Woodside chief executive Meg OโNeill is leaving Australiaโs largest oil and gas producer to take up a new job as boss of global energy major BP.
OโNeill has been appointed to succeed Murray Auchincloss on April 21 as the chief executive of London-based BP, one of the worldโs biggest energy companies.
โHer proven track record of driving transformation, growth, and disciplined capital allocation makes her the right leader for BP,โ said BP chair Albert Manifold in a statement.
Meg OโNeill has led Woodside since 2021. Now sheโs moving on.Credit: Trevor Collens
Woodside on Thursday said Liz Westcott, who runs the companyโs Australian operations, would take over as acting chief executive until a successor was found.
OโNeill has been the head of the Perth-based oil and gas giant since 2021. She has steered the company through a period of major growth, including placing significant bets on ongoing global appetite for fossil fuels, even as the world tackles climate change.
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Under her leadership, Woodside completed its acquisition of BHPโs global petroleum division, started producing oil at the Sangomar field in Senegal, and made final investment decisions to develop the Scarborough gas project in Western Australia and construct a $27 billion liquefied gas export terminal in the United States.
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