Panel session

Jonathan Stern founded the OIES Natural Gas Research Programme in 2003 and was its Director until October 2011 when he became its Chairman and a Senior Research Fellow.

He is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee; Visiting Professor at Imperial College’s Centre for Environmental Policy in London; Part Time BP Professor at the Moscow School of Management’s Energy Centre at Skolkovo; and a fellow of the Energy Delta Institute. Since 2011 he has been the EU speaker for the EU-Russia Gas Advisory Council.

He is the author and editor of several books and many shorter works on energy and natural gas issues. His most recent edited book is The Pricing of Internationally Traded Gas (OUP: 2012). His most recent papers (co-authored with Howard Rogers) published in 2014 are: The Dynamics of a Liberalised European Gas Market: determinants of hub prices and roles and risks of major players, and Challenges to JCC Pricing in Asian LNG Markets, and are available to download from the OIES website at.

Peter Coleman has 30 years’ experience in the global oil and gas industry, and has been Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Woodside since joining the company in May 2011.

Born in Sale, Victoria, Peter graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from Monash University in 1983, and has a Master of Business Administration from Deakin University.

Peter began his career with Exxon Mobil following graduation from Monash University and stayed with the company until joining Woodside.

Peter is a member of the University of Western Australia Business School Board, the Executive Committee of the Australia Japan Business Co-operation Council, and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Peter has been awarded the honorary title of Adjunct Professor in Corporate Strategy from the University of Western Australia, an Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award from the Monash University, and a Fellowship from the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.

John England serves as Vice Chairman and US Oil & Gas leader for Deloitte LLP across all of its functions, which include consulting, audit and enterprise risk services, tax, and financial advisory services. In this role, John helps oil and gas companies solve their most complex challenges, while also overseeing the significant investment Deloitte is making in its Oil & Gas practice. Most notably, he steers Deloitte’s overall delivery of a broad range of professional services, from technology integration and operational consulting to human capital offerings and tax services, as well as financial advisory offerings and attest services. Prior to taking over his industry leadership role, John led the energy trading and risk management practice for Deloitte, where he focused on energy derivative accounting and related risk management systems and processes, and served as an expert witness on these matters.

John is a frequent speaker on energy industry issues and trends, as well as all aspects of energy trading and risk management. He has appeared before boards, audit committees, and industry groups, including the American Petroleum Institute, American Gas Association, Edison Electric Institute, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the National Association of Corporate Directors. John serves on the Business Department Advisory Board of Stephen F. Austin University, the Board of Directors for the Southeast Texas chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, and the Advisory Board of the University of Oklahoma - Price College of Business Energy Institute. In 2014, Secretary of Energy Dr Ernest Moniz appointed John as a member of the National Petroleum Council, an industry government advisory board to the US Secretary of Energy.

Andrew Smith is Chairman of Shell Australia and Vice-President of the company’s upstream operations in Australia and New Zealand. As part of this role, Andrew has responsibilities for the company’s significant investments in exploration and the manufacturing of liquefied natural gas for export.

Included in this business is the company’s world leading floating liquefied natural gas project, Prelude, in the Browse Basin. Andrew also has oversight of Shell’s interests in the North West Shelf joint venture, the Gorgon project on Barrow Island, Arrow Energy in Queensland and the Browse LNG venture led by Woodside.

Andrew began his career with Shell Australia in 1986 as an engineer at the company’s Geelong Refinery. He spent the early years in technical and operational roles before moving to Fiji in 1999 as General Manager of Shell’s Fiji and Pacific Islands business.

Following this Andrew moved to London as a global team leader in the Product Trading business, then to Singapore as Shell’s regional Manufacturing Director, a role that included management of Shell’s world class Pulau Bukom Refinery. In 2006 Andrew was appointed Shell’s Vice-President of Global Products Trading—managing one of the largest trading organisations in the world.

After several years abroad, Andrew returned to Australia with his family in January 2010 when he took up the newly created position of Vice President Downstream Australia. He was appointed to his current role in mid 2013.

Andrew holds an honours degree in chemical engineering from The University of Melbourne and a postgraduate diploma in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management from Monash University.