Peter Leidel is the Founding Partner at Yorktown Partners, an investment management firm dedicated to making equity investments within the energy sector. In addition, Leidel serves as a Director of certain non-public companies in the energy industry in which the Yorktown partnerships hold equity interests. Before founding the investment firm, Leidel was a partner at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., investing in a variety of private companies with a particular focus in the energy industry. Before that, he has served in the corporate treasury positions at Mobil Corporation and KPMG Peat Marwick and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.