Energy Council Investor Series Podcast

Tune in to this enlightening crossover episode where the Women’s Energy Council Podcast merges with our Investor Series. Host Tazmyn Gounden sits down with Callie Hamilton, Managing Director at Prudential Private Capital’s Real Asset Energy group. Beyond her initial journey from agricultural economics into finance, Callie shares deep insights into her role at Prudential, where she leads strategies...

In this episode of the Energy Council podcast, Haavard Oestensen, CCO, and Grant Christie, VP Customer Transformation, at Kongsberg Digital discuss the company’s Co-Innovation Partnership, an initiative aimed at addressing the energy trilemma—security, affordability, and emissions reduction—through digital co-innovation. The conversation delves into how co-innovation transforms the energy sector,...

Dave Wolcott, CEO of Pantheon Investments, joins the Investor Series Podcast to talk about financial structures attractive to investors in the energy sector, whilst also looking at how leveraging government tax incentives can reduce investment risks and assist national development, and more. Dave continues to explain that Pantheon Investment's strategy in the energy investment landscape focuse...

Carolyn Hansard, Managing Director of Energy, Natural Resources & Infrastructure at Teacher Retirement System of Texas joins the latest episode of the Investor Series Podcast, where she shares her insights from an LP’s perspective into how the energy investment landscape has evolved during the last 12 years, what trends led to the energy sector falling out of favor with the LP universe and ult...

Ahead of Nasdaq’s partnership with Energy Council for the New York Energy Capital Assembly, Jay Heller, Head of Capital Markets at Nasdaq joins the latest episode of the Energy Council’s  Investor Series Podcast  to talk about the ways in which Nasdaq is supporting energy companies in raising capital and accessing the capital markets. During the episode, Jay discusses why the energy industry has s...

Randy Newcomer, Managing Partner, Founder & Chief Executive Officer & Scott Rice, Managing Partner, COO at Riverbend Energy Group join the latest episode of the Energy Council’s Investor Series Podcast . During the episode, Randy & Scott share their views on the current fundraising environment, current goals for LPs and what they believe are the best investment strategies to achieve th...

Erik Belz, Head of Private Equity at Engine No.1, shares transformative insights on this Episode of the Investor Series Podcast, clarifying the strategic motivations behind their proxy battle with ExxonMobil to advocate for a resilient energy model amid sector volatility. Belz emphasizes the need to reshape the industry's narrative for attracting vital energy transition investments and explore...

Alan Smith, President & CEO at Rockcliff Energy, joins the Investor Series Podcast to talk about the impact that the collapse of natural gas prices will have on A&D in 2023 & beyond and what it will take to spur consolidation. In relation to this, he shares his thoughts on companies’ growth & monetization strategies in a world where investors are asking management teams to prioriti...

Andrew Dittmar, Director, and Phillip Dunning, Director of Product Management at Enverus, bring their expertise to the Investor Series Podcast, discussing their insightful projections for Oil & Gas / commodity prices in 2023. Within this episode, they share their views around what will be the key drivers behind deal activity in 2023 and how companies that are essentially shale players grow mov...

Sarah Bratton Hughes, Head of Sustainable Investing at American Century Investments, joins the Investor Series Podcast series to share her contrarian view on the energy industry from a sustainable investing perspective. In her perspective, Texas is 'Misunderstood' when it comes to ESG, and fund companies (along with the world more broadly) need Texas' cooperation for the world to decar...

Wil VanLoh, Founder & CEO of Quantum Energy Partners, joins the Investor Podcast series to talk about where he sees the most attractive risk-adjusted returns within the energy sector, and why LPs should consider the energy sector a long-term investment opportunity following years of under-investment as it begins to demonstrate a sustained period of improved performance. Wil tackles a number of...

Joel Riddle, Managing Director & CEO of Tamboran Resources joins the latest edition of the Investor Podcast Series to talk about Tamboran’s recent acquisition of Origin Energy’s Betaloo basin assets and the opportunity they saw in this to improve domestic energy security in Australia. He also highlights how the Betaloo basins can help to provide reliable, low carbon gas to Asian & European...

