Rod Ritchie

Rod Ritchie

Best advice ever received:
To be persuasive, we must be believable, to be believable, we must be credible, to be credible, we must be truthful."

 

Chair Since: 2021
Current Executive / Board positions
  • Board of New Zealand Oil
  • Board of Gas and Cue Energy
Memberships
  • Society of Petroleum Engineers
  • Melbourne Cricket Club

Rod Ritchie has over 40 years of global experience in leadership roles.

Rod began his career as a petroleum engineer with Schlumberger where he stayed for 28 Years. He was assigned to many overseas locations before joining OMV in 2001 where he was employed for a further 12 years as corporate Senior Vice President of HSSE and Sustainability at OMV based in Vienna, Austria.

Rod has worked closely with the International Association of Oil and Gas produces (IOGP) to create Industry best practice standards for the Oil and Gas Industry. 

As a Director, Mr Ritchie joined the Board of New Zealand Oil and Gas in 2013 and the Board of Cue Energy in 2017. 

Rod is an active leadership and cultural change consultant, and an author on the subject of Safety Leadership including best-selling book on Amazon 'Safety Performance reimagined'.