Chris Newton is a geology graduate from the University of Durham in England. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA).
Mr Newton has a 37-year career in oil and gas covering the spectrum of the industry from exploration, development, production and petroleum economics to strategic planning, business development and senior leadership.
He spent more than 25 years in senior resource industry roles in South East Asia including as managing director of Fletcher Challenge in Brunei and Shell Deepwater Borneo, president of Santos’ Indonesian operations, and chief executive of Jakarta-listed oil and gas company EMP. Mr Newton was an active director of the Indonesian Petroleum Association (IPA) between 2003 to 2008, including as President from 2004 to 2007. He remains active in the IPA, is the oil and gas advisor to the Jakarta-based Castle Asia Group, and a director of Lion Energy.
