Thomas Rajan has been appointed CFO of Rex Energy Corp. effective Feb. 1, 2015, according to a news release.

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, Rajan has been serving as the managing partner of High View Energy LLC. 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 and 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 Co. and JP Morgan Chase.