Philip Bainbridge
INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Civil Engineering
Beach Energy
Australia
Biography
Mr Bainbridge joined Beach in March 2016. Mr Bainbridge has extensive industry experience having worked for the BP Group for 23 years in a range of petroleum engineering, development, commercial and senior management roles in the UK, Australia and USA. From 2006, he has worked at Oil Search, initially as Chief Operating Officer, then Executive General Manager LNG, responsible for all aspects of Oil Search’s interests in the $19 billion PNG LNG project, then EGM Growth responsible for gas growth and exploration. He is currently a non-executive director of the board of the PNG Sustainable Development Program and a non-executive Chairman of Sino Gas and Energy Holding. He was formerly a non-executive director of Drillsearch Energy Limited from 2013 to 2016. Mr Bainbridge’s special responsibilities include chairmanship of the Risk, Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee. He was elected to the Board on 1 March 2016, last having been re-elected to the Board on 10 November 2016.
Research Interest
Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture