Douglas-Westwood has opened a new office in Houston and appointed R. Michael Haney to lead its professional team.

Located at Two Allen Center in Houston’s central business district, the new facility forms a core part of the company’s growth strategy and will manage the Douglas-Westwood group’s advisory and research business in the world’s energy capital as well as across the Latin America region.

Haney has more than a dozen years of experience consulting for energy clients with Accenture, Arthur D. Little and Booz Allen Hamilton. He also worked in industry and investment banking and he co-founded and later sold a software technology startup.