Leadership

Experience:

24 years with Wesfarmers Limited, including Managing Director and CEO from 2005 to late 2017. Chair of the Australian B20 (the key business advisory body to the international economic forum which includes business leaders from all G20 economies) from February 2013 to December 2014.

Committee membership: 

Chair of the Nominations & Governance Committee. Attends other Board committee meetings. 

Current directorships / other interests:
Chair: Qantas Airways Limited, Australian Football League Commission, Channel 7 Telethon Trust and WA Symphony Orchestra 

Experience:

Former ConocoPhillips company executive (2008 – 2015), where he spent eight years in senior positions including Senior Vice President, Business Development and Exploration, and Senior Vice President, Exploration. Prior to this, Mr Archibald spent 29 years at Amoco (1980 – 1998) and BP (1998 – 2008) in various positions including leading exploration programs covering many world regions.

Committee membership: 

Audit & Risk, Sustainability and Nominations & Governance Committees  

Current directorships / other interests:

Experience:

Mr Belani joined SLB (formerly Schlumberger) in 1980 and served as a senior executive of SLB from 2011 until his retirement in 2022. Mr Belani held several senior executive roles at SLB including President Reservoir Characterisation, Executive Vice President Technology and most recently, Executive Vice President New Energy where he was responsible for deploying differentiated technologies and practices to decarbonise exploration and production operations, and the development of new avenues of growth in emerging markets with carbon-neutral technologies. Mr Belani continues to work as a Strategic Advisor to SLB. 

Committee membership:

Member of the Audit & Risk, Sustainability and Nominations & Governance Committees.

Current directorships / other interests:

Director: Gentari Sdn. Bhd., Enervenue, Inc. and AMGreen Group. Mr Belani is also a member of the Board of AStar, the agency for science and technology for the Government of Singapore.

Experience:

40-year career with TotalEnergies SE, including as President Middle East, Senior Vice President E&P, Continental Europe and Central Asia, and seven years as President Exploration & Production before his retirement at the end of 2021. From 2021 to 2022, Mr Breuillac continued to add value to TotalEnergies as Senior Advisor to the Chair and Chief Executive Officer.

Committee membership:

Chair of the Human Resources & Compensation Committee. Member of the Sustainability and Nominations & Governance Committees.

Current directorships / other interests:

Director: Trident Energy Ltd and Géosel Manosque SAS

Member: Board of ACL (Association des diplomes de l'ECL) and President of ECL (Ecole Centrale de Lyon) Endowment Fund

Experience:

More than 35 years' experience in corporate tax, specialising in the mining, energy and utilities sector, including senior leadership roles at three of the largest accounting firms and director of a leading Australian utility company.

Committee membership: 

Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee. Member of the Human Resources & Compensation and Nominations & Governance Committees.

Current directorships / other interests: 

Director: St John of God Australia Limited (since 2015), South32 Limited (since 2015) and Wright Prospecting Pty Limited

Trustee: St John of God Health Care (since 2015)

Experience:

Joined Shell in 2003 and retired as Chairperson of the Shell companies in Singapore in January 2019. Served on the boards of a number of Shell joint ventures in China, Korea and Saudi Arabia and has extensive board and governance experience. Prior to joining Shell, worked at Procter & Gamble and IBM. Gained significant experience in a diverse range of industries, including oil and gas, consumer goods and IT.

Committee membership: 

Member of the Human Resources & Compensation, Sustainability and Nominations & Governance Committees

Current directorships / other interests: 

Chair:  Nanyang Technological University (since 2021) and the National Arts Council Singapore (since 2019)

Director: Carbon Solutions Holdings Pte Ltd (since 2022), Carbon Solutions Investments Pte Ltd (since 2022), Carbon Solutions Platform Pte Ltd (since 2022), Carbon Solutions Services Pte Ltd (since 2022), JTC Corporation (since 2022), Singapore Airlines Ltd (since 2019) and Singapore Power Ltd (since 2019)

Member: Singapore Legal Services Commission, Centre for Liveable Cities Advisory Panel, Singapore Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three years:

CapitaLand Investment Limited (2017 to 2022)

Experience:

Angela Minas is an experienced financial executive with strong capital markets experience, including 6 years as a public company CFO at Constellation Energy Partners LLC and DCP Midstream LLC. Ms Minas spent the first 20 years of her career in investment banking and management consulting. In these roles, she assisted C-suite energy executives in areas such as benchmarking and performance management, business transformation, and mergers and acquisitions, serving in various leadership capacities, including as Arthur Andersen’s Partner leading the North American oil and gas consulting practice and Leidos (formerly known as SAIC) Senior VP, global consulting leader.

