Going for global growth—the BG approach
Catherine TannaExecutive Vice President and Managing Director, Australia, BG Group
The APPEA Journal 50(3) - https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ09120
Published: 30 June 2010
Abstract
Catherine Tanna leads BG Group’s Australian business, QGC, and reports to BG chief executive, Frank Chapman. She will present the company’s response to the challenge of maintaining strong growth in the current business environment.
BG Group production expanded at a compound annual growth rate of 12% between 1997 and 2009. It has committed to continue that growth at 6–8% over the period to 2020. It has built an industry-leading global LNG business.
Catherine will explain how BG Group has underpinned its success and how it will deliver on its promises to investors. She will set QGC in this context and explore the lessons from BG Group’s entry to Australia. BG Group’s first investment in Australia was just over two years ago, and it has built a resource position of 17 tcf in Queensland and is approaching the final investment decision on its Queensland Curtis LNG Project.
Catherine Tanna, who reports to the chief executive, joined BG Group in 2009 after a long career with Shell and BHP Billiton. At Shell, she was executive vice president of Shell Gas and Power with responsibility for Shell’s LNG, gas transmission and power generation interests across Africa. She also held similar roles in Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Russia. In the 1990s, she worked for BHP Petroleum in Australia, based in Melbourne. She was born in Gladstone, Queensland, and is a lawyer. |
