Michael Kratochwill
Vice President, Finance & Strategy Practice
NEXANT INC
Mr. Kratochwill directs the Finance & Strategy Practice within Nexant’s Energy & Chemicals Consulting business unit. This practice has responsibility for financially related work in the Americas and Asia, and has advised on many of the significant transactions in those regions. With 40 years of industry experience, Mike is a recognized expert on the chemical and refining industries with respect to plant and business strategies and values. His areas of interest and Practice include fair market valuations and appraisals, chemical and refining economics and strategy, M&A advisory, project feasibility, and financial analysis.
Mike is an experienced consultant and also has direct hands-on experience in banking and refining/chemical engineering and operations. In addition to analyzing the feasibility and economics of over $75 billion worth of projects and valuing over 125 plants/businesses, Mike has personally visited/inspected over 250 refineries and chemical plants worldwide.
Before joining Chem Systems in 1991, Mike had been a Vice President in the energy and chemical banking group at Continental Bank (Illinois), and before that a Senior Analyst/Senior Process Engineer at Atlantic Richfield Company and ARCO Chemical Company. Additional work experience includes Cities Service Refining Company, Sun Oil Company and Great Canadian Oil Sands. Mike received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering (cum laude) from Drexel University and his MBA (magna cum laude) from Widener University. He is also an honor graduate of the US Army (Reserve) – Chemical/CBR School, Engineer School, and Command & General Staff College, and is a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
