Graham L. Copley

Senior Advisor, Energy and Environment

Graham Copley is a senior advisor to Grayson & Co. He is co-founder of C-MACC, a Houston-based strategy and research consulting firm focused on the chemical industry and its adjacencies. He also serves as co-CEO of Issaquena Green Power. Graham has spent 40 years in and around chemicals and associated industries. His depth of industry and geographic experience enables him to assist clients in a wide spectrum of consulting and advisory roles. At C-MACC, Graham manages the bespoke side of the business. He also assists with market fundamentals, provides editorial input into daily and weekly reports, and maintains oversight of the firm’s thematic thought leadership.

Previously, Graham was co-founder of Pentant LLC and head of industrials and basic industries research at SSR LLC. During his tenure, Graham served as chief executive officer and lead board director of BioNitrogen Holding Corp., steering the company through Chapter 11 restructuring.

Earlier in his career, Graham was an executive director and head of U.S. equities for Macquarie Capital USA. Throughout that time, he served as board director of Macquarie Securities USA; a Compliance Committee director; a 401(k) Advisory Board director; a member of Macquarie’s U.S. Management Committee; and director of the “Women in Macquarie” Advisory Group. Prior to Macquarie, Graham was head of global equity research at HSBC. His group included 185 analysts and associates globally and an offshoring operation in India with an additional 100 analysts. The onshore research group was run out of 12 global offices.

His chemical industry focus began with an early career at BP Chemicals. He later progressed for a decade in consulting with Chemical Market Associates Inc. (CMAI), now part of IHS Markit. Graham also spent eight years with Sanford C. Bernstein, where he became a top-ranked U.S. chemical research analyst.

Graham is a dual citizen and earned his chemical engineering and business studies degree from Imperial College London. A native of the United Kingdom, he currently resides in Houston, Texas.