Toby Rice, President & CEO of EQT Corporation joins us to talk about the business resilience and competitive positioning of energy from a long-term perspective in order to win over and educate the generalist investor, linking this to how the industry must go about changing the negative narrative that has developed in recent years. He also details the opportunity to address global climate chang...

Bobby Tudor, Retired Founder and CEO of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., and currently CEO of Artemis Energy Partners, joins us to talk about how Houston can position itself as the energy capital of the world and the opportunity that it has to position itself as a leading partner in the energy transition as the world transitions to a low carbon future. Bobby also shares more about the work that h...

We sat down with Diana Glassman, Director-Engagement, EOS at Federated Hermes to get her take on the opportunity that the current geopolitical environment presents to accelerate the diversification and decarbonisation of the global energy mix, particularly in Europe. Diana is a vocal advocate for methane emissions reductions and speaks about the need for the North American Oil & Gas industry t...

Grayson Andersen, Head of Capital Markets, ReconAfrica and Roman Rossi, Vice President, Research Analyst, Canaccord Genuity Corp join us to discuss the exploration and production landscapes in Africa and Latin America reviewing similarities and parallels as we go into energy access, regulatory frameworks, financing, investment and opportunities in both regions. Offshore South Africa/Guyana/Brazil,...

Asha Mehta joins us to talk about Global Delta Capital’s quantitative approach to emerging markets and to share her experiences of being the first quantitative manager to become a signatory of the PRI. She also touches on how investors can leverage big data to drive change and develop data dashboards to provide investors with a clear understanding of the average weighted carbon intensity of assets...

Published on 01 February 2022 Benjamin Colton, Global Head of Asset Stewardship – Voting & Engagement at State Street Global Advisors, joins us to talk about why the conversation around a transition to a lower carbon economy must be conducted with pragmatism rather than through a binary lens of brown vs. green. He also explains how State Street are approaching stewardship as one of the world’s...

Published on 16th November 2021 Nouman Ahmad, CEO & Co-Founder at Validere joins the Investor Series Podcast to talk about the role of data in helping energy industry participants to achieve their energy transition objectives, and walks us through how Validere are building a data layer of inventory data for the oil and gas supply chain to help stakeholders to track, monitor and improve their o...

Published on 02 November 2021 Andrea Course, Venture Principal at Shell Ventures joins the Investor Series Podcast to talk about Shell Ventures, one of the first Oil & Gas corporate funds, and its role in identifying and investing in start-up companies that can help Shell both to meet its emissions reduction targets and to accelerate the energy & mobility transformation. She explains what...

Published on 09 September 2021 Nick Dell’Osso, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at Chesapeake Energy, joins us to talk about where the company stands today having emerged from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy earlier in 2021. During the episode, he explains how the industry is undergoing a structural change and describes how Chesapeake is positioning itself today to meet and deliver on...

Published on 14 July 2021 Brian Carey, Strategic Growth Director at Kongsberg Digital joins us to discuss the role of digitilisation and innovation in the Oil & Gas industry and how ESG will continue to shape and mould the sector. As a pioneer in the digital space Brian discusses how the organisation is well placed to support operators in the age of the Energy Transition and we discuss the rol...

Published on 06 July 2021 Michael Rubio, General Manager, ESG and Sustainability at Chevron joins us to talk about Chevron’s approach towards ESG and the Energy Transition at a time of rising ESG headwinds. He explains how Oil & Gas companies can position themselves to ensure that they can continue to meet shareholder expectations and remain competitive as the world transitions to a low carbon...

Kris Pitta, Founder & CEO at Prudent Resources joins us to talk about his experience of building a business during a global pandemic and to discuss appetite for investment in small to mid-cap oil & gas companies as the industry is experiencing a sustained period of higher oil prices, and the opportunities that this could present for smaller independents like Prudent Resources who are looki...

18 May 2021 Cary Meadow, Executive Chairman and Ben Mendes, Director at Anvil Channel Energy Solutions describe the paradigm shift that they have seen in lenders’ appetites towards natural resources companies as a result of increasing regulatory restraints and rising ESG pressures. They join us to talk us through their strategy to fill the financing void in the market and provide small-to-mid cap...