Clients across the energy and chemical sectors and the entire value chain rely on our search expertise and understanding of industry realities. Whether you are looking for a Regional President, General Manager Operations, Vice President Hydrogen, Director Digital Transformation, Head of Human Resources, or a Chief Innovation Officer, we will help you to find the right person. We’ll assess experience, culture, breadth of thinking and personal goals. You’ll get leaders who go beyond traditional boundaries and bring fresh skills and perspectives.
Competition is causing leaders to embrace digital technology. Across the integrated supply chain, automation and digital technologies already contribute to efficiency; now entire business processes require a re-think. A holistic approach led by executives with the skills to work across functional boundaries and integrate data along the entire value chain will enable agile companies to compete.
It’s time to embrace sustainability as a way of being. Consumer pressure and increasing legislation leave the industry with no other option. Whether its responding to climate change, air pollution or calls for a circular economy, energy transition and a sustainable approaches have become a condition for being in business. Handling the consequent complexity requires leaders with values that go beyond the bottom line.

When it comes to sustainability, we aspire to the same standards as our clients. We are proud to have been awarded a Bronze rating by Ecovadis in 2022.
The energy sector and the chemical industry needs leaders who can inspire, understand trends and disruptive change, and who are not afraid to fail. Fast, open innovation through collaboration, novel processes, and AI are just some of the elements that will redefine the future for energy and chemical companies and downstream processors.
Patrick joins Borouge International with more than three decades of international finance leadership across industrial, logistics, and chemical businesses. With 20 years’ CFO experience in publicly listed companies, he brings deep financial expertise and a disciplined approach to capital management.
The Dow Board of Directors has appointed Karen S. Carter, currently Chief Operating Officer, as Chief Executive Officer, effective July 1, 2026. Carter will also join Dow’s Board of Directors at that time. Richard Davis will continue to serve as Dow’s Independent Lead Director.
Delaney has been with BP since 1995 and would replace current chief executive Alfred Stern, who has held the post since September 2021 and had announced in May that he would not stand for re-election when his contract expires at the end of August.