Northern Territory Appoints Heavyweights to Turn Economy

Former Chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Company and Memberof the Concordia Leadership Council Andrew N. Liveris speaks onstage during the 2018 Concordia Annual Summit: Day 1 at Grand Hyatt New York on September 24, 2018 in New York City. Riccardo Savi/Getty Images

Former Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris and former Chief Minister Paul Henderson have been tasked with setting up the Northern Territory as a gas manufacturing hub.

The globally recognised Darwin-born businessman who ran Dow Chemical and advised two U.S. presidents has been appointed chair of a commission to restart the Northern Territory’s economy after the COVID-19 pandemic.