SLB Board Committees

  • Nominating and Governance
  • Finance

Other Experience and Education

  • MBA, Deakin University
  • Bachelor of Engineering, Monash University
  • Former Chair of the Australia-Korea Foundation

Former CEO and Managing Director,
Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

Director since 2021

Other Current Public Boards

  • Arcadium Lithium plc

Former Public Director Roles During the Past Five Years

  • Woodside Petroleum Ltd.
  • Allkem Limited
Peter Coleman

PETER COLEMAN is the former Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director and Managing Director of Woodside Petroleum, Australia’s largest independent gas producer, having served in that role from 2011 until his retirement in June 2021. Prior to joining Woodside, Mr. Coleman spent 27 years with the ExxonMobil group in a variety of roles, including Vice President Asia Pacific from 2010 to 2011 and Vice President Americas from 2008 to 2010. Since 2012, he has been an adjunct professor of corporate strategy at the University of Western Australia Business School. He has served as chair of Arcadium Lithium plc, a leading global lithium chemicals producer, since January 2024, following the merger of Livent Corp. with Allkem Limited, where he had served as a director from October 2022 and as chair from November 2022 through January 2024. He has also served as chair of H2EX, an Australian hydrogen exploration start-up, since April 2022, as chair of DIRECT Infrastructure, an Australian-based offshore wind developer, since June 2022, and previously served as chair of Infinite Green Energy, an Australian green hydrogen renewable energy company.

Reason for Nomination
Mr. Coleman brings to the Board decades of experience in the energy industry, including as the former CEO and Managing Director of Australia’s largest independent gas producer. The Board benefits from his expertise in strategic planning, as well as his extensive business experience in Australia and Asia regions that are strategically important to SLB’s operations.