Bob Brackett is a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst covering North American oil and gas exploration and production (E&P). According to Institutional Investor’s buy-side survey, as of 2015 he was the number-one analyst for this sector for the third year running. Previously, Brackett was director of E&P planning and director of corporate strategy for the Hess Corporation. Before Hess, he was an engagement manager with McKinsey & Company’s petroleum practice, serving most of the world’s largest oil companies across five continents and 30 countries. Brackett began his career with ExxonMobil, spending eight years in exploration, business development, and development and research. He holds a BS in geophysics and a BA in astronomy from the University of Texas, an MBA from Rice University and, as a NASA space grant fellow, a PhD in earth and planetary sciences from Washington University in St. Louis. Location: New York