Global management consulting firm A. T. Kearney has announced the appointment of Antoine Rostand as senior advisor and member of the board of the global Energy Practice. He will mainly support clients in the oil and gas sector with needed strategic direction and transformation required to face the current challenges of the industry.

“The energy world is evolving quickly and the large players in this industry need to be supported in their transformations. A. T. Kearney brings them this strategic support. It is a real pleasure for me to re-join a firm with the ambition and capabilities to make an impact in the energy industry and I am looking forward to working with the teams to achieve this,” said Antoine Rostand.

Antoine graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique, and holds an MBA from INSEAD. He began his career in 1986 as an engineer at Schlumberger where he gained extensive knowledge of the oil industry. After working at ICME consulting, he joined A. T. Kearney as Partner in 1996, at the time property of EDS (Electronic Data Systems).

In 1999 he became president of EDS France before re-joining the Schlumberger firm in 2002. In 2004, he founded Schlumberger Business Consulting, which became one of the leading consulting firms in the energy sector.

Antoine Rostand has collaborated with numerous think-tanks including the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, the Montaigne Institute and in 2011 he founded the SBC Energy Institute (EI-SBC), which provides strategic information on technology and economic data for energy organizations.

“We look forward to welcome Antoine Rostand as senior advisor and member of the board of the global Energy Practice in A.T. Kearney”, added Richard Forrest, Lead Partner, A.T. Kearney’s Global Energy Practice, “It reinforces the commitment and foresight of the firm and our leading position in the energy sector. The International experience and recognized expertise of Antoine in oil & gas, will be valuable assets to our global clients and all of our teams.”