Committee membership:

Member of the Audit & Risk, Sustainability and Nominations & Governance Committees.

Current directorships / other interests:

Director: Vallourec S.A. (since 2021)

Rice University Business School Board of Advisers

National Association of Corporate Directors

Women Corporate Directors

Directorships of other listed entities within the past three years:

Westlake Chemical Partners (2016 to 2023) and Crestwood Equity Partners L.P. (2022 to 2023)

Committee membership: 

Member of the Human Resources & Compensation, Sustainability and Nominations & Governance Committees.

Current directorships / other interests:

Experience: 

Retired from Shell in 2016 after a 15-year tenure holding numerous positions, including Executive Vice President Arctic, Executive Vice President Exploration and Production, Country Chair of Shell in Australia, and Executive Vice President Africa. Previously had an 11-year tenure with Mobil prior to its merger with Exxon. 

Committee membership: 

Chair of the Sustainability Committee. Member of the Human Resources & Compensation and Nominations & Governance Committees.

Current directorships / other interests:

Director: KBR Inc. (since 2015) and Noble Corporation plc. (since 2021)

Member: Chief Executive Women and University of Wyoming Foundation Board​

Experience: 

15 years in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly, including as the Western Australian Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Energy, Aboriginal Affairs and Lands. The first Indigenous treasurer of any Australian parliament, and has held various shadow cabinet portfolios including Shadow Treasurer and responsibility for Native Title and the Pilbara.

Prior to entering Parliament, Mr Wyatt practised as a lawyer in both private practice and with the Western Australian Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. 

Committee membership: 

Member of the Human Resources & Compensation, Audit & Risk and Nominations & Governance Committees.

Current directorships / other interests:

Director: Rio Tinto (since 2021), APM Human Services International (since 2023), West Coast Eagles (since 2021), Telethon Kids Institute (since 2021) and Perth International Arts Festival (since 2021)

Member: UWA Business School Advisory Board, Australian Capital Equity Pty Ltd Advisory Commitee  Board and Australian Institute of Company Directors

Experience:

Meg O’Neill was appointed as Chief Executive Officer on 17 August 2021. Meg joined Woodside as Chief Operations Officer in May 2018. Previously, Meg held senior roles for ExxonMobil, including regional production and development leadership positions, and country leadership positions in Norway and Canada. 

Meg is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with degrees in Ocean and Chemical Engineering. 

Current directorships / other interests:

Non-Executive Director: American Petroleum Institute, Reconciliation WA, WA Venues & Events Pty Ltd (WAVE), West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WASO)

Chair: Australian Energy Producers (AEP) 

Member: Chief Executive Women, National Petroleum Council, UWA Business School Advisory Board

Mark was appointed to the role of Executive Vice President Marketing & Trading in 2022. Mark has over 20 years’ of commercial, marketing, trading, finance and M&A experience across roles based in Australia, Singapore, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Mark has held a number of senior positions at Woodside, including Executive Adviser to the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Vice President and Group Financial Controller, and Vice President Marketing, Trading and Shipping.  Prior experience includes roles at the Western Australian Department of Treasury and BHP Iron Ore.

Mark graduated from the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2021. Mark also holds a Master of Philosophy in Finance from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor of Economics (Hons) and MBA from the University of Western Australia. 

Tony was appointed in 2022 to lead Strategy & Climate for Woodside Energy. Prior to joining Woodside, Tony held a number of senior roles with BHP including, Group Sustainability & Public Policy Officer and Chief Public Affairs Officer. He also served as Director of the BHP Foundation.

Previously, Tony spent 13 years with ExxonMobil where he held a wide range of senior and global Corporate Affairs roles both in Australia and the United States. Earlier in his career, Tony held the role of Assistant Director of the Australian Institute of Petroleum, and was a Media Relations and Policy Adviser before becoming Principal Adviser to then Premier of Victoria, The Hon Jeff Kennett MP.

Tony holds a Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Economics and a Graduate Certificate of International Relations from Deakin University. 

Andy was appointed to lead Exploration & Development for Woodside Energy in 2022, responsible for delivering a global portfolio of growth options. Andy has significant experience in exploration across global locations.

Previously, Andy was the Vice President of Sustainability and Innovation for BHP’s Petroleum business, overseeing all ESG, HSE and Innovation activities within Petroleum’s portfolio. He held several other leadership positions, including Vice President of Business Development where he supported the sale of the US Shale division and led the acquisition of the Trion Field in Mexico.

