At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Houston based CFO’ operating in the Oil and Gas space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Simon Ayat
VP & CFO of Schlumberger
Simon Ayat is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Schlumberger Limited. Prior to assuming his current role, Ayat served as the company’s vice president treasurer and previously held the position of vice president controller and business processes. Ayat’s career with Schlumberger, which began in 1982, spans a variety of management positions from Paris, Houston and Dallas to the Middle East and Far East regions. His assignments have included serving as Oilfield Services group controller; vice president finance for non-oilfield activities; GeoMarket manager, Indonesia; Sedco Forex regional vice president, Asia; group controller for Wireline; and region controller for Wireline in the Far East and for Sedco Forex in North and South America. He began his career as controller for the Forex Neptune drilling division. Ayat graduated from the University of San Francisco where he received a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance and accounting.
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About Schlumberger: Schlumberger is a supplier of technology, integrated project management, and information solutions.
Tralisa Maraj
Chief Financial Officer of CGX Energy
Tralisa Maraj is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Texas and Chartered Certified Accountant licensed in the UK with over 18 years experience working in the oil industry and public company accounting. Prior to joining CGX in September 2011, Tralisa was Controller for Remora International and Senior Manager, Assurance for Price Waterhouse Coopers where she led and supervised teams of 20+ oil and gas audit professionals.
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About CGX Energy: CGX is a Canadian exploration company exploring for oil and gas in the Guyana Suriname Basin.
Tom Holloway
Chief Financial Officer of Rubicon Oilfield International
Tom Holloway is the Chief Financial Officer of Rubicon. As a member of the executive management team, he guides all financial and accounting functions within the company. As a proven finance and business leader, Tom has demonstrated success at companies of various sizes and stages of their life cycle. He has provided leadership through multiple acquisition and growth initiatives while also guiding integration and capital market transactions. Tom spent a significant portion of his career in oilfield services at Forum Energy Technologies (“Forum”) and Nabors International serving in various leadership roles across the entire business. He held global responsibilities in these roles while also helping lead Forum through IPO preparations. He has led organizations in both privately and publicly held companies. Tom holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Houston and is an active CPA with memberships in local and national CPA organizations. He is married with four children and loves spending time with his family.
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About Rubicon Oilfield International: Rubicon Oilfield International designs, manufactures and sells and/or rents oilfield products in every major oilfield market.
Derrick A Jensen
Chief Financial Officer of Quanta Services
Prior to taking on his current responsibilities in May 2012, Jensen served as senior vice president – finance and administration and chief accounting officer with oversight of the company’s finance and accounting, treasury, IT and risk management functions. Jensen also had a significant role in the company’s acquisition and integration strategies and the development of integrated business and information system processes. Throughout his 15-year tenure at the company, Jensen had increasing financial and accounting responsibilities. He joined Quanta in 1997 as controller, a title he held until 2009. He added the roles of vice president and chief accounting officer in 1999. Before joining Quanta, Jensen obtained his public accountant certification (CPA) and was a manager at Arthur Andersen LLP where he served primarily commercial clients, many of which were highly acquisitive. Jensen earned a Bachelor of Science in business administration with a major in accounting from Oklahoma State University in 1992.
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About Quanta Services: Quanta Services provides engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for comprehensive infrastructure needs.
Kenneth M. Fisher
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Noble Energy
Mr. Kenneth M. Fisher, Ken CPA serves as President at SOS Security Incorporated. Mr. Fisher has been the Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Noble Energy, Inc. since November 16, 2009. He served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of SOS Security Incorporated. Mr. Fisher has over 25 years of financial, operations and general management experience working with public and private companies in a variety of industries, that have been involved with complex energy and capital-intensive businesses. He served as Executive Vice President of Finance for Upstream Americas at Shell. He served as the Director of Strategy & Business Development for Royal Dutch Shell in The Hague; Executive Vice President of Strategy & Portfolio for their global downstream business in London; and as Chief Financial Officer for Shell Oil Products U.S. Before joined Shell, Mr. Fisher held positions of increasing responsibility with General Electric Company, including Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Aircraft Engines Services division and a Singapore-based position as Director of Finance & Business Development of GE’s Asia Pacific plastics business. Mr. Fisher serves as a Trustee of Centenary College of Louisiana. Mr. Fisher is a Certified Public Accountant and a Member of the American Institute at Certified Public Accountants and California’s Society of CPA’s. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a B.B.A. degree in Business Administration/Finance.
