Falcon Minerals Corp. (NASDAQ: FLMN) said Oct. 2 that Stephen J. Pilatzke has been appointed to the position of chief accounting officer for the oil and gas minerals company focused on the Eagle Ford Shale.

Pilatzke joins Falcon from Lightfoot Capital Partners GP LLC where he had served as chief accounting officer since January 2010. He had also previously served in the same role for Arc Logistics Partners LP, a publicly traded refined products company, from its IPO until its sale to Lightfoot in 2017.

Daniel C. Herz, CEO and president of Falcon, said in a statement, “We are very pleased to have Stephen join Falcon following his success at Arc Logistics LP where he helped lead the public company accounting and financial efforts, as well as their numerous acquisitions. His public company and acquisition experience will be of great value as we grow Falcon.”

Prior to Lightfoot, Pilatzke served as CFO and controller at Paramount BioSciences, a venture capital firm focused on the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors, and also served as a senior auditor at EisnerAmpner prior to Paramount. He graduated from SUNY Binghamton with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and is a certified public accountant in the state of New York.

Falcon, based in Philadelphia, is an oil and gas minerals company with minerals rights positioned in the “core-of-the-core” in the Eagle Ford Shale, according to the company’s website.

The company recently closed the $800 million acquisition of Blackstone Energy Partners’ entire position in the Eagle Ford Shale, which resulted in its formation.

Currently, Falcon owns mineral, royalty, and overriding royalty interests covering 251,000 gross unit acres in the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk in Karnes, DeWitt and Gonzales counties in South Texas.

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