Primary Job Title Chief Executive Officer Primary Organization 
InterOil
Location Perth, Western Australia, Australia Regions Asia-Pacific (APAC), Australasia Gender Male
Website www.interoil.com/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
Michael Hession is a citizen of Ireland, Australia and the United Kingdom. He was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer on July 11, 2013. Dr. Hession began his career at BP in 1989. In his last position at the company he was BP Development Manager of the Chirag Azeri mega project in Azerbaijan. He also managed exploration projects for BP in
Indonesia, the United States and Norway. From 1998 to 2013, Dr. Hession worked with Woodside Energy Ltd in Australia. As Senior Vice President of the Browse LNG Development, he was responsible for developing Woodside’s biggest hydrocarbon resource and one of the world’s largest energy projects. During his 12-year career with Woodside, he also held several high-profile roles related to the Pluto LNG mega project and exploration and development projects in North Africa and North America. Dr. Hession was educated in the United Kingdom, France and the United States and has a doctorate in geophysics from the University College Wales. He also has a masters in business administration from the London School of Economics, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris and New York University in the US.
