The Woodside board has announced the appointment of Arnaud Breuillac as a non-executive director, with immediate effect.
Woodside, who noted that Breuillac has had a 40-year tenure with TotalEnergies, highlighted that the company’s new appointment holds directorships on the boards of UK-based Trident Energy Ltd and operator storage of French hydrocarbon products Géosel Manosque SAS.
On September 8, 2021, TotalEnergies revealed that Nicolas Terraz had replaced Breuillac as the company’s president of exploration and production and that Breuillac had become a senior advisor to the president and CEO. On November 4, 2013, TotalEnergies (then called Total), revealed that Breuillac had been named the company’s president of exploration and production.
“We warmly welcome Arnaud to the Woodside board,” Woodside chairman Richard Goyder said in a company statement.
“Arnaud has a deep understanding of the energy transition and the corresponding role of energy suppliers during this period, and beyond, and brings a wealth of relevant experience to the Woodside board,” he added in the statement.
“We look forward to Arnaud bringing invaluable leadership knowledge to the Woodside board,” continued Goyder.
Other changes of the Board
In addition to announcing the appointment of Breuillac to its board, Woodside announced several other changes to the organization, including the retirement of Sarah Ryan and Christopher Haynes as directors.
Woodside said Ryan and Haynes will step down from their respective offices at the conclusion of Woodside’s 2023 annual general meeting, which is currently scheduled for April 28.
Haynes has served on Woodside’s board of directors since 2011 and is a member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Sustainability Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee. Ryan joined the Woodside board in December 2012 and sits on the Audit and Risk Committee, the Sustainability Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee.
“Over the past few years, Chris and Sarah, along with the other directors, have guided Woodside through a global pandemic, volatile energy markets and other challenging external conditions, and each played an important role in the successful completion of the merger of Woodside with BHP Petroleum in 2022.” Goyder said.
“On behalf of the Woodside board, I sincerely thank Chris and Sarah for their efforts during their time at Woodside,” he added.
recommendation
Woodside also disclosed that its board had recommended Angela Minas for appointment as a director of Woodside at the 2023 AGM.
The company describes Minas as a seasoned financial executive with strong capital market experience and broad exposure to the energy and natural resources spectrum, including exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services, petrochemicals, mining and materials basic Woodside noted that Minas holds directorships on the boards of Crestwood Equity Partners LP, Vallourec SA and Westlake Chemical Partners.
If elected at the 2023 AGM, Minas will join Woodside’s board as an independent non-executive director and member of the Audit and Risk, Sustainability and Nominating and Governance Committees, Woodside noted.
“We look forward to welcoming Angela to the Woodside board after the 2023 AGM,” Goyder said.
“Angela has extensive experience in internationally regulated industries and impressive experience in finance, risk and compliance (including US Sarbanes-Oxley financial reporting compliance), performance management, business transformation and mergers and acquisitions. acquisitions,” Goyder added.
“We see these attributes as complementing the board’s existing mix of skills and experience at an important time in Woodside’s history,” he continued.
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