PE-backed upstream platform
C-suite and VP placements for a newly formed operating platform.
Full story coming soonExecutive & Professional Search · Energy & Financial Services
Talent for energy and the capital behind it.
Shaw Energy recruits executives and salaried professionals for oil and gas companies across the value chain, and for the private equity, venture capital and wealth management firms that invest in energy.
90Days from deal close to leader in seat on PE-backed searches
20+Years in personnel services
8Sectors across energy and financial services
US+Every US basin and market, plus international
Sectors
Two practices, one industry.
We recruit inside oil and gas companies, and inside the financial firms that fund and advise them.
Energy
01
Upstream
E&P operators and platforms: executive, reservoir, land and operations.
02
Midstream
Gathering, processing, storage and transportation.
03
Downstream
Refining, petrochemicals, marketing and distribution.
04
Oilfield Services
Well services, completions, pressure pumping and equipment.
05
Energy Technology
Digital oilfield, energy SaaS, data and analytics.
Financial services
06
Private Equity
Energy-focused funds: principals, deal teams and portfolio operating leaders.
07
Venture Capital
Energy and climate investors and the founders they back.
08
Wealth Management
RIAs, family offices and private banks: advisors, analysts and CFAs.
Who we place
Board to bench.
Executive and salaried professional roles at every level, in any US state and internationally.
- BoardIndependent directors and board advisors
- C-suiteCEO, CFO, COO, President
- Vice PresidentOperations, finance, commercial, land, HSE
- DirectorEngineering, geoscience, finance and accounting
- ManagerLand, asset, plant and project management
- ProfessionalsGeologists, engineers, land, lease and division order analysts
How a search runs
Built for speed.
KICKOFF
Mandate
We align with your leadership team, and the sponsor or board where there is one, on the role and what success looks like.
WEEK 1
Scope
Profile, compensation range and must-haves agreed in writing.
WEEK 4
Shortlist
Assessed, interested candidates presented confidentially.
BY DAY 90
In the seat
Offer, references and resignation support, then your new hire starts.
Case studies
Recent searches.
Client names stay confidential. Full write-ups are on the way.
Midstream energy company
Director and operations leadership across gathering and processing.
Full story coming soonOilfield services firm
Technical and field specialists to support a growth program.
Full story coming soon
From the founder
“Every energy company runs on its people, from the boardroom to the land department. Our job is to put the right ones in the seat before the business needs them.”
Steve GarzaFounder & Managing Partner
For employers
Hiring a leader or building out a team?
- Executive searches, from board to C-suite to VP
- Professional searches: engineering, geoscience, land, finance and more
- One senior partner from scope to start
For candidates
Exploring your next role, quietly?
- Upload your résumé here in under a minute
- A senior recruiter reviews it and reaches out
- Your résumé never goes to an employer without your OK
Houston, Texas
Tell us what you're solving for.
- Call
- (281) 381-2703
- questions@shawcv.com
- Office
- Houston, TX