UPSTREAM CAPITAL MARKETS AND THE FUTURE OF OIL AND GAS: A LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST
Event Date: 4/16/2026
Event Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
Event Time: 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM CST
Location:
Westin Houston Memorial City
945 Gessner Rd
Houston, TX 77024
945 Gessner Rd
Houston, TX 77024
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Join Energy Workforce on Thursday, April 16 for a capital markets breakfast sponsored by Willis Towers Watson. Guest speakers Eric Marshall, Partner, Investment Banking, TPH and Bruce Niemeyer, President, Shale & Tight Operations, Chevron will engage in a fireside chat. Tim Perry, Vice Chairman of Global Energy, RBC Capital Markets will address upstream capital deployment, current M&A activity, equity, debt and capital available to E&P players.
Registration
Members: $60 – includes plated breakfast
Non-Members: $70 – includes plated breakfast
Agenda
8 a.m. Registration & Networking
8:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks
8:40 a.m. Fireside Chat
-Eric Marshall, Partner, Investment Banking, TPH
-Bruce Niemeyer, President, Shale & Tight, Chevron
9:15 a.m. Tim Perry, Vice Chairman of Global Energy, RBC Capital Markets
10 a.m. Adjourn
Speakers
Bruce Niemeyer, President, Shale & Tight, Chevron
As President, Shale & Tight, Chevron Corporation, Bruce L. Niemeyer, 64, oversees Chevron’s significant upstream activities in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado, and the Vaca-Muerta shale play in Argentina.
From 2022 to 2025, Niemeyer served as president of Americas Exploration & Production, overseeing Chevron’s upstream portfolio across the continental U.S, Canada and Latin America.
From 2018 to October 2022, Niemeyer led the development of the company’s key strategies, including capital allocation and sustainability efforts as corporate vice president of Strategy and Sustainability.
Previous roles have included vice president of Chevron’s Mid-Continent business unit from 2013 to 2018, vice president of the Appalachian/Michigan business unit from 2011 to 2013, and general manager of strategy and planning for Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company.
Niemeyer is a member of the Upstream Committee of the American Petroleum Institute, the Executive Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership and board member of the Texas Economic Development Corporation (TxEDC). Niemeyer joined Texaco in 2000 from Atlantic Richfield Company. He earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and is a registered petroleum engineer in the state of California.
Eric Marshall, Partner, Investment Banking, TPH
Eric Marshall is a Partner at TPH, where he focuses on advising upstream clients in the energy sector. Mr. Marshall has approximately 15 years of investment banking experience, having served in various roles at the Firm during his tenure. Over the course of his career, he has advised clients on key transactions with a combined aggregate transaction value of over $100 billion. Mr. Marshall earned a BBA in Finance from TCU and an MBA in investments from TCU.
Tim Perry, Vice Chairman of Global Energy, RBC Capital Markets
Tim Perry is the Vice Chairman of the Global Energy Group at RBC Capital Markets. Based in Houston, he has a client focus primarily composed of US Independents (public and private ownership), both US and International Majors, LNG companies, and certain Energy Transition companies (carbon capture and geothermal businesses). Mr. Perry has worked on numerous transactions in M&A and capital markets during his 30+ year career in investment banking. Prior to joining RBC in 2023, he had a 25-year tenure in the Investment Bank at Credit Suisse, where he was the Global Head of the Energy and Transition Group and was a member of the Bank’s Operating and Capital Markets Underwriting Committees.
In addition to his responsibilities at RBC Capital Markets, Mr. Perry is also the Chairman of the Maguire Energy Institute in the Cox School of Business at SMU. At SMU, he Co-Founded Spindletop, a student-led energy focused investment fund. He holds a BSBA degree from the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) and a MBA degree from Vanderbilt University.
Event Sponsorships
Title Sponsor
Strategic Partners
Cancellations for refund must be received by April 2, 2026. There will be a 5% processing fee for all cancellations. Member Company employees who wish to register for a meeting at member rates, and do not have an established login, contact meetings@energyworkforce.org.
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Join Energy Workforce on Thursday, April 16 for a capital markets breakfast sponsored by Willis Towers Watson. Guest speakers Eric Marshall, Partner, Investment Banking, TPH and Bruce Niemeyer, President, Shale & Tight Operations, Chevron will engage in a fireside chat. Tim Perry, Vice Chairman of Global Energy, RBC Capital Markets will address upstream capital deployment, current M&A activity, equity, debt and capital available to E&P players.
Registration
Members: $60 – includes plated breakfast
Non-Members: $70 – includes plated breakfast
Agenda
8 a.m. Registration & Networking
8:30 a.m. Welcome Remarks
8:40 a.m. Fireside Chat
-Eric Marshall, Partner, Investment Banking, TPH
-Bruce Niemeyer, President, Shale & Tight, Chevron
9:15 a.m. Tim Perry, Vice Chairman of Global Energy, RBC Capital Markets
10 a.m. Adjourn
Speakers
Bruce Niemeyer, President, Shale & Tight, Chevron
As President, Shale & Tight, Chevron Corporation, Bruce L. Niemeyer, 64, oversees Chevron’s significant upstream activities in the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, the Denver-Julesburg Basin in Colorado, and the Vaca-Muerta shale play in Argentina.
From 2022 to 2025, Niemeyer served as president of Americas Exploration & Production, overseeing Chevron’s upstream portfolio across the continental U.S, Canada and Latin America.
From 2018 to October 2022, Niemeyer led the development of the company’s key strategies, including capital allocation and sustainability efforts as corporate vice president of Strategy and Sustainability.
Previous roles have included vice president of Chevron’s Mid-Continent business unit from 2013 to 2018, vice president of the Appalachian/Michigan business unit from 2011 to 2013, and general manager of strategy and planning for Chevron North America Exploration and Production Company.
Niemeyer is a member of the Upstream Committee of the American Petroleum Institute, the Executive Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership and board member of the Texas Economic Development Corporation (TxEDC). Niemeyer joined Texaco in 2000 from Atlantic Richfield Company. He earned a bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and is a registered petroleum engineer in the state of California.
Eric Marshall, Partner, Investment Banking, TPH
Eric Marshall is a Partner at TPH, where he focuses on advising upstream clients in the energy sector. Mr. Marshall has approximately 15 years of investment banking experience, having served in various roles at the Firm during his tenure. Over the course of his career, he has advised clients on key transactions with a combined aggregate transaction value of over $100 billion. Mr. Marshall earned a BBA in Finance from TCU and an MBA in investments from TCU.
Tim Perry, Vice Chairman of Global Energy, RBC Capital Markets
Tim Perry is the Vice Chairman of the Global Energy Group at RBC Capital Markets. Based in Houston, he has a client focus primarily composed of US Independents (public and private ownership), both US and International Majors, LNG companies, and certain Energy Transition companies (carbon capture and geothermal businesses). Mr. Perry has worked on numerous transactions in M&A and capital markets during his 30+ year career in investment banking. Prior to joining RBC in 2023, he had a 25-year tenure in the Investment Bank at Credit Suisse, where he was the Global Head of the Energy and Transition Group and was a member of the Bank’s Operating and Capital Markets Underwriting Committees.
In addition to his responsibilities at RBC Capital Markets, Mr. Perry is also the Chairman of the Maguire Energy Institute in the Cox School of Business at SMU. At SMU, he Co-Founded Spindletop, a student-led energy focused investment fund. He holds a BSBA degree from the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) and a MBA degree from Vanderbilt University.
Event Sponsorships
Title Sponsor: $5,000 - Includes table of 6, company recognition, logo on all collateral & on banner- Breakfast Sponsor: $1,500 - Includes company recognition, logo on all collateral & on banner (one available)
- Coffee Sponsor: $1,000 - Includes logo on all collateral, foam board at coffee station and on banner (one available)
Title Sponsor
Strategic Partners
Cancellations for refund must be received by April 2, 2026. There will be a 5% processing fee for all cancellations. Member Company employees who wish to register for a meeting at member rates, and do not have an established login, contact meetings@energyworkforce.org.
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