Liz was appointed Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Woodside in March 2026. She is a highly regarded business and engineering leader with a distinguished career spanning the global energy sector. Beginning her career with 25 years at ExxonMobil, she has demonstrated impact in major project delivery, technology innovation and industrial commercialisation. At Woodside Energy, she has created and implemented pivotal strategies to position Woodside’s Australian business for the future, securing operatorship of the massive Gippsland Basin Joint Venture in addition to operating the signature North West Shelf and Pluto LNG projects. Under her leadership, Woodside is working to develop and deploy science and engineering technology that enhances safety, efficiency and environmental performance, including digital twin technology to monitor asset performance and helicopter-mounted LIDAR to detect and measure methane emissions. A prominent advocate for gender equity in STEM and industry leadership, Westcott actively supports initiatives that strengthen diversity and inclusion across the engineering and energy sectors. She is also a member of Executive Women.