Consulting - our people
We understand the challenges our customers face because we are deeply embedded in the industries we serve.
Consulting - our people
We understand the challenges our customers face because we are deeply embedded in the industries we serve.
Our consultants offer a powerful combination of natural resources expertise and commercial consulting skills, partnering with you to provide actionable recommendations that deliver results. With more than 100 members of our team based in locations including Houston, Edinburgh, London, Singapore and Sydney, we are well-placed to work with asset operators, investors and governments to tackle their most complex issues. Meet some of the consulting team.
Consulting team
Aamir Malik
Senior Vice President, Global Head of Energy and Natural Resources Strategy
Aamir works with international and national oil companies to improve financial, commercial and operational performance.
View Aamir Malik's full profileAmrit Naresh
Principal, EMEA Downstream Consulting
Amrit has 10 years of analytics and consulting experience in the energy sector.
Latest articles by Amrit
View Amrit Naresh's full profileBob Kubis
Vice President, Americas, Gas & LNG, Consulting
Bob Kubis focuses on delivering natural gas, NGL & LNG solutions
Latest articles by Bob
View Bob Kubis's full profileBrianna Alix
Consultant, Power & Renewables
Brianna is a consultant with a focus on power and renewables.
Latest articles by Brianna
View Brianna Alix's full profileChris Heath
Senior Vice President, Head of Consulting APAC
Chris leads a team of consulting professionals in the energy and natural resources sectors.
View Chris Heath's full profileChris 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
View Chris Barry's full profileChris Liu
Senior Analyst, Asia Polyolefins
Chris is responsible for polyolefin product analysis in Asia.
View Chris Liu's full profileChris Sum
Vice President Consulting, Middle East
Chris advises governments and businesses in the Middle East on strategy, energy policy and development.
Latest articles by Chris
View Chris Sum's full profileClaude Mourey
Director, Hydrogen and New Energies, EMEA
Claude is the Director of Wood Mackenzie’s Hydrogen and New Energies practice for MENA; she is based in Dubai.
Latest articles by Claude
View Claude Mourey's full profileCosta Swift
Vice President, Consulting
Costa is an experienced upstream and business development consultant.
View Costa Swift's full profileDaniel Bermudez
Senior Consultant, Gas & LNG
Daniel joined as a Senior Consultant at Wood Mackenzie in 2018 and he is based in the Mexico City office
View Daniel Bermudez's full profileDarren Smith
Head of Asia Pacific Consulting
Darren is an expert in strategy, due diligence, M&A, transaction support and commercial studies.
View Darren Smith's full profileDavid Barrowman
Vice President, Fiscal Consulting
David leads our upstream fiscal service, drawing on more than 30 years' industry expertise.
View David Barrowman's full profileDavid Parkinson
Vice President, Upstream Consulting
David leads our exploration strategy team and is also responsible for exploration consulting.
Latest articles by David
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Opinion
Emboldened and disciplined exploration: results from our Future of Exploration 2024 Survey
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Opinion
Three critical factors to developing Africa’s oil and gas resources
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Opinion
Can carbon offset crude move from idea to reality?
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Opinion
What is the future of oil and gas exploration?
Dominic Tisdell
Head of Metals and Mining Consulting, Asia Pacific
View Dominic Tisdell's full profileDaniel Tipping
Managing Consultant, Power & Renewables Consulting EMEA
Daniel is a subject matter expert in solar markets and corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Latest articles by Daniel
View Daniel Tipping's full profileDylan Mair
Vice President UCM Asia Pacific
Dylan has over 25 years upstream oil and gas experience in E&P operations consulting.
View Dylan Mair's full profileLiu Lei
Managing Consultant, Plastics & Sustainability
Liu takes care of the plastic sustainability research in APAC region.
View Liu Lei's full profileFrank Harris
Head of Global LNG Consulting
Frank is a recognised expert on the global LNG industry and leads our global consultancy practice in this area.
Latest articles by Frank
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The Edge
Taking the pulse of the global LNG industry
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Opinion
Debating the future direction of the LNG market
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The Edge
WoodMac’s Gas, LNG & Future of Energy conference – five key takeaways
Gracie Guidotti
Consultant, Americas
Gracie is a consultant within the Americas with a focus on power & renewables and the energy transition.
