Executive Leader – Growth, Turnaround & Strategic Transformation (Open to Relocation)

Candidate: #138437 (Open to Relocation)
Current Position: Executive Leader – Growth, Turnaround & Strategic Transformation
Industry: Oil & Gas
Experience: 20+ years
Education: MBA

Scope:

Senior executive with more than two decades of leadership experience across energy, infrastructure, logistics, and technology-enabled industrial markets. Proven track record of owning full P&L accountability, building and scaling profitable business units, and leading organizations through complex growth, restructuring, and market transitions.

Deep expertise operating in both regulated and non-regulated environments, including federal, state, and large-scale commercial contracting (DOE, DOD, DLA). Recognized for translating strategy into execution through disciplined governance, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled decision support. Trusted partner to boards, investors, and executive leadership teams, with a consistent record of driving revenue growth, margin expansion, cost optimization, risk mitigation, and organizational alignment across multi-business platforms.

Accomplishments:

• Drove enterprise-wide revenue growth initiatives across refined fuels, renewables, power generation, logistics, and industrial services, strengthen revenue performance and margin stability

• Comprehensive expertise across the full energy value chain spanning refined products, renewables, specialty fuels, environmental markets, and multi-modal logistics, driving optimized trading strategies, supply efficiency, regulatory compliance, and margin expansion

• Negotiated and secured long-term supply and commercial agreements, enhancing earnings visibility and reducing exposure to market volatility.

• Built and governed a pipeline of government and commercial opportunities exceeding $240+M in aggregate contract value.

• Improved profitability by approximately 15+% per business unit through implementation of data-driven market intelligence, real-time performance tracking, and pricing discipline.

• Leveraged predictive analytics and AI-enabled tools to optimize logistics, guide capital allocation, and mitigate procurement and trading risk.

• Led turnaround of an underperforming business unit, achieving 20+% CAGR in federal and industrial contract revenue.

• Played a key role in M&A strategy, due diligence, and execution for asset divestitures exceeding $350+M in value

• Contributed to executive-level strategy for conversion of traditional assets to renewable and low-carbon fuel production.

• Took new products from concept through commercialization in highly regulated and technically complex markets

• Built and led an in-house trading and supply organization delivering multi-million-dollar annual cost savings.

• Managed and negotiated long-term energy contracts totaling more than $1.5+B, enhancing supply security and commercial terms.

• Expanded geographic market footprint across North America and supported international market entry initiatives.

• Strengthening organizational culture around execution, transparency, cross-functional collaboration, and governance.

Haskel Thompson & Associates:

Since our founding in 1979, we have been the go-to recruiting firm within Retail, QSR, CPG, Private Equity, and Petroleum industries to bring your organization top-tier talent. With our proprietary and extensive vetting process, you can rest assured that you will be adding highly educated, knowledgeable, and qualified candidates to help grow your organization.
For more information about this candidate, please contact Jessica Kennedy at 239-302-3587 or jessica@haskelthompson.com