“Emmanuel Auru joins Steamships as Group Legal Counsel” — News — PNG Business News

Steamships is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel Auru as the new Group Legal Counsel. With over 16 years of experience across competition law, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, and economic regulation, Emmanuel joins Steamships from Westpac (PNG) where he held the position of Head of Legal & Company Secretary.

“After an extensive search, we are delighted to be welcoming Emmanuel to the team,” said Managing Director Chris Daniells “He is joining at a particularly exciting time for Steamships as the company positions itself for a sustained period of growth with a multitude of projects on the horizon. Emmanuel has a wide range of experience working across both the Public and Private sectors and is a great fit for the business. He will play a key role in supporting our ambitions for the future.”

Earlier in his career, Emmanuel held various senior management roles at the ICCC and international law firm Allens Linklaters, where he assisted the PNG competition regulator in undertaking competition law legislative reforms, SOE reforms and market studies. Some of his notable projects include ExxonMobil’s acquisition of InterOil assets in 2016, the restructure of Telikom PNG Ltd, Bmobile PNG Ltd and DataCo PNG Ltd in 2017, and the merger between Santos Ltd and Oil Search in 2021.

“Steamships, to me, is a generational company with a long and proud history of building and serving Papua New Guinea and its people. It’s a household name in PNG that my grand parents, parents and I grew up depending and relying on, and on the eve of PNG’s 50th Independence, I am honoured and privileged to be part of the Steamships company and continue its legacy of contributing to the development and prosperity of PNG, and her people for over 100 years,” said Emmanuel Auru.

Emmanuel holds a master’s degree from Melbourne University, a Bachelor of Law from University of Papua New Guinea and post graduate certifications from the PNG National Research Institute, the Merger Training Institute of London, and the Australian National University.

Outside of his career in Law, Emmanuel was a successful sportsman, representing Papua New Guinea in rugby union and won a bronze medal in the 2007 South Pacific Games, and is currently a Judiciary Member of Capital Rugby Union, Port Moresby (since 2017) and World Rugby Union Citing Commissioner (since 2022).

_{Images are for reference only.Images and contents gathered automatic from google or 3rd party sources.All rights on the images and contents are with their legal original owners.}