Brian O’Neal Joins Weaver as Partner in its Consulting Practice

HOUSTON (October 7, 2024) – Weaver, a national accounting and advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Brian O’Neal has joined the firm as a partner in its Consulting practice. Based in Houston, Brian will leverage his extensive experience in market operations, analytics, asset optimization and commodity risk management to enhance Weaver’s advisory services within the energy sector.

Brian’s career includes more than 20 years of Big Four experience, where he led strategic initiatives across energy, financial services, agribusiness and industrial manufacturing sectors. In previous roles, he also worked within trading risk governance, commodity hedging strategy, model risk management, systems optimization and energy data analytics.

“Brian’s experience aligns well with Weaver’s advisory practice as we seek to provide exceptional value to our clients in a manner that maximizes their portfolio value and improves trading operations,” said Brian Thomas, Weaver’s national practice leader, advisory services. “His deep knowledge of energy market dynamics, trading operations and risk management, combined with his leadership in strategic initiatives, will further elevate solutions from our Consulting practice.”

“As Weaver’s Consulting practice continues to expand, Brian’s arrival marks an important milestone in our energy sector growth strategy,” said John Mackel, CEO and managing partner of Weaver. “His experience leading transformative initiatives and optimizing energy trading operations will be highly valuable to our clients in navigating a complex and evolving energy landscape.”

Brian holds an MBA with a concentration in finance from Rice University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Texas.