Two changes have been made to the New Zealand Oil & Gas senior management team. Andrew Jefferies, who was previously Vice President of Operations and Engineering will takeover responsibility for exploration and becomes Vice President for Exploration and Production. Dr. Chris McKeown joins the senior management team as General Manager, Southeast Asia.

He was previously Business Development Manager. Dr. McKeown joined New Zealand Oil & Gas in 2012. He has previously been chief executive of a start-up oil company, asset manager of a producing oil field, and general manager of a gas exploration company.

Andrew Jefferies has worked in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom, Thailand and Holland, in operations and petroleum engineering. He has an MBA (technology management) from Deakin University in Australia, and an MSc (Petroleum Engineering) from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. He joined New Zealand Oil & Gas in early 2013.