Latest articles by Gracie
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Opinion
Underwriting Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) as an asset class
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Opinion
10 transaction themes for private equity and principal investors in 2024
Gavin Law
Senior Vice President, Emissions & Low Carbon Fuels Consulting
Latest articles by Gavin
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Opinion
Japan’s LNG decarbonisation challenge
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Opinion
Is natural gas more emissions intensive than coal?
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Opinion
Emissions intensity: portfolio composition is the key
Ian Simm
Director, EMEA Consulting
Ian brings 15 years of experience throughout the energy value chain.
View Ian Simm's full profileJanice Lim
Principal Consultant, Asia Pacific Consulting
Janice advises on due diligence, price forecast and market feasibility studies for numerous clients.
View Janice Lim's full profileJie Liu
Managing Consultant, Aluminium Value Chain
Jie specialises in aluminium market analysis and asset research.
View Jie Liu's full profileJon Story
Vice President, Energy Consulting, Head of CCS Consulting
Jon is a vice president and global head of Wood Mackenzie’s CCUS consulting.
Latest articles by Jon
View Jon Story's full profileIan Kyle
Principal Consultant, Gas & LNG
Ian is a Principal Consultant with over 12 years experience in the gas and LNG industry.
View Ian Kyle's full profileIsabel Schwartz
Vice President, Supply Chain Consulting
Isabel is a leader in the supply chain consulting practice.
Latest articles by Isabel
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Opinion
4 years into a difficult transformers market in the US, is there a potential end in sight?
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Opinion
Supplier diversity programs: a new source of competitiveness and innovation for utilities in North America?
Kalpesh Ramwani
Director, Energy Consulting
Kalpesh has over 11 years of consulting experience within the region.
View Kalpesh Ramwani's full profileKara McNutt
Vice President, Head of Americas Power and Renewables Consulting
Kara leads Wood Mackenzie’s Americas Power and Renewables Consulting team based in Boston.
Latest articles by Kara
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Opinion
Green hydrogen: what the Inflation Reduction Act means for production economics and carbon intensity
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Opinion
Will carbon policy push refiners to the brink?
Karoline Sun
Senior Consultant, Nickel Cost and Metals & Mining Sustainability
Karoline covers global nickel cost analysis and conducts research in sustainability for metals and mining.
View Karoline Sun's full profileKevin Jacobs
Director, Supply Chain Consulting
Kevin is a supply chain professional and electrical engineer with extensive experience in the energy sector.
Latest articles by Kevin
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Opinion
4 years into a difficult transformers market in the US, is there a potential end in sight?
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Opinion
Supply shortages and an inflexible market give rise to high power transformer lead times
Konrad Jar
Vice President, Asia-Pacific Downstream Consulting
Konrad is an expert in investment studies and transaction support throughout the downstream energy sector.
View Konrad Jar's full profileKristy Kramer
Vice President, Head of Gas and LNG Consulting
Kristy brings over fifteen years of gas and energy industry experience to her role leading our Gas and LNG Consulting.
Latest articles by Kristy
View Kristy Kramer's full profileLisa Gillespie
Director, Energy Consulting
Lisa is an experienced project manager working across upstream and the energy transition.
Latest articles by Lisa
View Lisa Gillespie's full profileMalcolm Forbes-Cable
Vice President, Upstream and Carbon Management Consulting
Malcolm is an expert in designing international growth strategies, unconventional gas studies and portfolio reviews.
Latest articles by Malcolm
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Opinion
The Norwegian emissions dilemma
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Opinion
The case for developing UK's oil and gas resources: Rosebank and Cambo fields
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Opinion
Scotland the brave: a Firth of Forth net zero hub for COP26?
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Opinion
A £2.5 trillion transformation: the economic impact of a net-zero North Sea
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Opinion
Is net zero oil and gas production possible?
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Opinion
Can the UK lead the world in carbon capture, utilisation and storage?
Mangesh Patankar
Vice President, Gas and LNG Consulting
With 14 years of experience in the gas/LNG and power industry, Mangesh has a deep understanding of client challenges.
Latest articles by Mangesh
View Mangesh Patankar's full profileMelany Vargas
Vice President, Head of Hydrogen Consulting
Melany has extensive experience solving strategic problems for clients across the global energy value chain.
