Lucy Nation is a global energy executive who was appointed bp’s Country President Australia in July 2024, in addition to her role as Vice President Hydrogen, Australia and Asia Pacific.


Her diverse experience spans senior roles in supply and trading, finance, operations, process safety, terminals and low carbon energy in Australia, US, UK, Europe and Singapore.


Lucy currently leads bp’s renewable hydrogen and energy portfolio, including H2Kwinana at the Kwinana Energy Hub, Project GERI in WA’s Mid-West and the Australian Renewable Energy Hub (AREH) in the Pilbara.


Prior to this, she held several regional AsPac leadership roles, including Vice President Midstream, wholesale marketing and terminals and CFO for regional downstream businesses. Lucy serves as director on the boards of the Australian Hydrogen Council and bp Australia. She is also a member of the Curtin Institute for Energy Transition Advisory Board. She holds a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Kate has extensive experience as a CEO and Senior Executive within the commercial, government and not-for-profit sectors and has been involved in the planning and delivery of a number of major city-shaping projects. In January 2022 Kate was appointed Deputy Chancellor, Victoria University.



As the CEO of the Victorian State Sports Centres, Kate oversees the operation of four of Australia’s largest multi-sport venues. As the former Director of Investments & Major Projects for Wyndham City, Kate was part of the team that secured a new A-League licence for Western Melbourne and led the concept planning for the development of Australia’s first privately built sports stadium using a value-capture model. As the former Executive Manager at Tennis Australia, Kate also led the master planning and commercial negotiations for the $1 billion dollar redevelopment of Melbourne Park – the home of the Australian Open Tennis Championship.



Kate is the former President of the Melbourne Football Club, leading the club to their first AFL Men’s Premiership in 57 years in 2021 and the Women’s team to their first Premiership win in 2022. Kate is also a former Chair of the Metro Trains Advisory Board, Chair of the Victorian Regional Shipping Channels Authority, and Member of the Ministerial Planning and Building Process Review Board and Ministerial Freight Advisory Committee.