recently served as President and CEO for Callon, which completed its sale to APA Corporation on April 1, 2024 for an enterprise valuation of approximately $4.5 billion. Mr. Gatto joined Callon in April 2012 and led the transformation of the company from a Gulf of Mexico-focused entity into an onshore unconventional operator in his capacities as CFO and CEO during his tenure. Prior to joining the Callon management team and ultimately serving on the Board of Directors, Mr. Gatto had a long-standing relationship with Callon in his positions as a Managing Director with the energy investment banking groups of Merrill Lynch & Co. and Barclays Capital Inc. until 2009. In addition to his work with upstream oil and gas clients, Mr. Gatto was involved with mergers & acquisitions and capital raising transactions for clients in the midstream and oilfield services sectors during his investment banking career that began in 1992. In February 2009, Mr. Gatto founded MarchWire Capital, LLC, a financial advisory and strategic consulting firm, and subsequently served as Head of Structuring and Execution with Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. from January 2010 until November 2011, overseeing a portfolio of physical natural gas capacity positions and originating structured transactions with oil and gas, LNG and power companies. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree with distinction from Cornell University and received his MBA with distinction from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ali Kouros will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Mr. Kouros has more than 20 years of experience in the energy industry, including over 15 years in energy private equity investing. He is currently the Managing Partner of Windmark Capital, LLC and serves as a Senior Advisor to Yorktown Partners LLC. From 2020 to 2023, he served as a Senior Advisor to Jefferies & Company, Inc. in connection with the spin-out and subsequent listing of Vitesse Energy, LLC (NYSE: VTS). From 2016 to 2019, Mr. Kouros served as a Senior Advisor to Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities funds, focusing on energy-related investments. Prior to that, from 2010 to 2016, he was an investment professional at EIG Global Energy Partners. Earlier in his career, he worked in the energy investment banking group at Jefferies & Company, Inc., and began his career as a petroleum engineer with Sabco Oil and Gas Company. Mr. Kouros holds a B.S. in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a Masters in Finance from Tulane University.

Steve Ransom Jones will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Mr. Jones is an accomplished energy infrastructure executive and public company board member with more than 25 years of leadership experience across corporate strategy, finance, and capital markets. Most recently, Mr. Jones served as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of WaterBridge and LandBridge (NYSE: LB), where he led the company’s growth from 30 to over 400 employees, raised more than $2.5 billion of capital, executed a $1 billion joint venture with Devon Energy, and directed the IPO of LandBridge in 2024. Under his leadership, WaterBridge expanded from $800 million in equity commitments to an enterprise value exceeding $6 billion. Previously, Mr. Jones founded PennTex Midstream Partners (NASDAQ: PTXP) with NGP Energy Capital, leading its IPO which ultimately exited to Energy Transfer. Earlier in his career, he held senior roles at Core Midstream, Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., Lehman Brothers, and El Paso Corporation. Mr. Jones holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Economics from Tulane University.

David Mora will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on Nasdaq. Mr. Mora has 25 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including senior leadership roles in exploration and production, midstream, liquified natural gas, and carbon capture and sequestration sectors. His background spans corporate finance, project development, investment origination, commercial leadership roles and portfolio management both in the U.S. and globally. Mr. Mora has led multidisciplinary teams and executed large-scale infrastructure and energy projects, combining operational and commercial expertise with strategic and financial leadership. From 2021 to 2025 he played a key role in financing and developing LNG projects at NextDecade (NASDAQ: NEXT) and Tellurian Inc. Prior to that he held leadership roles at APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA) where he played an instrumental role in the formation of APA Corporation’s partnership with TotalEnergies in Suriname and the spinoff of its midstream unit into Altus Midstream. He holds an M.B.A. in Finance from Instituto de Empresa (IE Business School) in Spain and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Simón Bolívar in Venezuela.

Peter Gross will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on Nasdaq. Peter is a globally recognized authority in technology and energy with over three decades of experience. He is the Managing Partner of PMG Associates and serves on numerous boards, including Cato, Edgevana, and CE+T America. Previously, he led Bloom Energy’s Mission Critical Systems group and was Managing Partner at HP’s Consulting Services, following HP’s acquisition of EYP Mission Critical Facilities—the leading data center design firm he co-founded and grew as CEO. With more than 30 years of experience in engineering and power systems design for data centers, trading floors, command and control centers, and telecommunications facilities, Peter has been at the forefront of innovations shaping the data center industry. He holds patents for the modular, prefabricated FlexDC product, Direct Current power distribution topologies, and fuel cell–based data center architectures. A Senior IEEE Member and industry thought leader, he has received multiple honors including the 2024 Data Center World Lifetime Achievement Award and serves as an advisor to Vertiv, Bloom Energy, Bain, and UCLA’s Institute of Environment and Sustainability.

