Robert Clark, ASA
Robert (Rob) Clark, ASA currently serves as Principal at Merit Advisors. With over 30 years of valuation and consulting experience within the energy industry, Rob has a wealth of knowledge in the development of complex property valuations, property tax management, expert testimony, mergers and acquisitions, purchase price allocation, and tax incentive consulting. Further, Rob has consulted, advised and assisted clients with their property tax operations and functions in the United States, Canada and the former Soviet Union.
To start his consulting career, Rob worked from 1988 to 1997 at the valuation and consulting firm Pritchard & Abbott, Inc., where his responsibilities included the development of major complex property valuations and expert testimony for litigation purposes. From 1997 to 2003, Rob worked at Ernst & Young, LLP, where he managed property tax departments for large corporations and consulted in various tax assignments.
Prior to joining Merit, Rob was a consultant/partner at Stancil & Co. from 2003 to 2022, when it was acquired by Merit. There, he performed engineering and appraisal services for energy-related clients in mergers and acquisitions, purchase price allocations, finance, and ad valorem tax engagements.
Rob holds a Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is an accredited Senior Appraiser – Machinery & Technical Specialties (“ASA”) with the American Society of Appraisers.