Lauren Wilder
About Lauren Wilder
Lauren Wilder is a Senior Commercial Manager at Chevron in Houston, Texas, with extensive experience in the energy sector, including roles at Repsol and Hess Corporation.
Current Role at Chevron
Lauren Wilder holds the position of Senior Commercial Manager at Chevron, based in Houston, Texas. In this role, she leads multi-stakeholder projects aimed at delivering maximum value to Chevron. Her responsibilities include strategic development and decision analysis, focusing on transaction structuring, execution, and analyzing both macro and micro competitive impacts.
Previous Roles at Repsol
Before joining Chevron, Lauren Wilder had an extensive career at Repsol between 2014 and 2022. She served as the Head of E&P Business Development for the Western Hemisphere from 2019 to 2022. Prior to that, she was the Senior Manager for North America Business Development and Manager for Latin America Business Development from 2015 to 2019. In 2015, she was part of the Talisman Integration Team as the Petroleum Contracts Lead in Calgary, and earlier that year, she worked as Manager for E&P Contracts & Negotiations in Houston.
Experience at Hess Corporation
Lauren Wilder has a solid foundation in the energy sector, having worked at Hess Corporation from 2007 to 2014. She served as a Commercial Advisor for Global Exploration & Development between 2010 and 2014. Before that, she was the Senior Land Negotiator for South America & West Africa, focusing on global negotiations and business development.
Educational Background
Lauren Wilder completed her Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at the University of Alabama, where she studied Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management. Her advanced education has equipped her with the skills to excel in various commercial and business development roles in the energy sector.
Expertise in Decarbonization and New Energies
Lauren Wilder possesses extensive experience in the decarbonization sector, specifically in Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration (CCUS) and Nature-Based Offsets projects. She has a proven track record of growing businesses through strategic partnerships and investments in the new energies sector. Her global perspective allows her to excel in opportunity origination, acquisitions, divestments, and asset optimization across the energy value chain.