Beach Energy Ltd has appointed Matthew Kay as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective July 17, 2016 or such earlier date as is available and mutually agreed.
Kay holds tertiary qualifications in economics and a Master of Business Administration. He has over 25 years’ experience, and extensive senior leadership experience in the oil and gas industry. He is presently Executive General Manager, Strategy and Commercial at Oil Search Limited. Kay joined Oil Search in 2014 after 12 years at Woodside Petroleum Limited and was before that at Santos Limited.
Kay’s experience includes strategy and planning, upstream commercial, mergers and acquisitions, production planning and business improvement.
Kay will take over from Acting Chief Executive Officer, Neil Gibbins.
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