Mr Maxwell is a leading oil and gas industry executive with more than 25 years’ experience in senior executive roles with Cooper Energy, BG Group (now owned by Shell), Woodside Energy and Santos.

Mr Maxwell was the Managing Director and CEO at Cooper Energy from October 2011 until his retirement in March 2023, where he lead the transformation and growth of the company into a leading gas supplier for South-east Australia. Prior to Cooper Energy, Mr Maxwell worked with the British multinational organisation BG Group, where he led the company’s LNG and gas entry into Australia and South-east Asia. His BG roles included a number of material acquisitions and responsibility for all commercial, exploration, business development, strategy and marketing activities for Australia. Before this Mr Maxwell held senior leadership positions at Woodside Energy, including three years on the Woodside Executive Committee.  

He was on the board of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association from 2018-2023 and has served on a number of other industry association boards, government advisory groups and public company boards.

Mr Maxwell holds a Master of Technology from the Massey University and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.