À propos de IHS Consulting

Michael Marinovic

VP Corporate Strategy & Planning Services, IHS

Justin Pettit

Vice President, Strategic Advisory & Transaction Support

Justin Pettit, Vice President of Strategic Advisory and Transaction Support for IHS Consulting, advises financial sponsors, sovereign wealth funds, corporate boards and senior executives on corporate and portfolio strategy, valuation, M&A and major capital decisions. He is also an expert in JVs, financial strategy and capital market issues, strategic risk management, economic performance measurement and management and strategic transformation.

Mr. Pettit’s advisory career has focused at the intersection of corporate strategy and corporate finance for a wide range of clients around the world. Originally a process technology and development engineer in the auto industry, he moved to corporate development with Norcen Energy Resources after his MBA.

Mr. Pettit is the author of two books, Merge Ahead: Mastering the Five Enduring Trends of Artful M&A (McGraw-Hill 2009), and Strategic Corporate Finance: Applications in Valuation & Capital Structure (Wiley 2007).  He is a contributing editor for the journal, Strategy + Business, has been published in over a dozen business journals, including Harvard Business Review and Morgan Stanley’s Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. He is also a referee for The Journal of Quantitative Finance and The Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. 

A popular guest lecturer at business schools and public conferences such as the Brookings Institute, Financial Management Association and Finance Executives Institute, Mr. Pettit leads topics in strategy, valuation, capital markets, risk management and financial policy.

Sang-Won Kim

Directeur général, IHS Consulting

Sang-Won Kim, directeur général pour IHS Consulting, dirige le groupe de services de conseil stratégique. Il est spécialisé dans le développement de stratégies pour les clients qui doivent faire face à des décisions complexes et a acquis de l'expérience dans tous les secteurs de la chaîne de valeur de l'énergie.

Il a conseillé les plus grandes sociétés énergétiques en matière de stratégie de portefeuille, de développement de projets, de gestion des risques et de ressources non conventionnelles. Parmi ses clients, beaucoup utilisent les systèmes d'aide à la décision qu'il a conçus dans le cadre de ses services consultatifs. Avant de rejoindre IHS Consulting, Sang-Won Kim était responsable engagement senior pour Strategic Decisions Group, une société de conseils en stratégie. Il a rejoint IHS Consulting lorsque IHS a acquis SDG Oil et Gas Practice. Sang-Won Kim est titulaire d'un diplôme d'études supérieures de premier cycle en ingénierie industrielle, obtenu à l'université Hong-Ik (Séoul), d'un master et d'un doctorat en science de la gestion obtenu à l'université de Stanford. L'analyse décisionnelle était son domaine de recherche à Stanford. Il a également enseigné un cours de gestion des risques en entreprise à l'université de Stanford.

Tony Nash

Directeur général, Services de IHS Consulting

Basé à Singapour, Tony Nash dirige les services de conseil du secteur non énergétique et public pour IHS Consulting. Avant d'entrer chez IHS, il était responsable de la croissance de l'activité de recherche personnalisée de The Economist Intelligence Unit, spécialisé dans les gouvernements et les firmes multinationales en Asie.

Son expérience inclut la création de scénarios de prévisions dans les secteurs des biens de consommation sur les marchés locaux chinois ; l'évaluation du marché pour des produits automobiles spécialisés en Inde, en Russie et en Afrique ; l'aide à la négociation de cadres pour les accords bilatéraux de libre échange et d'environnement ; et la comparaison de la compétitivité nationale de la technologie, les services financiers et d'autres secteurs industriels dans les marchés des pays développés et émergents.

Il est titulaire d'un master en relations internationales de la Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy à la Tufts University et d'une licence en gestion commerciale de la Texas A&M University. Il donne souvent des conférences et organise des discussions stratégiques avec des chefs d'entreprises et de gouvernements.

Richard Fullenbaum

US Government – Policy and Healthcare

Dr. Fullenbaum, Vice President of Public Sector Consulting at IHS, has over 25 years of experience in economic policy analysis and the application of economic principles to a diverse set of policy and program activities. Dr. Fullenbaum is leading efforts to increase the firm’s presence in the federal sector and its involvement in policy-related research and applications.

He has previously served at the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President under three administrations. After leaving the federal government, Dr. Fullenbaum worked for Standard & Poor’s DRI, where he was VP and director of government research. Subsequently, he was a managing partner at M&R Associates, a management consulting firm specializing in resource economics, tax and regulatory issues, regional economics and small business research.

Dr. Fullenbaum holds a BA in history from Temple University and an MA and PhD in economics from the University of Maryland.

