Opportune LLP Welcomes Two New Partners

 

HOUSTON – Don Jefferis and Marty Makulski have been admitted as Partners of Opportune LLP. Mr. Jefferis and Mr. Makulski join partners David Baggett, John Vanderhider and Josh Sherman. 

 “We are very pleased to invite Don and Marty into the partnership,” stated Managing Partner David Baggett.  “They have seeded and grown a successful energy focused process and technology practice at Opportune in just two years. Importantly, they share our commitment to client service and developing our staff.”

Prior to joining Opportune LLP in December 2007, Mr. Jefferis established the New York City office of an energy consultancy where he served several investment banks and hedge funds on energy trading systems and merger integration execution. Mr. Jefferis was a founder of Arthur Andersen’s Energy Risk Practice, the chief information officer for one of the largest energy trading houses in the United States, president of an energy trading software company, chief financial officer for a publicly traded software company and a consultant to hedge fund administrators on organizational and strategy issues.

Mr. Makulski joined Opportune LLP in January 2008 and has fifteen years of experience in providing clients with energy trading and risk management, packaged software implementation, risk policy development, trading and risk processes and business process automation.  Many of Mr. Makulski’s global clients include investment banks, oil majors, and merchant energy firms.  Prior to joining Opportune, Mr. Makulski was a founder of Accenture’s Energy Trading and Risk Management Practice, and established the London office for a boutique consultancy focused on energy trading.

Opportune LLP is a Houston based consulting firm specializing in assisting energy clients with corporate finance, process improvement, technology, complex financial reporting,  tax and outsourcing. For more information on Opportune LLP, please visit our website at www.opportune.com.