Robert Mills serves as a Managing Director on the private equity investment team of Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). Prior to PEP, he was a Vice President and previously an Associate on the energy investment team at Avista Capital Partners. Prior to Avista, he served as an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs where he advised energy industry clients on mergers & acquisitions and capital markets transactions. He holds both an MS and a BBA in Finance from Southern Methodist University.