Joseph Wilkinson has more than 30 years of advisory and energy industry experience for domestic and international projects. He has served as an expert witness, arbitrator, and business advisor for the oil and gas, petrochemical, pipeline, and oil services industries. Mr. Wilkinson has performed analyses related to litigation, bankruptcy, arbitration, mergers, post-acquisition disputes, business and asset valuations, and contract disputes for companies of all sizes and internationally. He has been involved in the planning, evaluation, and building of numerous energy and chemical facilities. In addition, he has participated in numerous financings and merger transactions, providing planning, evaluation, due diligence, and fraud reviews.

Mr. Wilkinson's experience has been in projects based in Australia, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, England, Morocco, Italy, Russia, Romania, Venezuela, France, Canada, United States, Mexico, and Panama. Besides oil and natural gas, he has experience in phosphates, trona, gold, copper, coal, and related chemical facilities based on these natural resources. He has led teams in dispute resolution, participated in negotiations with governments for natural gas based plants and testified in The Hague concerning the value of oil and gas reserves in an International Council of Societies of Industrial Design proceeding.  

Mr. Wilkinson is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Education

• Northwestern University
  M.A., Management/Accounting, Finance and Marketing, 1977
  
• Northwestern University
  M.S. and B.A., 4 year Honors program, Chemistry, 1974

Employment History

• Econ One
  Managing Director
  2009 - 2010
• Huron Consulting
  Managing Director
  2007 - 2009
• Deloitte Financial Advisory Services
  Director, Forensic and Dispute Consulting
  1997 - 2007
• Tenneco
  Manager, oil and gas investment fund
  1991 - 1997
• Williams McKay
  Vice President, Corporate Finance
  1990 - 1991
• Windham Capital
  Vice President, Corporate Finance
  1989 - 1990
• Granada Corporation
  Director of Finance and Treasury
  1987 - 1989
• Tenneco
  Director of Finance and Treasury and Strategic Planning Manager, pipelines, chemicals and minerals
  1977 - 1987

Honors

• Phi Eta Sigma and Phi Lambda Upsilon honory societies
  Northwestern University, 1974

Professional Affiliations

• Independent Petroleum Association of America
• Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship
  Board Member
• The Institute for Energy Law
  Advisory Board