Meg O’Neill

CEO

BP

United Kingdom

Meg O’Neill was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2026. Before she 
joined, she served as CEO of Woodside Energy from April 2021. She joined 
Woodside Energy in 2018, and previous roles included serving as Chief 
Operations Officer.
Before then, Meg spent 23 years with ExxonMobil in a variety of technical, 
operational and senior leadership roles in Houston, New Orleans, Indonesia, 
Canada and Norway, as well as regional and global leadership positions. 
After 30 years in the energy industry, Meg has a track record of excellence, from 
her first projects for ExxonMobil, modelling the dynamics of offshore platforms, 
to driving transformation, growth and disciplined capital allocation across 
entire businesses.
Meg has bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and in ocean engineering 
and a master’s in ocean systems management from Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology in the USA

Participates in

EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME | Plenary Session

Industry Leader Perspectives
Plenary Hall
12
October
13:00 13:45
UTC+3