Carla Mashinski
Board Member

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 Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for Cameron LNG, a liquefied natural gas terminal near the Gulf of Mexico, Carla was a strategic leader in Board matters and was 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. In this role, Carla led financial and information management activities, including cost control, budgeting and forecasting, treasury, financial reporting, tax reporting, and the information management portfolio for U.S. Operations, rendering services to the strategic business.

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.

Carla has extensive Board experience, serving as an Independent Board Director, Audit Committee Chair and Compensation Committee Member for Primoris Services Corporation, one of the largest specialty construction and infrastructure companies in the U.S.; Independent Board Director, Member of Audit, Compensation and Nominating Committees for Carbo Ceramics Inc., an industry-leading technology and service company that provides engineered oil and gas production enhancement, industrial performance enhancement and environmental protection solutions; and Independent Board Director, Compensation Committee Chair, Audit Committee Member for Unit Corporation, a diversified energy company engaged through its subsidiaries in the production of oil and natural gas.

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 completed the Mergers & Acquisitions Program at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton Executive Education. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Texas, Certified Management Accountant, 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,” a book published in 2021. She also is a Member of the Institute of Management Accountants and the National Association of Corporate Directors and has served as Secretary and Treasurer of Financial Executives International