Woodside’s executive vice president and chief operating officer international, Daniel Kalms, is leaving the Australian LNG player.
The Perth-based LNG producer announced this in a statement on Thursday.
According to Woodisde, Kairns has had a “distinguished” career at Woodside since joining the company in 2001, holding key leadership roles across the company and being closely involved in several of Woodside’s “defining” milestones.
This included leading the Pluto foundation project through start-up in 2012 and playing a central role from 2018 to 2020 in preparing the Scarborough energy project for a final investment decision, which was taken by the company in 2021.
As a member of Woodside’s executive committee, Kalms also led integration activities for Woodside’s merger with BHP Petroleum which became effective in June 2022.
Following the merger with BHP, Kalms relocated from Perth to Houston, Texas and became executive VP technical services before assuming his role as EVP and COO international.
In 2024, Kalms also played a central role in Woodside’s acquisition of Tellurian, enabling Woodside to develop the Louisiana LNG project.
“Daniel Kalms has had a career of distinction at Woodside and has been central to building Woodside from a primarily Australia-based company to one that now has operations across three continents and which is building a globally significant position in liquefied natural gas and other energy products,” said Woodside CEO Liz Westcott.
Paa-Joe Akoto-Ampaw, currently Woodside VP Gulf of America, has been appointed as acting EVP and COO International, while a recruitment process is conducted for the EVP and COO role.
Akoto-Ampaw will join Woodside’s executive leadership team over this period.