Mr. Eric Scheyer is a partner of Magnetar Capital Partners LP, member of the Magnetar Investment Committee and Magnetar Management Committee, and Head of the Energy Group.  He serves on the Board of Managers of Lightfoot Capital Partners GP LLC.  Prior to joining Magnetar at its inception in 2005, Mr. Scheyer spent two years as a consultant at Caxton Associates in their Strategic Quantitative Investment Division.  Prior to Caxton, Mr. Scheyer was an independent investor in Chicago for seven years. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Scheyer was a principal of Decorel Incorporated, where he served as President of Decorel S.A. de C.V. and Executive Vice President of Decorel Inc. until the sale of the Company to Newell Rubbermaid.  From 1987 to1989 Mr. Scheyer was employed as a research assistant in the Oil and Gas and Natural Gas Pipeline sectors in the Equity Research Department of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in New York City.

Mr. Scheyer earned a B.A. in History from Trinity College (CT).

Eric Scheyer is speaking on the Private Equity & Investor panel at the 2018 North America Assembly (Sept 13)