Richard Warren

Director Corporate Development @Helix Energy Solutions Group

Houston, TX, US
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WORK HISTORY

Dec 2025 — Present

Director Corporate Development @Helix Energy Solutions Group

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Houston, TX, US

Helix Energy Solutions is a global offshore energy services company providing specialty subsea, well intervention, robotics, and decommissioning solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, with a strong focus on complex, high-value projects where our fleet of dedicated intervention assets can deliver successful outcomes more effectively than drilling rigs or conventional vessels.As Director of Corporate Development, I lead the company’s M&A, strategic investment, and inorganic growth initiatives. My role includes identifying and evaluating acquisition and partnership opportunities, executing transactions from strategy through integration, and working closely with executive leadership and the Board to drive long-term value creation and portfolio optimization.

EDUCATION

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Quantic School of Business and Technology

Executive MBA, Business

1989 — 1993

University of Oxford

MA Engineering Science, Electronics and Information Engineering

1999 — 2000

Heriot-Watt University

M. Eng, Petroleum Engineering

SKILLS

Business StrategyUpstreamDue DiligenceOilfieldOil & GasEnergy IndustryEnergyOil & Gas IndustryDrillingPrivate EquityStrategyCorporate FinanceManagementFinancial ModelingMergers & AcquisitionsValuationMergersPetroleumPetroleum Engineering

ABOUT RICHARD WARREN

Experienced executive with global strategy and corporate development experience gained in upstream oil & gas service, chemicals, consulting and investment banking. Currently leading SABIC Ventures US team making investments in early stage technologies relevant to SABIC\'s chemical manufacturing portfolio, particularly in decarbonizing industrial processes, developing plastics circularity and increasing the efficiency of ammonia based fertilizers.Experience includes- building and managing a portfolio of early stage technology investments - sourcing, negotiating, due diligence and portfolio management- board roles from $1 million to $1 billion EV companies - leading a multi-transaction, multi-year,>$3bn divestiture program divesting global businesses from a major oilfield service company. From hiring and building the team to negotiating and closing deals, carving-out and transitioning businesses- executing strategic M&A transactions to identify and acquire technology and capability to build a global oilfield services portfolio- structuring and raising a $80 million private equity co-investment partnership- advisory roles with leading firms in strategy consulting and upstream investment banking- extensive operational and technical experience in oil and gas data acquisition and analysis across the drilling, completion and production processesSkilled in Petroleum Engineering, Management, Operations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Carve-Outs and Cross Border deals.

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