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About Noble Energy: Noble Energy is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company.
William D. Rogers
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of CenterPoint Energy
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About CenterPoint Energy: CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is a domestic energy delivery company.
John Sult
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Marathon Oil Corporation
John R. (J. R.) Sult is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Marathon Oil Corporation. He joined Marathon Oil in September 2013 after having previously served as a member of El Paso Corporation’s executive management team from 2005 until the company was acquired by Kinder Morgan, Inc. in 2012. While with El Paso, he served as executive vice president and CFO from 2010 to 2012 and senior vice president and CFO from 2009 until 2010. Prior to that, he served as senior vice president, chief accounting officer and controller from 2005 until 2009. Mr. Sult also served as senior vice president, CFO and controller of El Paso’s Pipeline Group from 2005 to 2009 and as CFO of the general partner of El Paso Pipeline Partners L.P. from 2007 to 2012. Prior to joining El Paso, he served as vice president and controller of Halliburton Energy Services from 2004 until 2005, where he was responsible for all aspects of finance and accounting for the company’s energy services business unit. Before joining Halliburton, Mr. Sult was an audit and business advisory partner with Arthur Andersen LLP where he gained more than 20 years of experience working with public and private companies in the energy industry.
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About Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Dane Whitehead
Executive Vice President And CFO of Marathon Oil Corporation
Mr. Whitehead is an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 30, 2013 and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EP Energy LLC since May 2012. He was previously Senior Vice President of Strategy and Enterprise Business Development and a member of the Executive Committee of El Paso Corporation from October 2009 to May 2012. He previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of our predecessor, EP Energy Corporation (a/k/a El Paso Exploration & Production Company), from May 2006 to October 2009. He was the Vice President and Controller of Burlington Resources Inc. from June 2005 to March 2006. From January 2002 to May 2005 he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Burlington Resources Canada. He was a member of the Burlington Resources Executive Committee from 2000 to 2006. From 1984 to 1993, Mr. Whitehead was an independent accountant with Coopers and Lybrand. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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About EP Energy Corporation, Marathon Oil Corporation: Marathon Oil Corporation is an international independent energy company engaged in exploration and production.
Stephen J. Riney
EVP & CFO of Apache Corp
STEPHEN J. RINEY, 55, was appointed executive vice president on Feb. 18, 2015, and chief financial officer effective March 3, 2015. Prior to joining the company, he served as chief financial officer for BP Exploration and Production from July 2012 to January 2015, and global head of mergers and acquisitions for BP plc from January 2007 to June 2012. Riney holds an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from the University of Notre Dame.
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About Apache Corp: Apache Corporation is an oil and gas exploration and production company with operations world wide.
Matthew Meloy
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Targa Resources Partners
Matthew J. Meloy has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of TRC and the General Partner of TRP since May 2015 and of TRI since June 2015. Mr. Meloy previously served as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of TRC and TRI since October 25, 2010 and of the General Partner of TRP since December 15, 2010. Mr. Meloy served as Vice President — Finance and Treasurer of TRC and TRI between April 2008 and October 2010, and as Director, Corporate Development of TRC and TRI between March 2006 and March 2008 and of the General Partner of TRP between March 2006 and March 2008. He has served as Vice President — Finance and Treasurer of the General Partner of TRP between April 2008 and December 15, 2010. Mr. Meloy was with The Royal Bank of Scotland in the structured finance group, focusing on the energy sector from October 2003 to March 2006, most recently serving as Assistant Vice President.
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About Targa Resources Partners: Targa Resources is a growth-oriented provider of midstream services and is one of the largest independent midstream energy.
