chevron australia leadership
meet our leaders
We have a highly skilled leadership team, which when coupled with our overall organisational capability, offers a strong competitive advantage that is a fundamental driver to our success.
Balaji Krishnamurthy is the managing director of Chevron Australia and president, Australia, for Chevron’s Upstream organisation, located in Perth, Western Australia.
Balaji is responsible for Chevron’s upstream activities and operations in Australia, including the Gorgon and Wheatstone natural gas developments, and participating interests in the North West Shelf Project. He assumed the role in April 2025.
Most recently, Balaji was vice president, Chevron Technical Center, located in Houston, U.S., with responsibility for overseeing technical services in support of Chevron’s global operations, the development and scaling of innovative technology solutions, and the application of engineering standards across the company.
Prior to this, Balaji served as vice president of Strategy and Sustainability and president of Chevron Canada, and he has held numerous positions of increasing responsibility spanning engineering, project management, decision analysis and asset development. He has also spent much of his career in Chevron’s international business units supporting operations in Angola, Canada, Kazakhstan, Thailand.
Balaji holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering and Electrochemical Engineering from the Central Electrochemical Research Institute in India, a Master of Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Florida, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin.
Laura Boudreau is the general manager of Capital Projects for Chevron Australia, located in Perth, Western Australia. She leads the Capital Projects team to develop and execute some of the largest and most complex projects in Chevron's Australian business unit.
Laura has more than 20 years of technology and capital project experience with Chevron and has held roles including vice president of Global Technology at Chevron Oronite in Richmond, California, general manager of Project Delivery at Chevron Technology Centre, and project director for several projects, such as the Gorgon Stage Two project and the Indonesian Deep Water Development portfolio.
Laura holds a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Marty Clough is the General Manager Strategic Projects for Chevron Australia and oversees initiatives to drive Chevron’s competitive performance.
Marty joined the oil and gas industry in 2000 and Chevron Australia’s Asset Development Team in 2007 where he has held a variety of Petroleum Engineering positions focusing on Australian assets including Gorgon/Jansz, North West Shelf and WA Oil. From 2017 to 2020, Marty completed an assignment in Strategy, Planning and Commercial supporting Chevron’s Africa and Latin America business units, based in Houston.
Returning to Perth in 2020 as the Gas Supply Team Lead role driving gas supply planning for the Australia business, integrating a lower carbon supply strategy for the assets. Most recently, Marty was the Wheatstone Asset Development Manager, a position held since August 2023 with strategic focus areas including Competitive Performance, Joint Venture engagement, Commercial and Lower Carbon.
Marty received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology/Geophysics from the University of Western Australia in 1999, and Master of Science degree in Petroleum Engineering from the Imperial College London in 2006.
David Fallon is the General Manager of Energy Transition for Chevron Australia located in Perth, Western Australia. Key responsibilities of the Energy Transition team include managing efforts to reduce the carbon intensity of Chevron Australia’s assets and working collaboratively with Chevron’s New Energies organisation to evaluate and progress new lower carbon business opportunities in Australia.
David joined Chevron Australia in 2010 as a Facilities Engineer in the non-operated joint venture (NOJV) team before moving into a NOJV Facilities Team Lead role, where he acted as Chevron’s technical representative for the North West Shelf Project. He subsequently worked on Wheatstone as Production Planning Team Lead based in Perth followed by a site-based leadership role supporting the start-up of Trains 1 and 2. He also worked at Gorgon as Systems Manager.
Prior to joining Chevron, David worked in a variety of operational and engineering roles for Woodside in both Karratha and Perth and Shell in Sydney.
David holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from the University of Queensland.
Maggie McCourt is the General Manager of Finance with Chevron Australia Pty Ltd, based in Perth.
Maggie received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA in Finance from Cornell University.
Maggie joined Chevron in 2009 and has held numerous finance and management positions of increasing responsibility in Upstream, Midstream, Controllers and Treasury.
Peter McNally is the managing counsel of Chevron Australia located in Perth, Western Australia. Peter is responsible for leading the Negotiations and Legal team.
Peter joined Chevron Australia in 2006 and has provided legal support to most areas of Chevron’s upstream business in Australia. Most recently Peter served as Law Manager based in Chengdu, China since 2017.
Before joining Chevron, Peter worked for Woodside Energy Ltd and a leading national law firm. Peter assumed his current role with Chevron Australia on February 1, 2021.
