Rex Energy Corp. (REXX) announced that Thomas Rajan has been appointed chief financial officer of the company effective February 1, 2015.

Rajan brings almost 30 years of business and finance experience to his role at Rex Energy, with 20 years in oil and gas finance, credit, and capital markets roles. He has a deep background in financing and capital raising transactions, strategic planning, and mergers and acquisitions. Most recently, he has been serving as the managing partner of High View Energy LLC, a Fort Worth, Texas-based company focused on domestic exploration and production. He was previously managing director of KeyBanc Capital Markets in Dallas, where he spent eight years in investment and corporate banking roles, ultimately leading the Oil & Gas Investment Banking and Corporate Banking practices. While at KeyBanc, Rajan was instrumental in assisting Rex Energy through the company's IPO and subsequent equity raising transactions, and he has advised Rex's management on a number of strategic acquisition and divestiture projects since 2006. Prior to his time at KeyBanc, Rajan spent several years in corporate finance roles with Comerica Bank, Cross Timbers Oil Company and JP Morgan Chase.

Rex is based in State College, Pa.