Rob Jager

Rob has extensive executive, industry and board experience following a career of more than 43 years with Shell in a variety of executive roles, including Chairman and Vice President of the Shell Companies in New Zealand and more recently as Vice President of Shell Australia’s Prelude Floating LNG and wider East Browse assets offshore of Western Australia. Rob served as an independent non-executive director of Beach Energy in Australia until he stepped down from the Board in November 2022 for personal reasons. Rob also served as an independent non-executive director of Air New Zealand for nearly nine years, including as chair of the Board health, safety and security committee.

Rob chaired the independent taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety for the New Zealand Government, which has been instrumental in encouraging fundamental changes to New Zealand’s approach to workplace health and safety.

In 2013, Rob received the Energy Executive of the Year Award at the New Zealand Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards for his “standout performance in the New Zealand energy sector”. He was elected a fellow of the Institute of Professional Engineers in 2015 for his contribution to the advancement of engineering practice and leadership in the profession and was recognised with a Safeguard Life-time Achievement Award in 2017.

In 2018, Rob was awarded an Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) for his services to business and health and safety. During his career Rob chaired the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of NZ as well as the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum.

He holds a BE Mechanical Engineering (Hons), MBA (distinction), MAICD, and is a CMinstD, and FENZ.