W&T Offshore has appointed Sameer Parasnis as its new CFO, replacing Janet Yang, who left last month as she was relocating to another city for family reasons.

The company has its head office in the Galleria area of Houston. It holds working interests in 47 offshore fields in the Gulf of Mexico. It has a market capitalization of $540 million.

Mr. Parasnis joins from Stifel investment bank where he was Managing Director of the Energy and Natural Resources team. He joined Stifel in 2016, then spent a year at Texas Pacific Land Trust, before rejoining Stifel in the same role in 2020. He started his career at Reliance Industries in India before joining Citigroup in consumer banking. He transitioned to investment banking with Credit Suisse in Houston.

Mr. Parasnis will receive a base salary of $450,000. Target annual cash bonus will be 85% of base and target long-term incentive compensation will be 300% of base.

SEC filing – W&T Offshore new CFO