Carla Mashinski
Board Member
Oil & Gas CFO, Corporate Board Member and Author
Carla Mashinski is a Dynamic Global Business Leader and an experienced Board Member with a strong combination of financial prowess, business acumen, and strategic expertise. She brings deep experience as a C-Suite Executive, financial expert, Board Director, and Audit Committee Chair of public companies with strong knowledge in the areas of treasury, accounting, finance, governance, compliance, risk management, human resources, people development, information technology, digitization and cyber security in the energy industries.
As the previous Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for Cameron LNG, a liquefied natural gas terminal near the Gulf of Mexico, Carla was a strategic leader and responsible for Financial, Treasury, and IT, and assumed HR responsibilities after one year with the company. As an Executive Management Team Member, she established a high-performing Finance, HR, and IT team by creating an employee development plan for each employee, realigning staff skillsets with organizational requirements, and ensuring a goal-oriented focus. She also successfully led refinancing to secure $3 billion in project bonds.
This followed her time as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President, Finance & Information Management, North American Operations for Sasol Ltd., an integrated energy and chemical company based in South Africa.
Prior to this, Carla was Vice President, Finance & Administration/U.S. Chief Financial Officer for SBM Offshore Inc., a Dutch-based global group of companies that sells systems and services to the offshore oil & gas industry. Carla’s earlier career experience includes roles of increasing responsibility with GulfMark Offshore, Inc., Duke Energy, and Shell Oil Company.
Recognized as NACD Directorship Certified by the National Association of Corporate Directors, Carla serves on the Board of Primoris Services Corporation (NYSE:PRIM), a premier specialty contractor providing critical infrastructure services; BKV Corporation (NYSE:BKV), a natural gas exploration and production company that seeks to deliver reliable, sustainable energy; and Ranger Energy Services (NYSE:RNGR), a provider of high specification mobile rig well services, cased hole wireline services and ancillary services in the U.S. oil and gas industry. She previously served on the Boards of Unit Corporation (NYSE:UNT), a U.S. based energy company engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, contract drilling, and gas gathering and processing and CARBO Ceramics a global technology company that provides products and services to the oil & gas and industrial markets.
Carla earned an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) at the University of Texas at Dallas and a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Accounting from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas, Project Management Professional, National Association of Corporate Directors Directorship Certified, CERT certified in Cybersecurity Oversight and COSO Enterprise Risk Management certified.
A sought-after industry spokesperson, Carla is the recipient of multiple awards and honors, including being named the Women We Admire’s Top 50 Leaders of Houston for 2022. She is the author of “Five Attributes to a Successful Career,” “My Heels Got Stuck in the Career Ladder”, and “Landing a Corporate Board Position”.