James G. Jackson has been the Chief Financial Officer of BreitBurn Energy Partners since July 2006 and an Executive Vice President since October 2007. Since June 2011, Mr. Jackson has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC, a publicly traded master limited partnership that owns and operates natural gas storage assets in North America. Before joining BreitBurn Energy, Mr. Jackson served as Managing Director of the Global Markets and Investment Banking Group for Merrill Lynch & Co., a global financial management and investment banking firm.

Mr. Jackson joined Merrill Lynch in 1992 and was elected Managing Director in 2001. Previously, Mr. Jackson was a Financial Analyst with Morgan Stanley & Co. from 1986 to 1989 and was an Associate in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan from 1989 to 1990. Mr. Jackson obtained a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.