Consulting - our people

Aamir Malik

Vice President, Performance Improvement

Aamir works with international and national oil companies to improve financial, commercial and operational performance.

Aurian De La Noue

Managing Consultant, Americas Consulting

Aurian’s expertise lies in providing growth strategy and transaction support advice to the downstream sector.

Alex Bevacqua

Head of Metals and Mining Consulting

Alex provides advice to governments and companies worldwide as head of our metals and mining consultancy team.

Andrés Weissfeld

Director, Downstream Consulting, Americas

Andrés has more than 15 years of international experience in the oil & gas, energy and steel sectors.

Latest articles by Andrés

• Opinion 27 September 2019

  What does the electric vehicle revolution mean for Latin American refiners?

Andy Tidey

Head of Performance Improvement

Andy supports clients in identifying, planning and delivering business transformation.

Latest articles by Andy

• Opinion 14 April 2020

  2020: the new oil sector supplier crunch bites

• Opinion 8 April 2020

  Coronavirus oil and gas supply chain risks are hidden in your backyard

• Opinion 30 March 2020

  Why upstream operators must accelerate cost reduction measures

• Opinion 15 February 2018

  Is cost reduction the new normal?

• Opinion 23 May 2017

  Downstream consistency holds lessons for upstream

• Opinion 27 October 2016

  Costs: early warning signals

Andy Lee

Senior Consulting Manager, Power and Renewables

Andy is an expert in market analysis, supply chain and products in the power and renewables industry.

Ashish Srivastava

Managing Consultant

Ashish has 10 years of experience working with Oil and Gas sector

Bob Kubis

Principal Consultant, Americas Gas & LNG Consulting

Bob Kubis is a Principal Consultant in the Gas & LNG sector, focusing on delivering natural gas, NGL & LNG solutions

Chris Barry

Director, Downstream Consulting

Chris's consulting expertise spans the refining, chemicals and storage sectors where he has advised clients worldwide.

Latest articles by Chris

• Opinion 22 March 2017

  European oil storage: Competitiveness is key to identifying sustainable investments

Chris Graham

Vice President – Energy Consulting, Asia Pacific

Chris leads business development for our Asia Pacific energy consulting practice.

Chris Hairel

Vice President, Head of Americas Downstream Consulting

An executive with 20 years of experience, Chris excels at addressing complex problems across the energy value chain.

Chris Heath

Vice President, Metals and Mining Consulting

Chris Sum

Vice President Consulting, Middle East

Chris advises governments and businesses in the Middle East on strategy, energy policy and development.

Claude Mourey

Director – Performance Improvement

Claude is a global experience management consultant serving upstream Oil & Gas clients.

Costa Swift

Director, Upstream Consulting

Costa is an experienced upstream and business development consultant.

Daniel Bermudez

Senior Consultant

Daniel joined as a Senior Consultant at Wood Mackenzie in 2018 and he is based in the Mexico City office

Darren Smith

Head of Asia Pacific Consulting

Darren is an expert in strategy, due diligence, M&A, transaction support and commercial studies.

David Barrowman

Vice President, Fiscal Consulting

David leads our upstream fiscal service, drawing on more than 30 years' industry expertise.

David Hart

Senior Consultant, Fibres

David is an expert in manmade fibres, with detailed knowledge of polyester and nylon fibre.

Latest articles by David

• Opinion 18 June 2020

  Three challenges that will stretch spandex in 2020

• Editorial 23 May 2017

  Spandex market growing twice as fast as other fibres

• Opinion 23 May 2017

  Spandex market growing twice as fast as other fibres

David Parkinson

Vice President, Upstream Consulting

David leads our exploration strategy team and is also responsible for exploration consulting.

Diane Charnock

Managing Consultant, Downstream Consulting

Dominic Tisdell

Head of Metals and Mining Consulting, Asia Pacific

Dr Efosa Obasohan

Senior Consultant, Metals and Mining Consulting

Efosa has over 5 years of research and consulting experience, particularly on the Metals & Mining

Eric Eyberg

Vice President, Head of Americas Gas and LNG Consulting

Eric leads our South American gas and power consulting, with personal expertise in gas and power.

