Jonathan Hill
Trusted Advisor in Energy, Alignment & Organizational Change
- Role
- Managing Partner at The Energists
- Location
- Houston, TX, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jonathan Hill
Bringing more than 25 years of hands‑on leadership experience in the global energy business to a small portfolio of people, process, and product‑focused companies.With a unique background within this domain, acts as a trusted advisor with a candid, informed, and insightful approach to delivering value through organizational change.People‑first executive shaping alignment, clarity, and outcome‑focused execution across energy and complex business settlements. I architect modular, future‑proof agreements that balance market, human, financial, and legal realities and risks. Provides informed counsel to guide organizations through venture, transition, dispute resolution, and multi‑stakeholder governance.
Experience
Managing Partner
May 2015 — Present · Houston, TX, US
Lead a small portfolio of energy‑focused and adjacent companies through alignment, transition, and organizational change. Established in 1979, The Energists is a boutique executive search firm helping its clients achieve key business outcomes across the energy value stream. Practice areas are:(1) Search;(2) Talent Advisory; and (3) Structured Professional Development, including executive coaching.Focus areas include- People‑first leadership shaping alignment, clarity, and outcome‑focused execution- Architecture of agreements that balance market, human, financial, and legal realities and risks- Informed counsel guiding through venture formation, transition, dispute resolution, and governance- Strategic advisory for investment, energy transition, technology, and manufacturingSupporting Fortune 500 leadership, government, founders, family‑owned enterprises, fund managers, and other leadership teams navigating complex decisions across a variety of environments
Education
University of Hertfordshire
BSc (Hons), Double Major: Applied Geology & Business Operations
1986 — 1990
Robert Gordon University
Executive Development Program
1999 — 2000
Skills
- Coal Mine Drainage
- Natural Gas
- Oilfield
- Unconventional
- Team Leadership
- Drilling Engineering
- Habanero Grower
- Offshore Operations
- International Recruitment
- Petroleum Geology
- Field Operations
- Energy Industry
- Energy
- Offshore Drilling
- Petrophysics (Basic)
- Earth Science
- Geology
- Formation Evaluation
- Pressure
- Completions
- Strategy
- Engineering
- Wireline
- Directional Drilling
- Onshore
- Qhse
- Tubing
- Gas
- Drilling
- Petroleum
- Hse Leadership
- Upstream
- Petroleum Engineering
- Fluids
- Unconventional Resources
- Complex Regulatory Environments
- Geophysics
- Quality Management
- Completion
- Hse Management Systems
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