Peter Botten

Independent Non-Executive Director at Karoon Gas Australia

Peter Botten is an experienced former Chief Executive, with over 40 years of experience in the resources sector. He has significant international experience, having lived and worked in Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia. His career has been dominated by his role as Managing Director of Oil Search Limited, a position he held for over 26 years, retiring in February 2020. He was one of the longest serving CEO’s on the Australian Securities Exchange and was included in the Harvard Business Review’s list of best performing CEO’s in the world for 2 consecutive years (2015 and 2016).

During his tenure at Oil Search he oversaw the Company’s growth from a staff of seven and a market capitalisation of around $250m to a regionally significant producer, one with over 3000 employees, a market capitalisation that peaked at around $15bn and major interests in 2 world class LNG Projects, becoming an operator of oil and gas facilities and having major new developments in Papua New Guinea and Alaska.

He was recently honoured by the award of Companion of the Order of Australia (AC), along with Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for services to the oil and gas sector, community development and building relationships between Australia and Papua New Guinea.


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