Rachel Burns
Senior Director
10+ years of experience across the energy industry
Specializes in cost transformations, transaction advisory, and performance improvement

Rachel Burns is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal U.S. Energy in Houston. She specializes in cost transformations and process optimization in both the traditional and clean energy spaces, with a focus on distress situations.
With more than 10 years of consulting experience, Ms. Burns has assisted energy clients with large-scale transformations, M&A transactions and integrations, and process optimization projects.
Ms. Burns notable assignments include transformation projects in the distressed clean energy space. She was responsible for leading the G&A workstream in a large bankruptcy project for the world’s largest producer of biomass. Ms. Burns has worked with clients across various energy sectors, including exploration and production, midstream, downstream, wind, solar, biofuels, and biomass.
Ms. Burns earned a bachelor’s degree in supply chain management (minor in international business) from Texas A&M University.