Engineer &
Energy AnalystMegan Conard
About Me
Background
Engineering
Press
Skills
Every job I’ve had has come back to energy, from refinery turnarounds at Phillips 66 to carbon capture membranes at Saint-Gobain to now financing energy transition projects.
I hold a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder and spent two years at Saint-Gobain, first as a research engineer on energy and sustainability technology and then on sustainability process solutions for gypsum board.
Along the way, I saw technical projects stall because the numbers didn’t work or nobody made the financial case. While engineering decides what can be built, finance decides what will get built.
As an engineer, I saw how infrastructure projects get deployed. My MSc in Energy Management, with a specialization in Finance and Investment, at ESCP Business School showed me where the money that builds them comes from.
Co-leading a 20-member board advising university leadership. Contributed to raising $10M to fund tuition for first-generation students.
Mentored 100+ peers and led recruitment sessions of 50+ alongside the Dean and department chairs.
First undergraduate representative on the ME DEI board. Presented campus culture survey results and reviewed DEI Action Grants.
Provided student input on college-wide decisions and participated in the dean selection process.
Paris. Clean hydrogen infrastructure fund, a joint venture of Ardian and FiveT Hydrogen. Building project finance models for carbon capture assets and evaluating new hydrogen opportunities.
ESCP consulting project for ENGIE’s trading desk. Python model of gas fuel switching across 11 Asian markets and 17 industrial sectors.
MSc Energy Management, Finance & Investment. London & Paris. LNG project finance, commodity risk, low-carbon strategy.
Led multi-site assessments across Europe (France, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland). Coordinated US-France teams to advance circular economy and standardization goals.
Dual-phase CO₂ capture membranes, ML production optimizer (~$1–1.5M margin), scrap SiC circular economy program, SOEC.
$180K CAPEX projects at the Sweeny, TX, refinery. First-hand insight into capital decisions in energy operations.
Python model quantifying $55.5M in avoided health costs from HDV electrification across the Denver metro area.
Risk and quality management during a major refinery turnaround in Billings, MT. Mitigated $100K+ in operational risk.
BS Mechanical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, GPA 3.96/4.0. Silver Medal Award. Engineering Ambassador & DEI Board.