Andrew Keys will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Mr. Keys is the sole director of The Ether Machine, which entered into the Ether Business Combination Agreement with Dynamix II and certain other parties on July 21, 2025. Mr. Keys is a trailblazer in institutional Ethereum adoption. A pioneer in Ethereum’s institutional adoption, Mr. Keys previously co-founded DARMA Capital, a CFTC-registered commodity pool operator and advisor managing over $1 billion in ether-focused strategies. Before DARMA, he served as Head of Global Business Development and a board member at Consensys, the leading Ethereum software engineering firm. At Consensys, Mr. Keys helped position Ethereum at the center of enterprise and government innovation, creating the first Ethereum Blockchain-as-a-Service with Microsoft, which propelled Ethereum to trade above $1 in 2015. He co-founded the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) in 2017 — the largest open-source blockchain consortium in the world with members including J.P. Morgan, UBS, Credit Suisse, BNY Mellon, Santander, Microsoft, Intel, BP and Accenture. Mr. Keys’ work has bridged blockchain technology with central banks, Fortune 500s, and financial infrastructure leaders around the globe for most of the last decade. Mr. Keys began his career in technology equities analysis at UBS, and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Loyola University Maryland.

Steven A. Webster will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Mr. Webster currently serves as a director for Oceaneering, a global technology company listed on the New York Stock Exchange delivering engineered services and products and robotic solutions to the offshore energy, defense, aerospace, manufacturing, and entertainment industries. Mr. Webster also served as a member of the Board of Directors of Callon from December 2019 until April 2024, when Callon was sold to APA Corporation at a valuation of approximately $4.5 billion. Mr. Webster’s appointment to Callon’s Board was in conjunction with the merger of Callon with Carrizo. Mr. Webster had been a co-founder of Carrizo and served as a director and as Chairman of the Board from 1993 and June 1997, respectively, until 2019. Since 2016, Mr. Webster has served as Managing Partner of AEC Partners, LLC, a private equity firm engaged in energy investment and the successor to Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm he co-founded in July 2005, and for which he served as Co-Managing Partner. From 2000 through June 2005, Mr. Webster served as Chairman of Global Energy Partners, LLC, an affiliate of DLJ Merchant Banking and Credit Suisse First Boston Private Equity. From 1988 through 1999, Mr. Webster was the CEO and President of R&B Falcon Corporation and Chairman and CEO of one of its predecessor companies, Falcon Drilling Company, LLC, which he founded. Mr. Webster has been a founder or seed investor in numerous other private and public companies. He has held numerous board positions and currently serves as a director for various private companies, in addition to Oceaneering. Mr. Webster has served as a Trust Manager of Camden Property Trust, an REIT, since its founding in 1993. Mr. Webster earned an MBA degree from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a BSIM degree and Honorary Doctorate from Purdue University.

Tommy Stone will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on the Nasdaq. Mr. Stone retired in 2023, but prior to his retirement he was the Chief Operating Officer & Chief Administrative Officer of Midcoast Energy, LLC, having served in that capacity since August 1, 2018. His responsibilities included overseeing the day-to-day activities of the Company. These included Operations, Engineering, Construction, Environmental, Safety & Health, Compression, Pipeline Design & Hydraulics, ROW, Procurement, Human Resources, Legal and Information Technology. Mr. Stone was in the oil and gas business for over 42 years. He previously served as Senior Vice President — Operations & Engineering for PennTex Midstream Partners, LP, Energy Transfer Partners LP and Southern Union Company. He also served as Chairman of the Board of Citrus Corporation. He also served as President of SEC Energy Products & Services, a Division of Energy Transfer. Mr. Stone worked on various projects including Long Haul Interstate Pipelines, Offshore Pipelines, LNG and Gas Processing and Treating Systems through-out the United States. Mr. Stone started his career at Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Company in 1981. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Mr. Merin will serve as an advisor upon commencement of trading of our units on Nasdaq. Mr. Merin is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Ether Machine, which entered into the Ether Business Combination Agreement with Dynamix II and certain other parties on July 21, 2025. He is an entrepreneur and finance and technology professional with nearly two decades of experience spanning law, capital markets, and blockchain infrastructure.

For the past four years, Mr. Merin built and led the corporate development team at Consensys, where he oversaw fundraising, M&A, strategic investments, business development, and investor relations. Under his leadership, the team completed more than five acquisitions, over fifty minority investments, and launched multiple new business lines — while raising over $700 million across three funding rounds. Prior to that, Mr. Merin played a key role in Consensys’ transition from a decentralized ecosystem studio to a cohesive, integrated Ethereum software company.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Merin worked as a consultant at McKinsey, an analyst at a real estate private equity firm, and helped scale a SaaS company that was later acquired by Procore. He also worked in the U.S. Senate while earning his J.D. from Georgetown University.