Victor Barcot

Victor Barcot serves as Vice President, New Ventures for Chord Energy. Mr. Barcot has more than 20 years of advisory and M&A experience, exclusively within the Energy sector, having advised major U.S. companies, public and private independents, and National Oil Companies (NOCs) on a range of regional and cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions. He most recently served as Managing Director, Global Oil & Gas Group for Mizuho Financial Group.

Mr. Barcot joined Mizuho Financial Group in 2019 and led the company’s global energy transition initiative and managed the bank’s 50+ billion energy portfolio across several energy verticals, including: Upstream, Midstream, Renewables, LNG, and Green Hydrogen/Ammonia.

Prior to joining Mizuho Financial Group, Mr. Barcot served as a key member of Deutsche Bank’s Global Oil & Gas Group, where he was a Managing Director focused on providing capital markets and M&A advisory services for public and private clients worldwide. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he was a Managing Director in HSBC’s Resources and Energy Group, working with E&P clients in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.

Mr. Barcot also was the Founding Partner of Exxel Energy Group, an independent E&P firm focused on the U.S. Rocky Mountains, and the Founder and CEO of Archer Petroleum, with operations in Western Canada and Permian Basin. He began his investment banking career at Credit Suisse First Boston in 1997.

Mr. Barcot holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Houston.