Owen Quake

Owen is the Safety and Operation Risk Director for BP Fuels Asia Pacific. He is also the global Technical Authority for Retail Engineering, with a focus on emerging technologies such a EV charging and Hydrogen fueling.

Owen began his career as a production engineer in 1997 with Dow Chemical in Altona, before moving into the Major Hazards Unit of WorkSafe Victoria after the Longford Gas Explosion. While at WorkSafe, he helped licence 40 facilities and also spent time managing the Licensing, Mining and Major Hazards teams. Returning to the oil industry 12 years ago, Owen has worked with Caltex and bp in a variety of risk management, engineering and HSSE roles. He was a non-executive director for New Zealand Oil Service Ltd from 2015 to 2020, helping govern substantial change with Worley replacing Z Energy as the JV partner.

Owen has a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and Bachelor of Arts (Politics) from University of Melbourne. He is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.