Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Executive Education

Nigel has over 25 years of global energy industry experience in technology, project development and operations with major international energy companies. He is an industry leader in the Energy Transition, Decarbonization and Carbon Management, and an expert in Carbon Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS).

Nigel has participated and lead collaborative industry technology programs, policy and regulatory development, and capability building efforts in low carbon energy. This includes roles such as the chair of the CO2 Capture Project, chair of the North American CCS Association, program chair of the Society of Petroleum Engineers CCUS Technical Section and founding member of the GAIA Sustainability program, peer-reviewer for International Energy Agency reports, and Alternate Chair to the National Petroleum Council CCUS Study Coordinating Subcommittee.

At Baker Hughes, Nigel is Managing Partner and responsible for strategy within New Frontiers that will position the company to help meet global energy demand by offering lower carbon solutions across industries.

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.