The Energists Fills Senior Business Development Role for GOWell International

April 7, 2025 – Houston-based The Energists has assisted in the recruitment of Chris Morgan as global vice president of business development at GOWell International. Jerry Kurinsky led the search along with Dipika Patel and Jon Hill. “We are pleased to announce the addition of Chris Morgan to GOWell, to lead our business development organization,” the company said. “Chris is a veteran of 30 years in the industry and has worked across the globe in operations, sales, product development and leadership roles. Chris joins the GOWell team at an exciting time, as we deliver new and innovative products to the market.”

Mr. Morgan is an experienced leader in diverse oil & gas service roles, including operations, P&L, sales, marketing & product development. He was previously a product line manager for Weatherford. Before that, Mr. Morgan held the same position with Probe. Prior to this, he was general manager, global operations with Impact Selector International. Mr. Morgan spent over 19 years in various positions with Baker Hughes, is an energy technology company that provides solutions for energy and industrial customers worldwide.

GOWell is a Wireline Logging technology company with research, development and manufacturing capabilities of Cased-hole and Open-hole logging equipment with primary business in Latin America, Middle East, Europe, Africa, Asia Pacific and North America.

The Energists is a boutique executive search firm focused on the energy sector. Its client list is diverse across the energy industry, geographies, and business scenarios. A boutique, high integrity firm established in 1979, The Energists operates exclusively within the energy industry. Its staff comprises accomplished industry professionals and leaders, each with their own area of expertise.

Since inception, The Energists has developed a reputation for identifying and recruiting high impact technical and leadership talent for notable organizations within the energy domain. They are focused on the talent needs within the sector including power and utilities (conventional, renewable, and storage); upstream, midstream, and downstream oil & gas; oilfield services and equipment (OFSE), consulting (EPCs), transportation (air/land/sea – multi-modal), investment banking, and non-bank financial services including private equity and debt (RBL/ABL).

Mr. Kurinsky, partner, is a former global energy and industrials corporate executive with over 25 years of operational experience in upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas, power and utilities, chemical and petrochemical, and manufacturing. His prior role was SVP of international operations for Team, a provider of integrated specialty industrial services covering critical assets in the refining, petrochemical, pipeline, conventional and renewable power, and other industries.

Ms. Dipika joined The Energists as a consultant having previously pivoted into recruitment for technical, IT, accounting & finance, light & industrial, customer service, and healthcare. Currently focused on our search mandates within the power, utilities, and renewables, she leverages her early career engineering and technology experiences to great effect.

Mr. Hill is chairman and CEO of The Energists. With 25 years of energy industry experience before moving to executive search in 2015 , he has partnered with a broad variety of publicly traded, governmental, privately owned, and fund backed clients. Mr. Hill has supported executive search clients in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific and has deep expertise in upstream oil & gas, energy & utilities, banking, manufacturing, and transportation (including midstream).

A Look Into a Past Assignment

Mr. Hill recently checked in with Tony Meszaros, CEO at Western Gulf Water Services. A 2023 placement for the firm, Mr. Meszaros just completed his first year in post and The Energists were keen to debrief and see how things were going. Mr. Hill asked Mr. Meszaros how does life compares to his first quarter in post. “A little over a year into the new position and Western Gulf Water Services is a different organization than day one,” he said. “Scaling a relatively new business is no easy task. It requires ideas, talented people, a synergistic culture and a full understanding of the product or service at hand.”

“As in any new role, I was highly motivated to take the company to new heights,” Mr. Meszaros said. “I realized in the first few days this was the right role for me. It was going to take some creativity and sheer determination. The pieces for success were in place. All needed to be brought together and functioning in sync. The company needed leadership and direction. The board needed commonality.”

Mr. Meszaros explains that his biggest challenge is that operations, service deliverability and safety were and are impeccable. “There is a great team delivering for the customer every day,” he said. “Impressively talented people with the know-how to deliver our product efficiently and reliably while exceeding customer’s specification. We have implemented the necessary preventative maintenance planning and quality management systems our customers require.”

“In regard to business development, we needed to be in control of our own destiny,” Mr. Meszaros said. “The company needed more exposure. Regional sales were added, and a digital footprint was implemented. We have maintained strong industry partnerships and are strategically increasing value add partnerships as needed. Business systems were in place and needed to be instilled across the team and integrated into the accounting process. A hundred percent of our back-office support is outsourced. It’s a fantastic, cost-effective model. Time needed to be spent ensuring each system worked seamlessly with the other, while abiding with corporate governance.”

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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media

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