Getting into PE from Oil and Gas Company (varied experience)?
Hello folks,
New to this part of the world (kind of). I have an increasing interest in PE, not for financial reasons (a little bit I suppose), but I find the work really interesting and would prefer to work in a more nimble fast paced environment as opposed to a slow lumbering oil and gas supermajor.
My primary interest is in decarbonising companies (for moral reasons and also I think there is a huge potential for money to be made here).
I have 4 years experience working as an Engineer at a highly reputable Oil and Gas supermajor and an additional year working in the same company as an Investment Analyst focussing on making profitable investment/deals on both supply and demand side and wish to leverage this experience to move to a PE firm. I believe this is firmly possible as my predecessor to this role has done exactly the above.
My question is now, how can I make the move? Shall I reach out to head hunters as they are probably not likely to get in touch with me (I don't have a LinkedIn).
Thanks.
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You'll very likely need to move to IB first. Maybe could network into a small LMM if trying to skip right to PE. Also, you need to get a LinkedIn.
I would not mention the interest in renewables/decarbonization.. your work will really only be applicable to traditional O&G IB/PE and "climate" or "renewables" is basically a swear word in this space. Maybe spend a year in O&G IB and then lateral to the renewables, infrastructure or power & utilities group if you want out of upstream type work.
Thanks for the reply - what about climate tech PE's?
Really not likely. to be honest. Assuming you've been on the traditional O&G side, your experience is just not applicable to that side of the world and PE is incredibly competitive.
As I said above, O&G IB -> another non-O&G energy stream of IB is your best bet
Why not just climb the ladder in your company and work to make impact there instead of claiming you don’t want to go to PE for money.
Explained in main post, prefer a more fast paced nimble environment.
You still prefer it when it’s 2AM on a Saturday morning preparing due IC?
May also target VC, given my Engineering background and investing experience I believe makes me much more valuable than a purely financial background candidate.
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