Latest articles by Eric

• Opinion 5 November 2015

  Is the Southern Cone gas industry finally ready for lift off?

Frank Harris

Head of Global LNG Consulting

Gavin Law

Head of Gas and Power Consulting

Gavin helps gas and power companies identify opportunities, and helps them develop successful strategies.

Latest articles by Gavin

• Opinion 3 October 2019

  Carbon benchmarking study reveals a tale of two segments

• Opinion 25 January 2018

  Is natural gas more emissions intensive than coal?

• Opinion 20 September 2017

  Emissions intensity: portfolio composition is the key

Georgina Kladis

Director, Upstream and Gas Consulting

Georgina has over 12 years of experience advising upstream players on commercial, market and strategy issues.

Gyanendra Thakur

Director, Metals and Mining Consulting, Asia Pacific

Gyan has more than 15 years' experience in consulting and transaction advisory across the metals and mining sector.

Ian Kyle

Principal Consultant, Gas & LNG

Ian is a Principal Consultant with over 12 years experience in the gas and LNG industry.

Ismail Hammami, CFA

VP, Americas Midstream & Downstream Consulting

Experience on the client and consulting side has given Ismail a unique understanding of the challenges our clients face.

Jason Pan

Principal, Americas Gas & LNG Consulting

Joel Chow

Vice President, APAC Consulting

Johann Schmid

Head of Americas Consulting

Johann excels at guiding our consulting team through even the most challenging engagements.

Jose Brugada

Principal Consultant, Downstream Asia Pacific Consulting

Joshua Ngu

Head of Upstream Consulting, APAC

Joshua leads our upstream consulting practice in Asia Pacific, delivering integrated, holistic solutions.

Latest articles by Joshua

• Editorial 13 February 2019

  Developing an effective licence round strategy

Juan David Agudelo

Director, Upstream Consulting

P upstream consultant for the Americas

Latest articles by Juan David

• Editorial 20 March 2019

  How to navigate a licence round process

Kalpesh Ramwani

Principal Consultant

Kara McNutt

Director, Downstream Consulting

Kara contributes to policy advisory work, corporate strategy development, valuations and scenario planning.

Latest articles by Kara

• Opinion 26 March 2020

  Will carbon policy push refiners to the brink?

Konrad Jar

Vice President, Asia-Pacific Downstream Consulting

Konrad is an expert in investment studies and transaction support throughout the downstream energy sector.

Kyla Schliebs

Managing Consultant, Gas & LNG

Kyla brings extensive knowledge of the gas & LNG industries, in particular upstream operations and the LNG supply chain

Lauren Payne

Director, Regional Consulting Group Manager, EMEARC

Lauren brings a decade of experience in the commercial energy research and advisory space.

Lisa Gillespie

Principal Consultant, Upstream Consulting

Lisa is a senior research manager focused on corporate analysis and growth strategy projects.

Malcolm Forbes-Cable

Vice President, Upstream Consulting and Supply Chain Lead

Malcolm is an expert in designing international growth strategies, unconventional gas studies and portfolio reviews

Latest articles by Malcolm

• Opinion 4 February 2021

  A £2.5 trillion transformation: the economic impact of a net-zero North Sea

• Opinion 5 January 2021

  Is net zero oil and gas production possible?

• Opinion 24 November 2020

  Can the UK lead the world in carbon capture, utilisation and storage?

• Opinion 20 October 2020

  Net zero North Sea: can hydrogen live up to its hype?

• Featured 29 October 2019

  Why powering oil and gas platforms with renewables makes sense

• Featured 25 June 2019

  How digital disruption is reshaping the upstream supply chain

Mangesh Patankar

Director, Gas and LNG Consulting

With 14 years of experience in the gas/LNG and power industry, Mangesh has a deep understanding of client challenges.

Manni Truong

Senior Consultant, EMEARC

Manni specialises in data and modelling issues.

Matthias Bloennigen

Director, Upstream Consulting

Matthias is the director of our upstream consulting team in the Americas.

Latest articles by Matthias

• Editorial 23 July 2019

  How to tackle the Permian's water woes

Melany Vargas

Director, Gas & LNG Consulting

Melany has extensive experience solving strategic problems for clients across the global energy value chain.

