The high-profile head of Woodside Energy's sustainability committee has survived a push by super funds HESTA and Aware to oust her – a move which angered chair Richard Goyder.
The early moments of Woodside Energy's AGM have been marred by protests, with activists interrupting chief executive Meg O'Neill several times in its opening 20 minutes.
An activist investor group has recommended Woodside shareholders vote against the election of three directors because of poor financial returns and failure to manage climate risks.
SPECIAL REPORT: The number of women serving on company boards is slowly one the rise, but it's still rare to see a female take the chair, judging by Business News's analysis of Western Australian company directors.
Energy giant Woodside Petroleum has bolstered its board with the appointment of a former Shell executive, while Dacian Gold has welcomed a prominent lawyer to its board.
Former federal resources minister Martin Ferguson has joined the board of trustees of the University of Western Australia's Energy and Minerals Institute.
Andrew Smith has been appointed as vice president Shell Australia & New Zealand, upstream international, and country chair from June, to replace Ann Pickard who will take up the newly-created p
Petroleum giant Shell has rejected Premier Colin Barnett's criticism of floating LNG projects, saying the revolutionary technology is the likely saviour of the industry in Australia as rising costs
AS the world enters its fifth year of economic turbulence and even the best-insulated businesses in Western Australia are being affected, the factors that determine business influence in this state
Shell Australia chair Ann Pickard has dismissed recurring media and analyst speculation the energy giant was considering a renewed tilt at 34 per cent owned rival Woodside Petroleum, potentially in partnership with BHP Billiton.
