Appointed 27 November 2020.
Dr Julian Fowles joined Karoon Energy as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, and was appointed to the Board of directors, in November 2020.
Dr Fowles started his career with Shell International where he spent 17 years working across the upstream sector in Europe, West Africa, Australasia, South Asia and Latin America, including five years as the Exploration and New Ventures Manager in Shell Brazil. Following Shell, he held senior executive positions with Cairn India and Brazilian-based Petra Energia, and over six years with Oil Search, where he led exploration and new business and then the PNG operated and non-operated oil and LNG production and development businesses. Leaving Oil Search in late 2018, Dr Fowles joined the boards of Central Petroleum and FAR Limited in 2019 as an independent non-executive director, roles he relinquished prior to joining Karoon.