michael heinz
Mr. Heinz is a partner in the Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors' energy private equity group and is a member of the group’s Investment Committee. In his role as partner, he is responsible for sourcing, assessing, structuring and managing investment opportunities as part of Kayne Anderson's emphasis on energy transactions. In addition, Mr. Heinz works closely with management teams in the development and execution of their business plans. Mr. Heinz has been actively involved with over 40 past and current portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2002, Mr. Heinz was a senior vice president of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., a Texas-based oil and gas consulting firm that provides a complete range of professional reservoir engineering, geophysical and geological services to the worldwide petroleum industry. Mr. Heinz began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1984 as a reservoir and operations engineer for Exxon Company U.S.A.
Mr. Heinz earned a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Tulsa in 1984. Mr. Heinz is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas, and is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA).