Leah Kennon Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

London, England, GB

• Leads America’s Consulting Biofuels team of consulting managers and analysts and is responsible for the quality of delivery from lead development through execution
• Manages team’s performance as well as growth initiatives of consulting business, $2.5MM in Project Revenue for Biofuels, 4MM for America’s Consulting
• Maintains current knowledge of major drivers and trends across commodity markets and identify opportunities to promote consulting services
• As a member of the Americas Consulting leadership, contributes to strategy planning and implementation of the plans
• Leads a variety of engagements that respond to client inquiries, develops proposals, and wins business

London, England, GB

London, England, GB

• Developed and led implementation of Commercial Strategy for Alcohol and Ethoxylate business worth $225MM margin
• Developed marketing strategy for growth opportunities, including China JV, Geismar, LA, debottleneck projects, and new product grade
• Evaluated investment projects including retrofit of Geismar, LA asset and new USGC alcohol asset worth $300MM capital expenditure
• Developed short-term and long-term pricing projections for capital projects, and customer negotiations, identifying up to $100MM/year margin opportunity
• Established gap to potential for alcohol and ethoxylate for greater understanding of value opportunities, e.g., $25MM margin for light alcohol growth

London, England, GB

• Managed key account, Eastman Chemical, as well as several customer accounts both external and internal
• Long- and short-term strategic business planning with customers for C4, C5 and Aromatic business; 5.5MMBBL/year or 600MT/year
• Managed business portfolio selection, pricing strategies, supply and demand balances, and market analysis
• Led cross function coordination to address specification, quality and delivery issues
• Negotiated improved agreement with Deer Park Refining, adding an additional $4MM/year in Butylene sales

London, England, GB

• Built Global Supply and Demand model for Ethylene Oxide Glycol product line to be used for business planning and project evaluation
• Set up financial models for potential growth and co-location projects
• Led product line in establishing excel programs to streamline sales contract calculations for Advancing Customer Experience project
• Provided support to sales team in pricing and volume analyses
• Supported marketing, strategy, and finance functions for EOG business

London, England, GB

• Researched various chemical pathways, including conventional and alternative routes, to seven vital base chemicals produced by Shell
• Analyzed overall energy requirements and CO2 emissions of pathways to make recommendations on Shell’s role in future chemical production with carbon constrained outlook
• Conducted techno-economic analysis for possible future chemical pathways
• Collected renewable energy power generation data and correlated with deployment tactics

• Supported daily production of chemical unit that produces alcohol sold for commercial use (propanol, PaOH, IPA, TMN, DIBC, MIBC)
• Led and supported implementation of improvement projects that help correct gaps in production to increase output
• Calculated and reported monthly performance metrics for Texas City Oxygenated Solvents Business
• Served as a liaison between business planning and process units to facilitate in product coordination
• Supported introduction of new products into Refining and Hydrogenation unit

Houston, Texas, US

• Led crew of 3-8 in providing cementing services to energy exploration companies
• Professionally organized, calculated job specifications, and ran a cementing service that met client needs and Loss Prevention Team Member
• Trained in United Arab Emirates for Cementing Services Operational School

• Performed technical calculations in support of forensic investigations
• Quantified release scenarios in process safety incidents
• Provided chemical engineering assistance to safety audits of process operations

San Antonio, TX, US

• Aided in completions of 2007 Emissions Inventory Report and 2007 Toxic Release Inventory Report
• Quantified release scenarios in process safety incidents
• Assisted with daily compliance review, documentation, and tank emission estimates, flex permit hourly compliance documents and semi-annual preparation for non-NSPS, NSPS, and MACT UUU

Master Of Business Administration (Mba)

B.S., Chemical Engineering