Lonnie has acted in the role since December 2025, with responsibility for Woodside’s portfolio of operations and projects in Western Australia and the Bass Strait.
He has 24 years of industry experience across engineering, operations, planning, and management roles in Australia and internationally, according to Woodside.
Lonnie served as Woodside’s VP, North West Shelf from 2022 to 2025, overseeing the project’s operational and commercial transition to a processor of third‑party gas.
Woodside CEO Liz Westcott said Lonnie’s appointment “supports continued operational excellence and world‑class project delivery for Woodside’s Australian portfolio and reflects the strength of the company’s internal leadership talent.”
“Breyden’s expertise and experience will be invaluable as we move towards targeted first LNG cargo from the Scarborough Energy Project in the fourth quarter of 2026, assume operatorship of the Bass Strait assets and complete the asset swap with Chevron in the second half of 2026, and take forward the proposed Browse to North West Shelf project,” she said.
Woodside recently appointed Westcott as CEO and managing director.
Westcott took over as acting CEO in December last year following Meg O’Neill’s appointment with UK-based energy giant BP.
Since joining the company in June 2023, Westcott has led Woodside’s Australian operations, including the Scarborough energy project and Bass Strait operator transition, as executive VP and CCO Australia.
