Leadership

Pu Haiyang’s appointment as Arrow’s COO in January 2020 was the latest move in a 27-year career in petroleum engineering and project management that has carried him around the world.

Immediately prior to joining Arrow, Haiyang spent two years as Vice President, CNPC International West Africa, in charge of CNPCI’s operations in Chad, Niger, Algeria, Tunisia, Mozambique and Benin. The role was responsible for exploration, development, operation, production, technology and HSSE (health, safety, security and environment) of CNPC-operated projects in this region.

Haiyang’s working career has been solely with CNPC, which he joined in 1992 as an engineer with the company’s Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development for 5 years, and then worked in the headquarters of CNPC. In 2003, he moved to CNPC’s operations in Syria, firstly as Operation Area Manager and Deputy General Manager until August 2008, then General Manager of CNPC International (Syria) from September 2008 to July 2013. This was followed by various African postings, including as General Manager of CNPC International (Mozambique.) He has worked in partnerships with oil and gas majors Eni, ExxonMobil and Shell, among others.

Haiyang holds a Bachelor of Reservoir Engineering from the Southwest Petroleum University, China (1992); a Master of Petroleum Engineering from the Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, CNPC, China (1998); a Ph.D in Geology Resource and Geology Engineering from China University of Petroleum, China (2004) and completed the AMP (Advanced Management Program) at Harvard Business School, USA (2014).

Tony’s appointment as CFO in January 2020 was preceded by two years’ service as Arrow’s Group Financial Controller. He is seconded from PetroChina International Australia, which he joined in September 2017.

Tony has spent his working career with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and its subsidiaries. He began with the CNPC Dagang Oilfield Company’s finance department in 1991, in roles that included three years in Pakistan where he was involved with the CPEEC Indus Highway Project no.9.

He joined PetroChina in 2002, spending two years in Indonesia as senior finance manager of seven production-sharing contracts. This was followed by roles at CNPC Exploration & Development Company (CNODC) Home Office and almost six years with CNPC Sudan as finance manager of two subsidiary companies, before returning for a five-year stint as Deputy Director of Finance Department at CNODC’s Home Office, leading its accounting and capital operations.

Tony holds a financial degree from Tianjin University of Finance and Economics, China (1989), and an Executive MBA from Nankai University China (2001). He was also a Visiting Scholar to the University of Texas in 2001.

Leisa Elder is a member of the Executive Leadership team at Arrow Energy, owned jointly by Shell and PetroChina.

As Vice President External Relations and Tenure Management she has more than 30 years international experience in environmental, social and governance risk assessment and management, social performance and media and government relations in both private and public sectors.

Having worked in the gas industry in Queensland for 14 years, her accountabilities include Arrow’s extensive co-development agreements with coal companies in the Bowen and Surat Basins, complex stakeholder management for innovative gas development in agricultural areas, and resources policy development at state and federal levels.

Leisa is a Director on the Board of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) representing more than 190 resource and energy companies, and Board Director of National Energy Resources Australia (NERA).

She is also an Adjunct Professor with University of Queensland. Leisa was previously based in London as lead consultant to companies including General Electric, Mobil, Pfizer and Goldman Sachs and is former Executive Producer with US news network NBC.

Tao joined Arrow in October 2017 after more than a decade of global oil and gas experience.

Tao obtained his master’s degree in corporate finance and investment from the China University of Petroleum - Beijing, before joining CNPC International.

He now has more than 10 years of multicultural working experience in CNPC joint operating projects with different international oil companies, particularly in upstream strategic and business planning and commercial operations.

Before joining Arrow, Tao’s was working with CNPC Iraqi Projects.

Tao is married with one daughter. He’s an avid football fan, and also enjoys fishing and travel.