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.

Michelle stepped back into Arrow’s Leadership Team in May, 2021, having previously been part a larger LT as Vice President Health Safety and Environment during the early years of Shell and PetroChina’s ownership.

Michelle is a permanent Arrow employee and has served as Arrow’s VP HSE since 2010. In this time, she has guided both the company and the wider Queensland coal seam gas industry through a systemic program of safety improvements that has significantly reduced injuries in a labour-intensive sector.

She is a 30-year veteran of the resource sector, mostly in oil and gas. Aside from Arrow, she has also worked for BHP Billiton and BP in roles that included managing community relations, social impact assessment, environmental management and management of major projects. Amongst Michelle’s wealth of experience are postings in Azerbaijan, the Republic of Georgia and Turkey.

Michelle holds a Geology (University of South West Queensland) and Honours Degree (University of Adelaide) in Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, and also has a Master of Environmental Science and Hydrogeology (University of Melbourne).

She is serving as Arrow’s VP ERTM in a temporary capacity, while the company recruits a permanent appointee.

Bill is a chartered chemical engineer with senior leadership experience across a range of fields including business strategy, operations management and process safety within the upstream and downstream oil & gas sectors.

Bill graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (Hons) in 1992.

Beginning his career as a process engineer with BP, Bill worked his way through a wide variety of technical roles before serving in senior managerial roles in Origin Energy, QGC and as Vice President Developments at BG.

After the Shell acquisition of BG in 2016, Bill took on his first role with Shell as General Manager Development for eastern Australia. In December 2018, he was appointed as a shareholder representative on the Arrow Energy Board and General Manager Non-Operated Ventures.

Bill is passionate about process safety and has previously served as an editor of IChemE’s Loss Prevention Bulletin. Bill is focussed on how engineering can provide solutions to climate change and the energy transition. He currently serves as an Independent Director for the CO2CRC, Australia’s leading CO2 sequestration research organisation.

In August 2020, Bill was appointed to his VP role at Arrow, part of the leadership team that guides the company’s day-to-day operations.