Senior Vice President Corporate, INPEX
Bill Townsend is Senior Vice President Corporate at INPEX.
In this role, Bill oversees the Corporate Affairs, Finance, Treasury & Technology and Joint Venture Management functions in Australia as well as INPEX’s corporate interests in the Northern Territory.
Bill joined INPEX in 2006. Beginning his career as a US Navy submarine officer, Bill entered the oil and gas industry in 1994 as a Business Advisor to BP Russia based in Moscow. Further commercial and external affairs assignments followed with BP in Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Bill arrived in Australia in 2004 to take up the role of Joint Venture Coordination Manager for the North West Shelf Ventures at Woodside Energy.
Prior to his current responsibilities as Senior Vice President Corporate, Bill served in a variety of roles at INPEX including Joint Venture Manager, General Manager External Affairs and Vice President Corporate.
Bill earned a BA (Political Science) from Northwestern University and an MBA from Dartmouth College.
Bill serves on the boards of Australian Energy Producers (AEP) and the Australian Resources & Energy Employer Association (AREEA). He is a member of the Executive Council of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) and the Council of Governors for the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. Bill also sits on the advisory boards of the Starlight Children’s Foundation (WA/NT) and the WA Maritime Museum and actively supports the Committee for Perth.