David Boersma
Chief Financial Officer of Foro Energy
Mr. Boersma has over 20 years of operational and corporate finance experience in the Energy and Energy Services, Mining, and Manufacturing industries spanning the United States, Brazil, Europe and Asia. Most recently Mr. Boersma served as the senior financial executive for Ameron International’s (now part of National Oilwell Varco) global fiberglass pipe/fittings business serving the oilfield, offshore and marine markets. Previously, Mr. Boersma served in financial leadership roles with Honeywell, Waste Management and General Electric with primary areas of focus in financial planning, strategic planning, analysis, process improvement, financial controls and business integration. Mr. Boersma began his career with Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold as an analyst at their copper mine in Irian Jaya, Indonesia before returning to Freeport’s corporate headquarters to manage the finance and business development function. Mr. Boersma holds a Master of Business Administration from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University as well as a Bachelor of Science in Business from the University of Kansas.
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About Foro Energy: Foro Energy is commercializing high power lasers for the oil, natural gas, geothermal, and mining industries.
Lloyd A. Hajdik
EVP, CFO and Treasurer of Oil States
Mr. Lloyd A. Hajdik is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President, Treasurer of the company. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of GR Energy Services, LLC, a privately-held oilfield services entity, from September to November 2013, and Senior Vice President – Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (“Helix”) from November 2008 to April 2013. From May 2013 to August 2013, Mr. Hajdik pursued his personal interests and managed his investments. Mr. Hajdik joined Helix in December 2003 as Vice President and Corporate Controller and was named Chief Accounting Officer in February 2004 and continued in that role until April 2013. Prior to joining Helix, Mr. Hajdik served in a variety of accounting and finance-related roles of increasing responsibility with Houston-based companies, including NL Industries, Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation (now Hewlett Packard), Halliburton’s Baroid Drilling Fluids and Zonal Isolation product service lines, Cliffs Drilling Company and Shell Oil Company. Mr. Hajdik was with Ernst & Young LLP in the audit practice from 1989 to 1995. Mr. Hajdik graduated Cum Laude from Texas State University receiving a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Mr. Hajdik is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Texas Society of CPAs, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Financial Executives International.
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About Oil States: Oil States International, Inc. is a diversified oilfield services company and is a leading integrated provider of remote site
Christina Chen
Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of Carrier Energy Partners
Christina Chen is the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and an original founder of Carrier Energy Partners. She previously was the Vice President of Finance for Carrier Petroleum, where she led the financial evaluation and portfolio management efforts of the company. Prior to joining Carrier, Christina was with Goldman, Sachs & Co, working in Corporate Treasury in New York before moving to Houston to join E&P Capital. While she was in E&P Capital, Christina evaluated and executed principal investments in the energy industry, performed due diligence, and helped manage a portfolio of over $600 million. She is a member of Houston Producers’ Forum, Houston Energy Finance Group, ADAM-Houston, and Women’s Energy Network, and she also serves on the Board of Directors of the Harvard University Club of Houston. Christina graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics.
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About Carrier Energy Partners: Carrier Energy Partners is a private oil and gas company focused on the acquisition and exploitation of upstream assets.
David Lucke
CFO of Aurora Oil & Gas
J. David Lucke is the Chief Financial Officer of Tri-Point. Mr. Lucke has more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions. Prior to co-founding Tri-Point, Mr. Lucke worked in energy investment banking, including KeyBanc, Jefferies, ABN AMRO, Prudential Securities, and Lehman Brothers. Mr. Lucke also served as Chief Financial Officer of two independent exploration and production companies, Aurora Oil & Gas and Sabco Oil & Gas. In addition, Mr. Lucke worked for Coopers & Lybrand and is a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Lucke received an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and a BA from Duke University.
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About Aurora Oil & Gas, Tri-Point Oil & Gas Production Systems: Aurora Oil & Gas Limited engages in the development and production of oil and gas properties in North America.
James M. Mitchell
EVP & CFO of GulfMark Offshore
James M. Mitchell, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Gulfmark James (Jay) M. Mitchell was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company in June 2013. His expertise includes strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, finance, accounting, treasury, taxation, risk management and investor relations. His most recent experience was as CEO of the privately held Flex Energy. Previously, Mr. Mitchell worked as Senior Vice President & CFO of T-3 Energy Services, a publicly traded company, until its successful sale in 2011. He earned a MPA in Taxation from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Georgia State University.
