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Stephen Trauber

Stephen Trauber

Managing director and global head of energy and clean technology at Moelis & Company

DirectorRoles at 3 startups
Updated Nov 11, 2026·Latest SEC filing Oct 26, 2026·Suggest an edit

About Stephen Trauber

Stephen Trauber is a managing director and global head of energy and clean technology at Moelis. He serves on the GTI, Global, Nabors, NXTClean, New Asean and Odyssey boards.

He previously held senior energy-banking roles at Citi, UBS, Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse. He also chairs Memorial Hermann Hospital Foundation and serves several Houston arts and university organizations.

Experience

This experience comes from official bios and from SEC filings. For roles taken from filings, the years are when the filings name Stephen Trauber in the role, so the role may have started earlier or lasted longer.

Geophysical Technology Inc. Current
Director
2024 – Present · Stafford, TX
GTI makes and leases nodal seismic recording systems for land, transition-zone and shallow-water surveys.
NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc. Current
Director
2023 – Present · Houston, TX
Develops renewable diesel and aviation fuel for transportation.
Global Geophysical Services, Inc. Current
Director
2023 – Present · Bellaire, TX
Moelis & Company Current
Managing director, chairman and global head of energy and clean technology
Nabors Energy Transition Corp II Current
Director and audit chair
New Asean Energy Current
Director
Odyssey Trust Company Current
Director
Aon Current
Advisory director
Element Resources Current
Advisory director
Last Energy Current
Advisory director
Memorial Hermann Hospital Foundation Current
Chairman
Theater Under the Stars Current
Director
Performing Arts Houston and its Foundation Current
Director
Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University Current
Board of Advisors member
UBS Investment Bank
Vice chairman and global head of energy
2003 – 2010
Morgan Stanley
Head of the Energy Group in Houston
1995 – 2003
Credit Suisse
1988 – 1995
Citi
Vice chairman and global co-head of natural resources and clean energy transition

Key Colleagues at Startups

The people Stephen Trauber works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.

Geophysical Technology Inc. · Form D, Oct 26, 2026
Richard Degner
Richard Degner
Chief Executive Officer and Director
CL
Craig Lindberg
Executive Officer and Director
SM
KJ
Nicole Moss
Nicole Moss
General Counsel and Secretary
Alec Huval
Alec Huval
Chief Financial Officer
NEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc. · Form D/A, Feb 20, 2026
Chris Hearn
Chris Hearn
Chief Financial Officer
Eugene Cotten
Eugene Cotten
President and director
JD
LH
Lisa Holmes
Director
BA
Christopher Efird
Christopher Efird
CEO & Chairperson of the Board
Global Geophysical Services, Inc. · Form D, Dec 29, 2023
KJ
Nicole Moss
Nicole Moss
Executive officer
CL
SM
LS
Larry Scott
President and director
BL
Brett Lamensky
Executive officer

Sources

  1. SECGeophysical Technology Inc. Form D, filed Oct 26, 2026
  2. SECNEXT Renewable Fuels, Inc. Form D/A, filed Feb 20, 2026
  3. SECGlobal Geophysical Services, Inc. Form D, filed Dec 29, 2023
  4. OfficialGTI board biography
  5. OfficialGlobal Geophysical Services biography
  6. OfficialNEXT Renewable Fuels board announcement