Mr. Stuart Porter is a Founder and serves as the firm’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Porter brings over 24 years of senior investment experience to Denham. Mr. Porter serves on the Management Committee, Executive Committee, Investment Committee and Valuation Committee. Prior to founding Denham, Mr. Porter was a founding partner of Sowood Capital Management LP and, prior thereto, was employed as a Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Harvard Management Company, Inc. where he focused on public and private transactions in the energy and commodities sectors. Mr. Porter previously worked for Bacon Investments and at J. Aron, a division of Goldman Sachs. While at J. Aron, he worked on the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index desk. Prior to joining J. Aron, Mr. Porter was a self-employed trader at the Chicago Board of Trade and was employed by Cargill Incorporated in Minnetonka, Minnesota in the Financial Markets Division. Mr. Porter volunteers his time by serving on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, which is a charitable organization, and also serves as a Trustee of St. Sebastian’s School in Needham, MA.