Frank Rickwood

Frank Kenneth Rickwood OBE (1921–2009) was an Australian businessman in the oil industry. He worked for BP from 1956 to 1980, serving as the President of BP Alaska from 1969 to 1980. He later served as the Chairman of Oil Search, focusing on oilfields in Papua New Guinea.

Early life Frank Rickwood was born in 1921 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia. His father, George Rickwood, was an English immigrant to Australian who worked as the editor of the Cessnock Eagle and correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. He lived with his partner, Justin Rainey, until the latter died in the early 1990s. In the 1990s, he moved to the Colleton Great House, a plantation mansion in Saint Peter, Barbados. He was a significant art collector. His funeral took place at St Peter's Church in Speightstown, Barbados on 28 July 2009.