Robert Jager has extensive executive, industry and board experience, following a career of more than 40 years with Shell in a variety of executive roles.
Mr Jager was the country chair and vice president of the Shell Companies in New Zealand, and vice president of Shell Australia's Prelude Floating LNG and wider East Browse assets offshore of Western Australia. Mr Jager joined Shell in New Zealand in 1978 as an engineering cadet and held a variety of engineering, project development, operations and asset management, executive management and governance roles in New Zealand and overseas.
Mr Jager chaired the independent taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety for the New Zealand Government. He also chaired the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association NZ as well as the Business Leaders Health and Safety Forum, was a director for National Science Challenge - Sustainable Seas - Project, and an advisor to a conservation project working towards the ecological restoration of Mount Taranaki.
In 2018, Mr Jager was awarded an Officer of New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to business, health and safety.
