Bruce H. Vincent has been president of Swift Energy Company since November 2004 and a member of the Board of Directors of the company since 2005. He joined Swift Energy Company in 1990 and has served in a variety of strategic positions, including the position of executive vice president for corporate development and secretary. Before joining Swift he held the positions of executive vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer with Energy Assets International Corp; director, president, and chief executive officer with Tangent Oil and Gas Co.; and director, executive vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial officer with Peninsula Resources Corp. He was also a managing partner of the investment banking firms of Vincent & Company and Johnson & Vincent, as well as vice president and group manager of First City National Bank of Houston.

Mr. Vincent is also chairman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), a national association that represents the more than 5,000 American oil and natural gas producers. He assumed the position of chairman for a two-year term on November 4, 2009, after having served two years as vice chairman. He is a member of the IPAA Executive Committee and Regional Board of Directors, as well as past director of the national association and past chairman of the Capital Markets, Communications, International and Program committees. He is a founder and past chairman of the Board of Advisors for IPAA’s Oil and Gas Investment Symposium and of the IPAA London E&P Investment Conference. He was named the initial recipient of the IPAA Leadership Award in 1996.

He is also a member of the Board of the Natural Gas Council. In addition, he is a co-founder and former board member of NAPE (formerly known as the North American Prospect Expo) and was chairman of NAPE 2002. He is past co-chairman of the Houston Energy Finance Group and has previously served as chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Investment Program Association.

Mr. Vincent currently serves as a member of the National Petroleum Council, a federally chartered and privately funded oil and natural gas advisory committee that represents the views of the oil and natural gas industry in advising, informing, and making recommendations to the Secretary of Energy.

He is also active in community activities. He is an Advisory Director of the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Houston and served as chairman of the board in 2000 and 2001. For the last nine years, he and his wife have been matched with a "little" brother who is now 19 years old. In addition, in 2009 he became a member of the Board of Directors of Theatre Under The Stars in Houston.

Mr. Vincent earned a BA in business administration from Duke University in 1969 and an MBA in finance from the University of Houston in 1976. From 1969 to 1973, he served as a Naval Supply Officer.