Irena Agalliu

Managing Consultant

Kurt Barrow

Directeur général de Downstream Energy

Kurt Barrow, directeur général du groupe Downstream Energy de IHS Consulting, propose des conseils techniques, commerciaux et stratégiques pour une variété de clients dans l'espace biocarburant et pétrolier médian et aval. Ancien vice-président chez Purvin & Gertz, M. Barrow dirige une équipe de conseillers spécialisée dans les fusions et acquisitions, l'analyse de marché du pétrole brut et des produits raffinés, l'analyse stratégique et les évaluations techniques.

Avant de travailler dans le domaine du conseil, Kurt Barrow a débuté sa carrière à la raffinerie Exxon Baytown, où il a occupé différents postes d'ingénierie et de planification. M. Barrow a également travaillé à Singapour pour Purvin & Gertz pendant six ans. Il était responsable d'audit pour le module Purvin & Gertz Pricing and Margins du service de perspectives du marché pétrolier mondial et directeur de l'étude de perspectives de marché de combustible résiduel.

Rick Chamberlain

Vice President, Upstream Oil and Gas Consulting - Americas

Rick Chamberlain, Vice President of IHS Cera’s Upstream Oil and Gas Consulting Practice, leads a highly experienced team of consultants, comprised of geologists, engineers, economists and lawyers. The team uses comprehensive IHS databases, combined with IHS Insight and Analysis and propriety software to assist clients in moving quickly toward high quality investment decisions.  Mr. Chamberlain’s expertise covers upstream Oil and gas, unconventionals, asset valuation, LNG, risk assessment and strategy development.

Previously, Rick was a Senior Engagement Manager in Strategic Decisions Group’s (SDG) Oil and Gas Practice. Prior to SDG, he spent 19 years managing exploration and development programs, designing EOR programs, developing strategic plans for North American Business Units and consulting worldwide on project management issues with Chevron Corporation. In his current position, he assists leadership teams in making quality “big-bet” decisions by crafting value-creating alternatives and understanding the impact of risks.

In addition, his team provides buyers of Energy and Natural Resource companies and assets an independent view on markets and business environment, viability of strategies and tactics of the acquisition target, and value of the deal  to the buyer, while identifying and reducing risks inherent to acquisitions.”

Steve Fekete

Directeur général de Downstream Energy Consulting

Steve Fekete, directeur général de Downstream Energy Consulting, est basé au bureau de la société Calgary où il est chargé de l'évaluation du pétrole brut (notamment les banques de qualité du pétrole brut), du développement du pétrole brut lourd, de l'assistance de diligence raisonnable en matière d'acquisition et de fusion et des examens du marché et de la technologie pour le financement et autre.

M. Fekete a une vaste expérience des marchés de l'énergie, notamment l'évaluation du pétrole brut, l'examen des produits, la diligence raisonnable d'actif, l'évaluation et la prise en charge de témoin expert. M. Fekete est reconnu en tant qu'expert en matière de développement et de gestion des banques de qualité du pétrole brut ainsi que du développement du pétrole brut, notamment les sables asphaltiques canadiens et la production non-conventionnelle mondiale. Steve Fekete a réalisé différentes études sur la diligence raisonnable en matière d'acquisition d'actif (notamment raffinerie, usines de traitement, pipeline et terminaux), l'examen de la technologie pour le financement (ingénieur indépendant), l'évaluation du pétrole brut et de nombreux examens concernant le pétrole brut et les produits pétroliers.Il intervient également régulièrement lors de nombreuses conférences du secteur. Avant de rejoindre Purvin & Gertz, Steve Fekete a travaillé sur plusieurs installations pétrochimiques et de raffinage, en tant qu'ingénieur des procédés de fabrication, puis au sein des groupes de planification et d'optimisation.

Mark Hutchinson

Managing Director

Mark Hutchinson, IHS Managing Director, leads the IHS Consulting Asian energy consulting group. An 18-year resident of Asia, Mark has considerable experience in many parts of the fuel and power value chain across Asia.

Mr. Hutchinson has performed numerous gas and power market assessments, valuations, due diligence and entry and exit strategies for energy companies; market restructuring analyses; asset evaluation; lenders due diligence; and project and debt financings.

Mr. Hutchinson holds a Bachelor of Economics from Earlham College and a Master of Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Jim Thomas

Vice-président, IHS Consulting (en amont, pétrole et gaz)

Jim Thomas, vice-président de IHS Consulting (en amont, hydrocarbures), possède 20 ans d'expérience dans les hydrocarbures en amont et gère également nos méthodes de réglementation.

