Key takeaways
Host: Kate Hardin, managing director, Deloitte Services LP
Presenters: Amy Chronis, managing partner, Deloitte Services LP
Melinda Yee, partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
1.0 Overview CPE credit | Specialized Knowledge
Despite record energy prices and low valuations, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the oil and gas (O&G) sector fell by 35% year over year in 2022. Is the O&G M&A playbook changing, and what are the new drivers of strategic deal-making in the O&G industry? We’ll discuss:
- Strategic influence of energy security and energy transition in deal-making
- Impact of environment, social, and governance (ESG) on buyer behavior
- Shift in growth strategy toward clean energy solutions and offerings
- Role of JVs and partnerships in building capabilities for the future
Meet the speakers
Kate Hardin
Kate Hardin, executive director of Deloitte’s Research Center for Energy and Industrials, has worked in the energy industry for 25 years. She leads Deloitte’s research team covering the implications of the energy transition for the industrial, oil, gas, and power sectors. She has served as an alumni expert at Yale’s Center for Business and Environment, and she is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Amy Chronis
Amy Chronis is vice chair, the US Energy & Chemicals leader, and the managing partner for Deloitte’s Houston practice. Chronis has more than 30 years of experience serving public and private enterprises from emerging businesses to Fortune 500 companies, with a focus on the oil & gas, chemicals, technology, and manufacturing industries. Chronis served as Deloitte’s US lead relationship partner for one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas companies, as well as other Houston enterprises. In addition to her Houston practice leadership role, she is the US lead relationship partner for several international Energy & Chemical companies.
Melinda Yee
Melinda, a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, is the Energy & Chemicals industry leader for Deloitte’s Transactions & M&A practice. She has more than 25 years of public accounting experience with Deloitte, serving both corporate and private equity clients. Melinda has led numerous M&A teams, both foreign and domestic, on various acquisition and divestiture transactions of varying sizes and complexities, and has experience across the energy spectrum.
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