Melvin Chen

Head of Energy Transition Consulting, Asia Pacific

Melvin focuses on commercial corporate planning, exploration strategies, due diligence, feasibility and market studies.

Nicole Papaioannou

Director, Gas and Power

Nicole is a seasoned technical and commercial advisor in the midstream LNG and downstream gas transportation.

Noel Tomnay

Vice President, Gas and LNG Consulting, EMEARC

With 30 years of energy industry experience, Noel leads the gas and LNG consultancy practice for EMEARC.

Latest articles by Noel

• Editorial 7 April 2017

  Did you know? LNG cargoes

Patrick Barnes

Director, Metals and Mining EMEARC Consulting

Patrick has over 10 years of experience helping foster development of stable and equitable mining sectors.

Paul Manley

Director, Metals and Mining Consulting

A geologist by training, Paul brings over 20 years of industry experience to our metals and mining consulting team.

Prashant Khorana

Director, Power & Renewables Consulting

Prashant advises utilities, private equity and infrastructure funds on capital allocation and growth strategies.

Latest articles by Prashant

• Opinion 21 April 2021

  Investing in the energy transition

• Opinion 19 April 2021

  Investing in the energy transition

• Opinion 15 December 2020

  Power purchase agreements: how will they support renewables growth?

• Opinion 20 March 2019

  Is the electric vehicle revolution more hype than reality?

Renaud Brimont

Head of EMEARC Consulting

Renaud leads our upstream consulting practice in EMEARC and is an expert in business transformation.

Richard Zdunkewicz

Vice President, Americas Consulting

Richard joined in 2020 consulting with clients across all energy  industry sectors in the Americas Region.

Robert Burt

Head of Consulting Operations

Robert works with our Consulting Leadership Team, responsible for the group’s reporting, collaboration and processes.

Roger Emslie

Director, Metals & Mining Consulting

Roger has 20 years of global mining & metals consulting experience.

Roslyn Cooke

Consultant

Scott Koronka

Head of Downstream Consulting, EMEARC

Scott is an experienced commercial consultant. He manages downstream consulting assignments for the EMEARC region.

Shatha Alwardi

Director, EMEARC Consulting

An expert in long-term strategy development, Shatha advises on pricing, planning and market analysis.

Simon Anderson

Director, Performance Improvement, Sub-Saharan Africa

Simon works with energy and natural resources companies to improve financial, commercial and operational performance.

Latest articles by Simon

• Opinion 22 July 2020

  Nigeria’s marginal field bid round – opportunities for investors?

• Opinion 28 May 2020

  The impact of travel restrictions on oil and gas supply chains

Stephen Duck

Managing Consultant, Metals & Mining

Stephen brings over 10 years' experience in commodities research and consulting to the team.

Steve Jenkins

Vice President, Chemicals Consulting

Steve brings more than 30 years experience in chemical markets, and is a world expert in paraxylene.

Latest articles by Steve

• Opinion 21 October 2020

  No silos allowed in the pursuit of a greener economy

• Opinion 9 January 2018

  Is the outlook for China's petrochemicals market hanging in the balance?

• Editorial 9 January 2018

  Is the outlook for China’s petrochemicals market hanging in the balance?

• Editorial 5 July 2017

  PTT re-engages in South East Asia with new chemicals investments

• Opinion 5 July 2017

  PTT re-engages in South East Asia with new chemicals investments

• Opinion 15 May 2017

  ExxonMobil acquires Southeast Asia's Jurong Aromatics

Steven Knell

Vice President, Power & Renewables Consulting

Stuart Scott

Head of Performance Improvement Consulting, APAC

 Stuart leads Wood Mackenzie’s Performance Improvement Consulting team in the APAC region.

Thanasis Kofinakos

Vice President, Head of Gas and LNG Consulting, Asia Pacific

Thanasis brings 15 years of experience and broad knowledge of all aspects of the gas and LNG supply chain to his role.

Tin Nguyen

Director, Chemicals Consulting

Vignesh Gulasingam

Head of Americas Power & Renewables Consulting

Vignesh directs engagements for our consulting team across the power and renewables sector.

Yanghui Liu

Managing Consultant, Power & Renewables

Yanghui is an expert in wind industry market analysis, supply chain and products