Leadership

Cane Energy Partners is led by principals with deep commercial and operational experience in refined-products markets — people who have structured transactions, managed credit risk, and physical product, and who work directly with the counterparties they serve.

David S. Fontenot is the Managing Partner of Cane Energy Partners and the founder of Cane Capital Management, which he launched in 2007 and where he continues to serve as Chief Investment Officer. Over nearly two decades he has built and overseen the firm’s investment strategies, including its flagship program, applying a disciplined, risk-managed approach to markets.

Before founding Cane Capital, David spent ten years as a proprietary trader and portfolio manager. He holds a B.B.A. (1998) and an M.B.A. (1999) from Millsaps College, is registered with the NFA and SEC, and holds Series 3, 30, and 65 licenses.

Grant Hodgins leads counterparty origination and commercial strategy for Cane Energy’s Gulf Coast refined-products platform. He brings over a decade of experience in risk management and structured commercial advisory across the energy and industrial sectors, advising principals on transaction structuring, credit exposure, and long-term partnership development.

Earlier in his career, Grant held management roles with one of the Gulf South’s largest marine logistics operators, overseeing bulk commodity movements along the Mississippi River corridor — experience that grounds his commercial work in the physical realities of moving product. He holds a B.S. in Finance from Louisiana State University.

Cane Energy is run by principals who stay close to the transactions. That proximity — to the supply, the counterparties, and the day-to-day execution — is what makes the platform reliable.