Nigel is an industry leader in the Energy Transition, Decarbonization and Carbon Management, and an expert in Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS), Hydrogen and Energy Storage. With over 25 years of global energy industry experience with major international energy companies Shell and bp, Nigel has lead public-private partnership technology programs, policy and regulatory development organizations, project development and operations, and capability building efforts in low carbon energy. This includes roles such as global head of CCUS at bp, chair of the CO2 Capture Project, chair of the North American CCS Association, peer-reviewer for International Energy Agency reports, and alternate chair for execution of the National Petroleum Council CCUS Study.

At Baker Hughes, Nigel guides the company’s strategy and growth initiatives to advance new frontiers for energy that will position the company to help meet global energy demand by offering lower carbon solutions across industries.

Nigel also is an industry lecturer at the University of Houston in their executive education courses on CCUS and the Hydrogen Economy. He also serves as an independent board director for Natural Gas Services Group, and is chair of the Safety and Sustainability Committee and member of the Audit and Nominating & Governance Committees.

Nigel graduated from Imperial College, London with a Master’s degree in Petroleum Engineering, and from The University of Leeds, UK with a Bachelor’s degree with honors in Mining Engineering. Nigel now lives in Houston, Texas with his wife and 2 children.

Scott is a director and senior partner in the management consulting Firm McKinsey & Company. He serves energy and industrial companies on matters of strategy, organization, and performance improvement. He has assisted integrated oil companies, independent exploration and production companies, national oil companies, electric utilities, and industrial companies that serve the energy industry.

He joined McKinsey in 1984 and worked in McKinsey's London office until 1998 when he moved to McKinsey's Houston Office. He has led McKinsey's European and America's Oil and Gas practices, and co-led both McKinsey's Global Energy and Materials sector and McKinsey's Sustainability and Resource productivity practices.

He has been on McKinsey's board of Directors and a member of McKinsey's committees that review the performance of its partners. He has been on the extended board of the McKinsey Global Institute which is McKinsey's internally funded think tank. While at McKinsey, Scott has led internal research projects on topics related to oil and gas, resource productivity, and the US economy.

Before joining McKinsey, Scott obtained an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School, worked for Exxon Production Research in Houston, and graduated from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering. Scott’s Houston community involvement includes board membership on the Houston Symphony Board of Trustees, the Greater Houston Partnership Board of Directors, Rice University’s Jones School, Council of Overseers, and most recently the University of Houston Energy Advisory Board.

Clint Wood is Partner in the Houston Office of McKinsey & Company, Inc. where he serves clients primarily in the Energy sector, focusing on the Oil & Gas (Upstream and Services), Chemicals, and Electric Power sectors.

Clint co-leads our Global CCUS Service Line and is active on decarbonization topics across hard to abate industries. Clint also helped build and lead the Firm’s ‘Oilfield Service and Equipment’ practice.

Clint holds a BBA in Finance and Business Honors and a BA in Plan II, Economics, and History from the University of Texas; an MBA from the Booth School of Management and a MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago.

Before re-joining the Firm, Clint worked with Brazos Private Equity Partners, a middle-market private equity firm and Blackstone’s Financial Restructuring Advisory group (now part of PJT Partners).

Cindy Yeilding is Senior Vice President of BP America. Her previous roles at BP include numerous leadership and technical positions, including Vice President of exploration technology and assurance, Vice President of Gulf of Mexico exploration and appraisal, and global geoscience R&D Manager. Cindy earned her bachelor's degree in geology from Southern Methodist University and her master's degree in geology from the University of North Carolina. As an exploration and research scientist, Cindy has developed and led geological courses, published technical papers, participated on panels and delivered numerous technical, leadership and keynote presentations for technical societies, universities and leadership forums.

Cindy has served as a Distinguished Lecturer with the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), which named her a "Legend in Exploration." Cindy is a member of the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) Board of Directors and serves on the Board of Directors of BP Exploration and Production. She is BP's executive sponsor for Princeton University and a member of the Greater Houston Partnership Board of Directors, and the University of Texas's Jackson School of Geosciences Advisory Council. Cindy actively promotes mentoring and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. She serves as the executive sponsor of BP's women's network, and she is a member of BP's Million Women Mentors leadership council.

Cindy was a founding member of AAPG's Women's Committee and initiated the OTC Women's Networking Session. She proposed a high school STEM challenge for OTC 2017 and is currently leading the development of this program. Cindy has been recognized as one of Houston's Top 15 Business Women by the National Diversity Council, received a "2016 Women in Energy Leadership" award from the Houston Business Journal and was recognized as one of Houston's 50 Most Influential Women of 2016.

As the Senior Vice President, Energy Transition and Executive Director of HETI, Jane is responsible for leading the Partnership’s initiative to leverage Houston’s energy leadership to accelerate global solutions for a low-carbon future. She leads a coalition of industry, academia and community partners to ensure the long-term economic competitiveness and advancement of the Houston region towards a more sustainable and net-zero emissions future.

Prior to joining the Partnership, Jane spent over 20 years at bp in a variety of roles. Her most recent role as Senior Relationship Manager of Regions, Cities and Solutions integrated her as a critical partner to cities and industry to collaborate on low-carbon energy solutions, working closely with the City of Houston to implement their Climate Action Plan.

Jane is a contributing faculty member of the University of Houston’s Center for Carbon Management in Energy, a Regional Advisory Board member for the Energy Industries Council, North & Central America, and member of the Advisory Board of the Houston Chapter of WRISE.