Avant de rejoindre IHS en 1999, il a été consultant principal chez Petroconsultants, directeur environnement chez Atkins Environment avec des détachements à temps partiel auprès de la UK Environment Agency. Avant cela, il avait été analyste en géochimie technique chez BP. Il est titulaire d'une licence en géologie de l'université de Leeds et d'un doctorat en géochimie organique de l'université de Bristol. Il est membre de la Geological Society.

Don Bari

Senior Director, Chemical Consulting

Don Bari, Senior Director of Chemical Consulting for IHS, has responsibility for the global business groups within the chemical consulting group, including commodity and specialty chemicals, renewables, technology, transaction, strategy and litigation support.

Prior to joining IHS (CMAI) in 2010, Mr. Bari worked at an international chemicals and energy consultancy as Senior Vice President and Director, starting in 1981. Throughout his 35 year career, he has managed and directed numerous studies consisting of technology, economic, commercial, financial and environmental issues associated with a variety of bio, specialty and petrochemical-based projects. Mr. Bari has worked with clients and projects in 50 countries with a focus in the Americas and Asia. As such, he has a significant amount of experience in the concept-to-commercialization projects, project valuations and the development of project financing feasibility studies. From 1975 to 1981, he was a Process Design Chemical Engineer at Kvaerner (John Brown Constructors and formerly Crawford and Russell).

Mr. Bari holds a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MBA with a Finance specialty, both from the University of Connecticut.

Mark Morgan

Global Managing Director of Renewable and Bio-based in IHS Chemical Consulting

Mark Morgan, Global Managing Director of Renewable and Bio-based Chemicals for IHS Chemical Consulting, leads a new business initative in the bio-based chemical sector, providing consulting services to chemical majors through private equity and venture capital firms, as well as lending institutions.

Dr. Morgan joined IHS Chemical in 2011 with the acquisition of CMAI. He has over 25 years experience in the chemical industry, initially beginning his career in research and development with BP, before joining Chem Systems, an industry-leading consulting firm in the mid 1990s. More recently Dr. Morgan has developed an extensive capability in the bio-based chemicals sector covering commodity and specialty chemicals, as well as biofuels.

Dr. Morgan hold a BS and PhD in Chemical Physics, both degrees from Bristol University.

Michael Robinet

Managing Director of IHS Automotive Consulting

Michael Robinet, Managing Director of IHS Automotive Consulting, is a leader and innovator in global production forecasting, analyzing vehicle/component sourcing and production strategies to serve OEM, supplier, financial and government entities throughout the industry. Mr. Robinet’s field of expertise includes global vehicle product and capacity forecasting, future product program intelligence, platform consolidation and globalization trends, trade flow/sourcing strategies, and OEM footprint/logistics trends. In his previous role as Director of IHS Automotive Global Production Forecasts, Mr. Robinet helped designed the world’s first contiguous database designed to forecast sales, production, and sourcing linkages for the global automotive industry. 

Mr. Robinet has over two decades of experience in automotive forecasting, strategic analysis and manufacturing finance. Before joining IHS, he was Vice President, Global Vehicle Forecasts at CSM Worldwide. He worked at various research companies and was schooled in finance at a major tier one supplier. He has also been widely quoted in worldwide print, radio and TV media on a variety of industry trends and topics focused on the global automotive industry, and he presents regularly at global OEM and supplier conferences and symposiums.

Mr. Robinet holds an undergraduate degree in international and developmental economics and an MBA, both from the University of Windsor, Canada. He is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and a member of the Automotive Press Association (APA).  Michael is a board member of the Society of Automotive Analysts (SAA), founding director of the Canada-US Business Association (CUSBA), a member of the Detroit Economic Club (DEC) as well as a participant on  the Canadian Automotive Partnership Council's (CAPC) Trade and Infrastructure Committee.

Mohsen Bonakdarpour

Director, Strategy and Planning Group

Mohsen Bonakdarpour, Director of the Strategy and Planning Group for IHS Consulting, is responsible for economic analysis and directs advisory projects across various industry sectors. 

Mr. Bonakdarpour has experience in global industry and macroeconomic analysis. He has worked with a wide range of clients, helping them to size their markets, predict product demand and to better target their marketing efforts. He has led a series of studies and developed methodologies to undertake economic impact analysis, and he has managed the development of IHS Business Market Insight, designed to support strategic planning, market segmentation and economic development analysis. Mohsen was also responsible for development of a global Information and Communication Technology database.