He has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Science with majors in Chemistry and Extractive Metallurgy from Murdoch University.
Kristi is the General Manager of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) for Chevron Australia located in Perth, Western Australia. The HSE team conducts a range of activities and provides services dedicated to protecting the well-being of Chevron’s people and assets, the environment, and surrounding communities.
Kristi received a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from Auburn University in 1998. Over her twenty-year career, Kristi supported a wide variety of HSE matters across various chemical and oil and gas manufacturing businesses in the USA before coming to Australia in 2023. Most recently, Kristi supported Chevron’s corporate Human Resources team as sponsor for the development of HSE professionals across Chevron. Prior to that, she served as the OE/HSE Manager for Chevron’s Pascagoula Refinery located in Mississippi, USA.
Ian Nott is the General Manager of Wells for Chevron Australia, located in Perth Western Australia. Ian started his career in 1989 and has worked in Europe, America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. Since joining Chevron in 2007 Ian has held operations and engineering roles of increasing responsibility, working in the Gulf of Mexico and Indonesia. Prior to becoming Wells General Manager Ian was Wells Manager for Australia Upstream.
Ian received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Manchester University, United Kingdom and worked for Shell and Woodside Energy Ltd before joining Chevron. Ian has spent most of his career working on deepwater projects.
Tim Rankin is the General Manager of Chevron Australia Downstream, responsible for the national fuels business and growing the Caltex brand across Australia.
Prior to this, Tim was National Retail Fuels Manager for Chevron Australia Downstream, leading the Downstream business to re-introduce the Caltex brand and grow the retail network nationally. Previous roles saw him working in retail, operations, sales support and management roles including abroad in Myanmar where he was responsible for establishing a new retail business as the country opened its door to international business.
Tim started his career at age 16, doing driveway service at a dealer site in Brisbane. Tim holds an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business, in addition to qualifications from The University of Queensland, Australian Institute of Company Directors, HEC and INSEAD. Tim is currently a Director and Vice Chair of the Australian Association of Convenience Stores. He is married with two young daughters.
Matt Riordan is the Senior Manager of Human Resources for Upstream Australia.
Matt joined Chevron in 2011 as the Industrial Relations Manager for the Gorgon project in Upstream’s Australia Business Unit. He has held subsequent roles in the US as the HR Manager for Midstream’s Chevron Shipping business, and in Singapore as the HR Manager for Downstream’s International Products business. Prior to his current role he was Senior HR Manager for Business HR Operations across Australia, Asia and Eurasia.
Matt holds University degrees in Human Resource Management and Labour Relations, and an MBA from the University of Western Australia. He has over 20 years’ experience in Human Resource management.
Across his career Matt has been a passionate advocate of diversity and inclusion.
Kynan Scarr is the General Manager Asset Development for Chevron Australia, located in Perth, Western Australia. Kynan is responsible for the reservoir and production management for Chevron Australia’s assets, gas supply planning, portfolio and permit management, technology and subsurface digital initiatives.
Kynan joined Chevron Australia in 2003 as a Petroleum Engineer and has since held a range of technical and leadership roles of increasing responsibility in Angola, the United States, Indonesia and Australia. These roles have included manager of Portfolio Development in Perth, Integration Manager for Chevron Australia Operations, Advisor to the Executive Vice President of Chevron Upstream in San Ramon, California, and Manager of Integrated Operations in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Kynan received his Bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Kathryn Sydney-Smith is the general manager of Corporate Affairs for Chevron Australia located in Perth, Western Australia. Kathryn is responsible for legislative and regulatory advocacy, external and internal communications, community and stakeholder engagement and reputation.
Kathryn received her Bachelor’s degree in Science (Hons), Masters in Physical and Health Education from the University of Western Australia and Masters of Marketing from Monash University and worked in the mining and community sector before joining Chevron in 2011 as Community Engagement Manager based in Perth.
She has since held numerous corporate affairs and commercial leadership roles of increasing responsibility in Singapore, the United States and Australia.
Danny Woodall is Director, Operations & Maintenance for Chevron Australia, located in Perth, Western Australia. He is responsible for overseeing the safe and reliable operations of the Gorgon LNG, Wheatstone LNG, WA Oil and domestic gas assets. Before taking on this role, Danny was the general manager of Richmond Refinery in California.
Danny joined Chevron Corporation in 2001 as a Process Engineer and has since held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in Angola, France, Korea and the United States. Danny received his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.