Peter Robert Botten

Peter Robert Botten is an Australian business executive who served as the managing director of Oil Search, a Papua New Guinea-based oil and gas exploration and development company, from 1994 to 2020. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2007, and awarded Australia's highest civilian honour, Companion of the Order of Australia, in 2019.

Early life and education

Botten's father was a pilot for the Royal Air Force, and he grew up in Britain. He earned a degree in geology from Monash University in Melbourne, and later he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Petroleum Engineering at the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London.