Rita Beale

Senior Director, IHS Power, Gas, Coal and Renewables, is a consulting practice leader for this Energy Insight Business Line. She has focused on energy for more than twenty-five years in professional services, financial services, and the energy industry. Prior to joining IHS, as an energy analyst, Ms. Beale covered oil and gas commodity markets at Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs; as a consultant at Arthur Andersen and Energy Ventures Analysis Inc., she led engagements for institutional clients; and as an energy trader, Ms. Beale served as Vice President leading two different wholesale power trading organizations in the competitive marketplaces of ERCOT and WECC. Rita also has experience optimizing diverse natural gas storage assets and structuring complex bilateral energy supply deals. Ms. Beale has an MS in mineral economics from the Colorado School of Mines and BS in geology from Rider University. Most recently at IHS, she contributed to a public report, The Role of Banks in Physical Commodities.