Tristan Yopp
Tristan Yopp is a Vice President of Bluescape Energy Partners and Bluescape Resources Company. Yopp is also the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Governance Officer of Bluescape Opportunities Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: BOAC), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Bluescape.
Yopp is responsible for providing analytical and performance management support to ongoing portfolio company operations as well as due diligence support for prospective transactions. Yopp is also responsible for managing Bluescape’s liquid portfolios, leading the quarterly valuation process, facilitating investor relations, and overseeing back office processes and financial reporting.
Prior to Bluescape, Yopp was Sr. Manager Financial Planning & Analysis at Celanese. At Celanese, Yopp was responsible for financial oversight, strategy design, and operational execution for three international business lines exceeding $500 million in aggregate revenue and contributed to capacity expansion decisions, acquisition integration, enhanced performance reporting, and operational optimization within the Celanese portfolio. Additionally, while at Celanese, Yopp was Manager of SEC Reporting where he oversaw financial reporting, including valuation and reporting for $4 billion in global pension assets. In his roles at Celanese, Yopp contributed to significant shareholder value creation through execution of global restructuring plans and provided financial reporting and technical accounting support for multiple transactions, including $800 million of acquisitions and over $2 billion of public debt offerings.
Prior to Celanese, Yopp worked in KPMG’s external audit practice where he was the lead senior associate on the CenturyLink engagement during CenturyLink’s aggregate $24 billion acquisitions of Embarq and Qwest.
Yopp earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration from Centenary College, where he graduated summa cum laude, and a Master’s in Business Administration from The University of Texas. Yopp is a Certified Public Accountant.