Managing Partner Profile – Elliot Costello
Elliot Costello is the Managing Partner of Wolverine. Elliot’s extensive work experience includes the provision of a wide range of audit, assurance, and advisory services in partnership with senior management (Corporate and Regional offices, Field operations, and Internal Audit Groups) for energy and resource clients across the globe.
Elliot’s career in the Energy and Resource sectors began with Ampolex (acquired by ExxonMobil in 1997) where he was a member of the Internal Business Control group with primary responsibility for Joint Venture and Alliance Audits. Elliot briefly left the industry in the late 1990’s to work in Banking and Finance Industry, (Australia and Asia); however, the excitement and draw of the Energy and Resource industry proved to be too much, and Elliot returned to the Energy and Resource industry after completing his MBA in 2002. Since then, Elliot has delivered services in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia, United States of America, Belgium, Papua New Guinea, Thailand and Russia.
Elliot’s passion and enthusiasm for the industry is shared by all those professionals he works with and Elliot strongly believes in knowledge transfer of industry best practices, and working closely with clients in a partnership environment to achieve the right result. Elliot knows that a Christmas Tree is not just something you put presents under.
Clients have included: Origin Energy, Australian Pacific LNG, ExxonMobil, Oilsearch, New Zealand Oil and Gas, Australian Worldwide Exploration (AWE), Mitsui E&P, Itochu, Beach Energy, NT Government, Water Corporation, Horizon Oil, Sojitz Energy, Conoco Phillips and Genesis Power.