Industry Insight Symposium - Perth

Alex has 30+ years’ mining industry experience. She holds two Bachelor of Engineering Degrees and an MBA (Finance). Although Alex’s core competencies are as a mining engineer, geotechnical engineer & geologist, she has developed strong skills in finance, strategy, risk and governance.

Alex is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors & Governance Institute of Australia and a Chartered Professional Fellow of Engineers Australia and The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. She is an “EngExec” and holds current First Class Mine Manager’s Certificates (which she first attained in the ’90’s in WA, Tasmania & QLD). She was WA’s first female District Inspector of Mines. In the 1990’s she was the first female underground mining engineer to work in PNG, where she was illegal and taboo. In 2011 she was a Finalist in the WA CME Women in Resources Awards and a Finalist in the Australian Mining Prospect Awards (Mining’s Female of the Year). She was one of 2018’s 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIMUK) and was inducted into the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame in 2019 for her contribution to the industry on diversity and innovation. She is a devoted mum of two kids, now aged 18 and 21.