Mike Bennett
Chief Executive, Z Energy
The Z Why
We believe that if you want to be a world class Kiwi company, don’t just employ people, divide them into functional departments and tell them what to do. Instead give them a reason for belonging, the possibility of a bigger purpose than they imagined, and a hunger for the extraordinary.
In choosing to work for Z there are things our employees need to know, things they need to do and ways they need to be. Most of all they need to understand ‘why’.
Let’s consider the proposition that “why” matters more than “way” and, in doing so, how you can achieve the extraordinary.
About Mike Bennett
Mike became Chief Executive of Z Energy after 25 years with BP in a variety of downstream roles in New Zealand, China, South Africa, the UK and Singapore. His last role was as CEO of BP’s Eastern Hemisphere supply and trading business.
With Z he has led the company from being a local branch office of a multinational oil company to a locally operated Kiwi company. This has included the development and launch of the Z brand in New Zealand and in August last year the successful IPO of Z as a publicly listed company in New Zealand and Australia.
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We believe that if you want to be a world class Kiwi company, don’t just employ people, divide them into functional departments and tell them what to do. Instead give them a reason for belonging, the possibility of a bigger purpose than they imagined, and a hunger for the extraordinary.
In choosing to work for Z there are things our employees need to know, things they need to do and ways they need to be. Most of all they need to understand ‘why’.
Let’s consider the proposition that “why” matters more than “way” and, in doing so, how you can achieve the extraordinary.
About Mike Bennett
Mike became Chief Executive of Z Energy after 25 years with BP in a variety of downstream roles in New Zealand, China, South Africa, the UK and Singapore. His last role was as CEO of BP’s Eastern Hemisphere supply and trading business.
With Z he has led the company from being a local branch office of a multinational oil company to a locally operated Kiwi company. This has included the development and launch of the Z brand in New Zealand and in August last year the successful IPO of Z as a publicly listed company in New Zealand and Australia.
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