Gunther Newcombe OBE

Biography

Gunther Newcombe OBE was Director, Exploration, Production and Decommissioning at the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) from 2015 to 2020.

Gunther joined the OGA from Indonesia where he was President and CEO of VICO, a joint venture upstream business owned by BP and ENI focused on both conventional onshore oil and gas and coal bed methane. Gunther is a graduate of Manchester University and started his 35 year career with BP as a well-site engineer and geologist. Assignments followed in London, Germany, China, Aberdeen, Norway, Indonesia, Houston and Venezuela. In the UK, Gunther’s leadership roles have included operating an FPSO in the Atlantic Frontier, running BP’s onshore terminals and pipeline business and finally as VP Decommissioning for BP. Gunther is married with four children, and was based in Aberdeen.