Refining NZ has appointed Naomi James as its new chief executive officer and starts the role in April 2020.
She is currently executive vice president at Santos, Australia’s second largest independent oil and gas producer where she is responsible for midstream infrastructure assets including oil and gas processing facilities.
Prior to Santos, James held leadership roles at Australian mining and materials company Arrium, including chief executive of the group’s non-integrated steel businesses.
She holds a law degree Flinders University and a Master’s of Law and Management from the University of New South Wales.
The Refining NZ board believe that James’ prior experience in strategy development, operations and change management will be hugely beneficial as the company transitions to meet the needs of a lower carbon economy and realise the full value of Refining NZ’s infrastructure assets.
