James Bryan

James Perry Bryan is the founder of Torch Energy Advisors, Inc., founded in 1981, where the title held was Chairman & Chief Executive Officer.
The current job is Chief Executive Officer & Director at Search Drilling Co. Former jobs included Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Nuevo Energy Co. from 1990 to 1995; President & Chief Executive Officer at Gulf Canada Resources Ltd. in 1998; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Resaca Exploitation, Inc. from 2011 to 2013; Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at Bellwether Exploration Co. from 1987 to 1997; Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Torch Energy Advisors, Inc. from 1981 to 2012; President & Chief Executive Officer at Mortgage Banque, Inc. from 1974 to 1978; Director at AutoNation, Inc. from 1991 to 2006; Director at ANC Rental Corp.; Director-Investment Banking Southwest Region at E.F.
Hutton & Co., Inc. from 1978 to 1981; Director & Executive Vice President at Dominick International Corp.
from 1969 to 1974; Independent Director at Permex Petroleum Corp.
from 2021 to 2024; Vice President at Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. Ltd. from 1966 to 1969.
Education includes graduate degrees from Thunderbird School of Global Management and The University of Texas School of Law, both conferred in 1965, and an undergraduate degree from The University of Texas at Austin conferred in 1962.