Latest articles by Melany
View Melany Vargas's full profileMelvin Chen
Head of Power & Renewables Consulting, APAC
Melvin focuses on commercial corporate planning, exploration strategies, due diligence, feasibility and market studies.
View Melvin Chen's full profileMiller Wang
Principal Consultant Steel Decarbonisation
Miller leads on WMC analysis on steel decarbonisation, focusing on the benchmark of emerging green steelmaking.
Latest articles by Miller
View Miller Wang's full profileNassam Estibill Zalaquett
Principal Consultant, Metals & Mining, Americas
Nassam has extensive experience across the natural resources value chain.
Latest articles by Nassam
View Nassam Estibill Zalaquett's full profilePatrick Barnes
Vice President, Head of Metals & Mining Consulting
Patrick has over 10 years of experience helping foster development of stable and equitable mining sectors.
Latest articles by Patrick
View Patrick Barnes's full profilePaul 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.
View Paul Manley's full profilePrashant Khorana
Director, Power & Renewables Consulting
Prashant is Director, Data Product Owner – Asset Valuations within Wood Mackenzie's research and data organisation.
Latest articles by Prashant
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Opinion
What we learned from conversations with power and renewables investors in 2024
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Opinion
Underwriting Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) as an asset class
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Opinion
10 transaction themes for private equity and principal investors in 2024
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Opinion
What we learned from conversations with power and renewables investors in 2023
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Opinion
How power and renewables investors should navigate the Inflation Reduction Act and recent power market volatility
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Opinion
Who will foot the bill for the energy transition in Asia-Pacific?
Qing Du
Senior Consultant, Graphite
Qing works on the Battery Raw Material Graphite team.
View Qing Du's full profileRedd Zhou
Managing Consultant, Asia Polyolefins
Redd is responsible for polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) analysis in China.
View Redd Zhou's full profileRenaud Brimont
Head of EMEARC Consulting
Renaud leads our upstream consulting practice in EMEARC and is an expert in business transformation.
View Renaud Brimont's full profileRohan Shayi
Consultant, Power and Renewables
Rohan works in the power and renewables consulting division.
Latest articles by Rohan
View Rohan Shayi's full profileShatha Alwardi
Director, EMEARC Consulting
An expert in long-term strategy development, Shatha advises on pricing, planning and market analysis.
View Shatha Alwardi's full profileSteve 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
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Opinion
No silos allowed in the pursuit of a greener economy
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Opinion
Is the outlook for China's petrochemicals market hanging in the balance?
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Editorial
Is the outlook for China’s petrochemicals market hanging in the balance?
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Editorial
PTT re-engages in South East Asia with new chemicals investments
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Editorial
ExxonMobil acquires Southeast Asia’s Jurong Aromatics
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Opinion
ExxonMobil acquires Southeast Asia's Jurong Aromatics
Su Jie
Senior Research Analyst, APAC Aromatics
Su specialises in the benzene and derivative value chains and is responsible for the Asian market.
View Su Jie's full profileSteven Knell
Vice President, Power & Renewables Consulting
Latest articles by Steven
View Steven Knell's full profileTi Guo
Managing Consultant - Iron ore and steel cost research (Metals and Mining)
Ti is focused on understanding iron ore and steel supply/demand dynamics and market trends in China.
View Ti Guo's full profileValentina Kretzschmar
Vice President Consulting, Climate Risk and Strategy
Dr Valentina Kretzschmar has over 25 years of experience in the energy sector.
Latest articles by Valentina
View Valentina Kretzschmar's full profileXinlin Chen
Managing Consultant, China Aluminium Supply
Xinlin covers market trends, material flows and cost services.
View Xinlin Chen's full profileYanghui Liu
Principal Consultant, Power & Renewables Consulting, APAC
Yanghui is an expert in wind industry market analysis, supply chain and products
View Yanghui Liu's full profileYue Wang
Senior Consultant, Rare Earths
Yue specialises in the rare earth market research and supporting cathode and precursor asset research.
View Yue Wang's full profileZhifei Liu
Managing Consultant – Copper Markets, Metals & Mining
Zhifei is focused on copper demand in China where she monitors and forecasts both short-term and long-term demand.
View Zhifei Liu's full profile