Santos Boss Is Racing Against Time to Build a Gas Giant
- Middle East suitors said to study the Australian producer
- Kevin Gallagher has been at the helm of the company since 2016
Kevin Gallagher is in a race against time.
A veteran of Australia’s oil and gas industry, the Scotsman has earned acclaim for transforming Santos Ltd into the country’s second-largest fossil fuel producer in under a decade. But now Gallagher needs to speed up an ambitious growth strategy that would cement the firm as an international contender ranking alongside Woodside Energy Group and Eni SpA — all while managing impatient investors and circling suitors.