BG Names Catherine Tanna as Australian Chairman

BG Group announced today the appointment of Catherine Tanna as the Chairman of BG Australia. As Chairman, Ms Tanna will be responsible for BG Group’s key Federal and State relationships in Australia and the Group’s role in significant trade and industry bodies including the Business Council of Australia.

She will also ensure that BG Group’s decision-making continues to incorporate the priorities of the company’s many Australian stakeholders.

In line with this, BG Group also intends to create an Australian Advisory Board to which Ms Tanna will be appointed.

BG Group also announced that Derek Fisher has been appointed Managing Director of QGC Pty Limited with operational management responsibility for all BG Group’s Australian assets.

Mr Fisher joined BG Group from GE in 2000. He has extensive experience in BG Group joint ventures. He was most recently President and Managing Director of BG Asia, based in Singapore, responsible for BG Group business operations in China, India, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia.

Commenting on the appointments, BG Group Chief Executive Sir Frank Chapman said: “I am delighted with these two appointments. Catherine has done a tremendous job bringing the Queensland Curtis LNG Project through sanction and well into execution.

“Derek, with 23 years’ operational experience, assumes responsibility for QGC as the project moves towards the operational phases and first LNG in 2014.”

Ms Tanna said she looked forward to her new role.

“We have achieved a great deal in a short period and I hand over a project to Derek that is on track for first LNG in 2014,” she said.

Mr Fisher added: “I greatly look forward to my new challenge as the project moves towards the operational phases. This year will see a ramp up in operational activity with an 11-rig drilling programme and the full suite of upstream facilities implementation getting underway. Construction continues apace on the liquefaction plant on Curtis Island and work on the pipeline is progressing.”

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LNG World News Staff, April 4, 2012; Image: BG