Prior to joining BHP, Andy spent 15 years with Marathon Oil Corporation working throughout the value chain, holding roles including Gulf of Mexico Appraisal Manager and Predevelopment Manager for Poland.

Andy holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde Glasgow.

Julie leads Woodside’s Corporate Services Division, providing support across a range of areas including HSE, human resources, security, legal, property management, supply chain and improvement & planning. 

Julie has 30 years’ experience and has held a number of roles within Woodside including SVP Engineering, SVP Pluto Business Unit, SVP Internal Audit and SVP Corporate & Legal. Julie has also worked in a range of production and engineering roles, including several years living and working in Karratha. Prior to joining Woodside Julie worked as an engineer with Shell Refining Australia.

Julie graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering (First Class Honours) and is a fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers. 

Shaun has over 30 years industry experience and leads Woodside’s value chain from Exploration acreage capture and evaluation, through Appraisal and Development concept selection. He is passionate about technology and innovation and the role they play in enabling business outcomes.

As the Executive Vice President New Energy Growth and Operations Shaun oversees Woodside’s Technology advancements in LNG, data science, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation.  Shaun is a member of Dean’s Council for the faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at UWA and is a Board member of Scitech WA.

Daniel was appointed in 2020 to Woodside’s Executive Committee and is currently Executive Vice President Technical Services. As EVP Technical Services, he oversees Woodside's technology advancements in LNG, data science, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation and integration. 

Daniel has over 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry, including as Senior Vice President Corporate and Legal and Senior Vice President Merger Integration Planning.

Since joining Woodside in 2001, Daniel gained extensive experience across departments including commercial, development, projects, operations and business management. Daniel was Pluto Plant Manager based in Karratha from 2011 to 2014, overseeing the start-up of the new LNG production facility.

Daniel graduated from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), Graduate Certificate in Project Management and a Master of Business Administration.

Shiva was appointed in 2022 to lead International Operations for Woodside Energy.

Shiva joined BHP in the role of Vice President Finance for Petroleum in 2020 with over 25 years of energy industry experience across multiple international roles. She also served as a Non-Executive Director and member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations committees of the Mumbai Stock Exchange listed Castrol India between 2017 and 2018.  

She spent a large part of her career with BP in upstream and downstream leadership roles including serving as the CFO for BP Trinidad and Tobago and BP’s global lubricants business–Castrol. She also served as Head of the Upstream Executive Office between 2014 and 2017.

Shiva has a Masters in Business Administration and IT and a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Foreign Languages.

Matthew was appointed to lead Projects for Woodside Energy in 2022, responsible for the company’s development activities globally. Matthew has more than 30 years of experience in the Petroleum industry, based in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Previously, Matthew held the position of Vice President of Major Developments at BHP Petroleum with accountability for Petroleum’s worldwide operated and non-operated major development activities and all operated well and seismic delivery activities.

Prior to this, Matthew has held various senior roles in both the conventional and shale businesses, and was the Vice President of Health, Safety, Environment and Community, and the Joint Interest Unit Manager Bass Strait. Matthew began his career with BHP in 1991 when he joined as a graduate engineer.

Matthew holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (Hons).

Graham joined Woodside as Executive Vice President Finance & Chief Financial Officer in February 2022. Graham has held significant financial, commercial and leadership roles across a range of business sectors, including minerals and oil and gas. He has extensive international experience, having worked in North and South America as well as in a variety of roles around Australia.

Prior to joining Woodside, he was previously at BHP where he held the role of Group Financial Controller with responsibility for BHP’s global accounting and reporting function and finance improvement spread across 10 countries.

During his 28-year career with BHP and WMC Resources, Graham has gained  diverse experience spanning across senior roles in Australian nickel operations and the copper division from Chile.

Graham’s strong technical and financial capability equips him to oversee complex commercial issues, reporting across multiple regulatory jurisdictions (including Sarbanes-Oxley), engaging Auditors and working with the Board.

Graham holds a Bachelor of Business in Accounting and Finance from Edith Cowan University in Western Australia, and is a Fellow of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants.

Ms Westcott most recently held the role of Chief Operating Officer at EnergyAustralia, where she had broad leadership responsibilities across sustainability, HSSE, procurement and the operations of EnergyAustralia’s generation portfolio.

Prior to joining EnergyAustralia in 2018, Ms Westcott had a 25-year career at ExxonMobil working in Australia, the United Kingdom and Italy, including a secondment in 2013 to Adriatic LNG as Managing Director.

Her roles spanned strategic planning, operations, project management, and safety, technical and commercial leadership. Ms Westcott holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Melbourne University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.