ABOUT

David Cecil is the Executive Partner of JDC Advisors.   Mr. Cecil founded the company in 2025 after having spent over four years at PJT Partners in the Oil & Gas sector, where he started and headed the Houston office in the Strategic Advisory Group.  

Prior to joining PJT Partners, Mr. Cecil spent three years as the Executive Vice President of Corporate Development for Southwestern Energy (SWN).  At SWN, he was responsible for advising the CEO and Board on developing, managing and executing the company’s strategic direction. Prior to joining SWN, Mr. Cecil had a 20 year career in Strategic Advisory, most recently as a Managing Director and Head of Lazard‘s North American E&P group, where he served from 2012 to 2017. Prior to Lazard, from 2007 to 2012, he was Managing Director of Scotia Waterous (USA), then the oil and gas arm of Scotiabank, where he was co-head of the Houston office and lead the U.S. energy investment banking practice.

Mr. Cecil has extensive experience in M&A having advised on several of the largest E&P transactions in the U.S.  He has also been the lead industry advisor on numerous and notable liability management and restructuring engagements.