Chris Sheehan

Expertise: Upstream mergers and acquisitions, deal pricing, global and regional trends, corporate acquisition and development (A&D) strategies, and analysis of M&A activity in the other energy sectors

Sheehan is the director of energy M&A research for IHS. He has been with IHS for more than 15 years and is responsible for managing the IHS energy transactions research and analysis group, which includes oversight of the development of the M&A research team and managing an energy industry M&A database. Sheehan is the author of the IHS Herold Annual Global Upstream M&A Review. He joined John S. Herold, now IHS, in 1995 as a senior energy equity analyst. Previously, he had eight years of experience at McMahan Securities Co. L.P. (a broker/dealer), where he served as managing director of a non-profit subsidiary and as database manager and securities analyst specializing in oil and gas. Sheehan holds a bachelor’s in political science and an MBA in finance from the University of Connecticut. 

Primary language: English