Stuart W. Ray has been appointed to the board of SandRidge Energy, Inc. (NYSE: SD). He is currently a partner at Sonenshine Partners LLC, a boutique investment banking firm.

Prior to Sonenshine, Ray was a managing director and partner at Bankers Trust and Wolfensohn & Co., where he specialized in providing investment banking services to various multinational companies.

Ray will be filling the term that was vacated by N. Malone Mitchell, 3rd. His appointment increases the size of the SandRidge board to seven directors. Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy is an oil and natural gas company with its principal focus on exploration and production.

Sonenshine Partners is a leading independent investment bank focused on providing integrated strategic, financial and corporate advisory services.  The firm was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in New York City.