New CEO at Dampier Bunbury Pipeline

The owners of the Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline have appointed former Shell senior manager Stuart Johnston as chief executive while current executive chairman Stuart Hohnen will move to a non-executive role.

Mr Johnston will start with DBP, which is jointly owned by the DUET Group, Alcoa and Prime Infrastructure (formerly Babcock and Brown Infrastructure), in April.

Mr Johnston has spent the previous 20 years at Shell with his most recent role as vice president strategy portfolio and planning.

His appointment follows an international search for a new CEO.

Mr Hohnen will move to a new role as non-executive chairman.