John Akehurst
Independent, Non-executive Director
Graducate
Origin Energy
New Zealand
Biography
John Akehurst joined the Board in April 2009. He is Chairman of the Health, Safety and Environment Committee and a member of the Nomination and Risk committees. His executive career was in the upstream oil and gas and LNG industries, initially with Royal Dutch Shell and then as Chief Executive of Woodside Petroleum Limited. John is currently a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia (since September 2007) and Chairman of Transform Exploration Pty Ltd. He is Chairman of the National Centre for Asbestos Related Diseases and of the Fortitude Foundation, a former Chairman of Alinta Limited (January 2007-September 2007) and Coogee Resources Ltd (2008-2009) and a former Director of CSL Limited (April 2004-October 2016), Oil Search Limited (1998-2003), Securency Ltd (2008-2012), Murdoch Film Studios Pty Ltd and the University of Western Australia Business School. John holds a Masters in Engineering Science from Oxford University and is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Research Interest
Mechanical Engineers
