Bob Fryklund is the Chief Upstream Strategist at S&P Global Energy.  Bob has 44 years experience working for majors, independents, and consultancies, with more than half of that in executive leadership roles. He focuses on advising companies, boards and leadership teams on areas that lead to high impact value creation – portfolio’s , IPO’s, restructuring, M&A.

He is globally recognized expert on Upstream and won the AAPG Presidents award for his Thought Leadership. A frequent keynote speaker for both public and private events, he is also a well-known moderator and media source.

Bob gives back to the industry via mentoring  women leaders, and he also sits on multiple industry boards- ARPEL, AAPG CAB, AAPG Trustee Associate and Hamilton College. He holds an AB in Geology from Hamilton College and resides in Houston, Texas.