Leon Devaney

Mr Devaney has more than 25 years of commercial and finance experience in the Australian oil and gas sector. Since joining Central Petroleum in 2012, he held senior roles across commercial, finance and business development. He was instrumental in identifying and negotiating the Palm Valley and Dingo Gas Field acquisition from Magellan Petroleum in 2014 and the Mereenie acquisition from Santos in 2015. He also structured the successful ATP2031 application for the Range Gas Project in 2018, which was sold in 2023 for a book profit of $13.8 million. He has been a director since 14 November 2018 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective February 2019, after serving as Acting CEO from July 2018. Before joining Central Petroleum, he worked at QGC, where he played a pivotal role in its growth from a small-cap gas exploration company into a multi-billion-dollar takeover target for BG Group in 2008. He remained with BG following the takeover, serving as General Manager, Gas and Power, with responsibility for the domestic gas and electricity portfolio.