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About GulfMark Offshore: GulfMark provides marine transportation services
Patrick Mcgrath
Chief Financial Officer of Cub Energy
Patrick McGrath is the Chief Executive Officer at Blue Moon Mining Corp.
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About Blue Moon Mining, Cub Energy: Cub Energy Inc, US based Ukrainian Natural Gas Entity.
Bob Milius
Chief Financial Officer of Apex International Energy
Robert “Bob” Milius joined Apex in October 2017 as Chief Financial Officer with over 20 years of global corporate finance and investment banking experience. Prior to joining Apex, Bob served in banking roles as a for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and has lived in the Middle East providing M&A and capital raising services to public and private companies and Government related entities throughout the energy and power value chain. He has also worked in other banking roles and was based in New York. In addition to strategic advisory and corporate finance work, Bob has experience in complex structured and project finance transactions in the energy sector, including both in the MENA region and elsewhere around the world. Bob received a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Apex International Energy: Apex International Energy is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company.
Fred Luminoso
CFO of OAG Analytics
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About OAG Analytics: OAG Analytics is a developer of a predictive analytics platform focusing on providing advanced analytics to upstream energy operators.
Alan Curtis
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Oceaneering International
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About Oceaneering International, Oceaneering International: Oceaneering is a global oilfield provider of engineered services and products primarily to the offshore oil and gas industry.
David Pitts
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Carrizo Oil and Gas
David Pitts currently serves Carrizo Oil and Gas as a vice president and chief financial officer.
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About Carrizo Oil and Gas: Carrizo Oil and Gas is an energy company that engages in exploration, development, and production of oil and gas.
Susan M. Ward
Director, Vice President & CFO of Shell Midstream Partners
Susan Ward is Vice President, Chief Financial Officer appointed in May 2014, and is a member of the board of directors of our general partner. She is also Head, M&A and Commercial Finance – Americas for Shell Oil Company. Since 2010, she has also served as Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Shell Pension Trust and Chairman of its Investment Committee. Prior to her current role, Ms. Ward served as Vice President, Upstream Commercial Finance for Shell International Exploration & Production B.V. based in The Hague from 2007 to 2009. Since joining Shell in 1998, she has worked primarily in M&A and Commercial Finance roles across Shell’s global businesses. Since 2007, she has also served on the board of directors of Shell’s Bully deepwater drillship joint venture. She earned a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from Villanova University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
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About Shell Midstream Partners: Shell Midstream Partners are a fee-based, growth-oriented master limited partnership recently formed by Shell.
Andrew L. Puhala
VP & CFO of American Electric Technologies, Inc.
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About American Electric Technologies, Inc.: AETI is the leading global provider of power delivery solutions for the traditional and renewable energy industries
John Hopper
Chief Financial Officer of Melior Innovations
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About Melior Innovations: Melior Innovations™ is a materials technology company.
B. Lane Bond
Chief Financial Officer & Director of Finance of Epsilon Energy
Lane Bond joined Epsilon in January 2012 as Director of Finance and was subsequently promoted to Chief Financial Officer in May 2012. Mr. Bond’s financial career spans over 25 years with extensive management and oil and gas experience domestically and internationally. He was previously employed by Occidental Petroleum Corporation where he served in various senior management capacities within the finance and accounting functions in the United States, Libya, Yemen, Siberia, Pakistan and Indonesia. Mr. Bond holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Tulsa and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Arkansas.
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About Epsilon Energy: Epsilon Energy Ltd. is a North American on-shore focused independent oil and gas company.
Chris Arndt
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | Operational Strategy | Restructuring | Revenue Generation of Hart Energy
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About Hart Energy: Hart Energy provides data, text and direct commentary about energy markets and technologies from sources worldwide.
Alejandro Murphy
CFO&EVP of Citla Energy
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About Citla Energy: Citla Energy is a Mexican independent exploration and production company