Josh Hesterman

Josh Hesterman is a managing director in BRG’s Energy & Climate practice and has nearly twenty years of experience in the energy, industrials, and private equity markets. He advises his clients on strategy, transactions, performance improvement, and broad organizational transformation.

Mr. Hesterman has broad expertise across the energy value chain spanning oil and gas, utilities, and industrial products categories. He has significant experience working with intermediate suppliers such as chemicals, logistics, and transportation companies. He has directly advised executives, boards, and private equity clients on major investments totaling more than $20 billion.

Mr. Hesterman has also led performance improvement, market entry, diligence, and organizational (re)design projects focused on aligning organizational operating model elements with the enterprise’s ultimate financial and operational goals. He combines foundational, first-principles consulting skills with pragmatic clarity on how complex organizations run and make decisions. He advises clients on the energy transition and how emerging global regulation will reshape markets and investment decisions.

Mr. Hesterman previously held senior leadership roles in the Deal Advisory & Strategy and Energy & Industrials practices at global consulting firms. He has international experience across North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. He is a frequent panelist and speaker on global energy, regulation, and decarbonization and has authored pieces on the criticality of addressing the energy transition in publications such as IndustryWeek.