Shawn Reynolds

Mr. Reynolds joined VanEck in 2005. He serves as Portfolio Manager for VanEck’s Global Resources and Environmental Sustainability strategies and is responsible for company research and portfolio construction.

Prior to joining VanEck, he was employed at Petrie Parkman & Co. as an energy analyst covering North American oil and gas exploration and production companies.  From 1991 to 2001, Mr. Reynolds served as an investment banking associate and equity research analyst, covering North American, European and global resource companies out of New York, London and Australia with Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and Credit Suisse First Boston.  Prior to his career in finance, Mr. Reynolds worked at Tenneco Oil Company as an exploration geologist.

Mr. Reynolds currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of TAG Oil Ltd. and previously was the Vice Chairman of the Board of Kuwait Energy Company. He has also served as a board member of several private Latin American oil and gas exploration companies. He currently serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hackensack Meridian Hospitals Corporations and sits on the Hackensack Meridian Health Medical Council and the Regulatory and Accreditation and Investment Committees. He is also on the Riverview Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees. He is a current member and former President of the Board of Trustees at the Rumson Country Day School and is a member of the Board of Trustees at Trinity Hall.

Mr. Reynolds received a Master of Business Administration in Finance (Beta Gamma Sigma) from Columbia Business School, a Master of Arts in Petroleum Geology from the University of Texas, Austin (Phi Kappa Phi) and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Cornell University. In 2000, he was chosen as The Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” for E&P stock selection. He has appeared on CNBC and has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek, among other notable media outlets.