Skip to main content

Ned Wills

Jun 21, 2026

0:18
Enjoy.
0:21
my eyes were open to the sort of the community side of things, the purpose side of things through the oil industry.
0:30
And, you know, where, again, not entirely altruistic, well, not entirely altruistic at all, but...
0:37
But the oil industry share price is perhaps more linked to their ability to manage communities in less and less politically stable economies than any other industry.
0:48
What other industry invests hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure into pretty unstable environments? you know, before they've even actually made a dollar.
1:00
And so in order to do that and convince investors at the time, this is way back in the early 2000s, you know, they have to be able to manage communities.
1:09
And I found myself sort of at this intersection of, of a sport sponsorship, if you like, but then, you know, being utilised into the business objectives of an organisation that really was mainly focused on the communities where its infrastructure was.
speaker_2ADVERTISER
3:47
Yeah.

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.