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Black & Veatch Adds Two Experienced Energy Executives to Growing Management Consulting Division.


HOUSTON -- Black & Veatch today announced the addition of two experienced energy executives, S. Wesley Haun and Soli Forouzan, as senior-level consultants in the company's Enterprise Management Solutions (EMS) division.

Haun and Forouzan join the growing Lukens Energy Group unit of EMS, which provides management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business
service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects
 services to energy industry leaders on strategy, markets, regulation, valuation, trading and risk management issues.

"The addition of Wes and Soli to the EMS team of seasoned energy experts greatly enhances the depth of strategic skills and experience that we are able to provide to our growing client base," said Scott Smith Scott Smith is the name of:
  • Scott Smith (politician) (born 1959), Canadian politician
  • Scott Smith (musician) (1955–2000), bassist of Loverboy
  • Scott Smith (field hockey) (born 1972), Canadian field hockey player
, Vice President, Black & Veatch. "Their talents will better position EMS for future growth as we continue to increase our capabilities in the areas of energy risk management, power, fuels and emissions markets, complemented by the broader capabilities of Black & Veatch."

As Managing Director, Haun will provide client consulting expertise related to commercial disputes, regulatory disputes and gas purchasing practices, as well as strategy on energy asset acquisitions and divestitures. He has more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry with strong emphasis on litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 support in the energy midstream mid·stream  
n.
1. The middle part of a stream.

2. The part of a course that is neither at the beginning nor at the end: the midstream of life.

Noun 1.
 sector.

Haun has spent more than 20 years in executive assignments within the energy industry, including Vice President of Gas Supply & Marketing and Senior Vice President for a major interstate pipeline company. He has held positions with two major energy companies focusing on marketing, regulatory affairs Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas:
, natural gas supply, contract negotiations and execution, energy purchasing for both regulated and unregulated entities, and in natural gas marketing and trading.

Haun earned an MBA MBA
abbr.
Master of Business Administration

Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business
Master in Business, Master in Business Administration
 degree in finance from the University of Nebraska and a bachelor's degree in industrial management from the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. .

Forouzan, who has been named Managing Director, will be responsible for implementing energy trading and risk management solutions, strategy and expert opinion with special emphasis on natural gas storage and other midstream assets. He joins Black & Veatch with more than 20 years of trading, risk management and energy asset optimization experience in the midstream sector. Forouzan founded Mind Span, Inc., an energy risk management and expert witness consultancy working with asset-centric energy clients, wholesale energy merchants, gas and power local distribution companies, law firms This list of the world's largest law firms by revenue is taken from The Lawyer and The American Lawyer and is ordered by 2006 revenue:[1]
  1. Clifford Chance, £1,030.2m – International law firm (headquartered in the UK);
  2. Linklaters, £935.
, software companies and training organizations.

He also has served as Vice President/Chief Risk Officer and Director of Asset Management for a major energy trading corporation where he managed compliance, risk control and middle office functions for one of the largest wholesale energy merchants in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. .

He holds an MBA degree in finance and a bachelor's degree in business administration from Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. . He also is a Chartered Financial Analyst Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

An experienced financial analyst who has passed examinations in economics, financial accounting, portfolio management, security analysis, and standards of conduct given by the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts.
.

About Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, telecommunications, management consulting, federal and environmental markets. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops tailored infrastructure solutions that meet clients' needs and provide sustainable benefits. Solutions are provided from the broad line of service expertise available within Black & Veatch, including conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, program management, construction management, environmental, security design and consulting, management consulting and infrastructure planning. With more than $2 billion in revenue, the employee-owned company has more than 100 offices worldwide and has completed projects in more than 100 countries on six continents Six Continents is a large retail PLC in UK which split into Six Continents Retail known as Mitchells and Butlers plc. The hotels and soft drinks business of Six Continents PLC is now known as InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. . The company's Web site address is www.bv.com.

Enterprise Management Solutions (EMS) is the management consulting division of Black & Veatch. EMS provides tailored strategic, process and technology solutions to deliver improved operations, cost savings, new revenue streams and greater customer loyalty. For more information concerning the Lukens Energy Group unit of EMS, go to www.lukensgroup.com.
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