While the energy industry grapples with new digital realities, executives and boards are being forced to answer a fundamental question: How do you prioritize assets and people in times of transformation? At Egon Zehnder’s eighth annual CEO and Board Breakfast Panel in Houston, leaders gathered to discuss these and other human capital issues within the sector. Regardless of where businesses are in their digital transformation journeys, and whether they are publicly traded or private equity, today’s energy organizations are facing changes that are requiring leaders to look at elements like culture, diversity and purpose in new ways.

Egon Zehnder leaders who hosted and participated in the 2019 CEO and Board Breakfast were Carol SingletonSlade, Global Energy Practice Leader and event announcer; Trent Aulbaugh, Partner and panel moderator;  and Ed Camara, Chief Executive Officer who joined our distinguished panellists:

• Ulrich Spiesshofer, President & Chief Executive Officer, ABB

• David Foley, Senior Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Blackstone Energy Partners

• Lee Tillman, Chairman, President and Chief Executive  Officer, Marathon Oil

• Carl Trowell, Chief Executive Officer & President, ENSCO