Overview
Allister Graham is a partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Houston office and a member of the global Energy, Industrial, and Private Equity practices. He advises CEOs, boards of directors, and private equity investors on executive leadership, organizational growth, succession planning, and building high-performing leadership teams.
Experience
Allister’s expertise spans the global energy value chain, including oil and gas, services, infrastructure, energy transition, and related industrial markets. He works with private equity investors, portfolio companies, and publicly traded and privately held organizations.
He has more than 15 years of executive search and leadership advisory experience across global energy, industrial, and private capital markets. He specializes in CEO, board, C-suite, and other senior leadership appointments, helping organizations identify and develop talent during periods of growth, transformation, and strategic change.
Allister also advises clients on leadership assessment, succession planning, and strategic talent mapping. He has led hundreds of executive search and leadership advisory engagements across North America and Europe.
Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, Allister spent 10 years as global managing partner of a private equity-backed executive search firm specializing in the energy, industrial, and private equity sectors. He led the firm’s growth and advised investors, portfolio companies, and corporate clients on senior leadership appointments.
Previously, Allister spent five years with a publicly traded global search firm, initially in Aberdeen, Scotland, and later as head of executive search in Houston.
Education
University of Strathclyde, Bachelor of Laws, with a focus on employment law