Alex Atkins

FAusIMM

Corporate Consultant (CRM Board Assurance), Alex Atkins and Associates

Alex Atkins is an experienced mining professional and company director with more than 30 years’ experience across operations, regulation, consulting and governance in Australia, Papua New Guinea and internationally. She holds dual engineering degrees, an MBA in Finance and rare multidisciplinary expertise spanning mining engineering, geotechnical engineering, geology, risk and strategy.

A recognised trailblazer, Alex was among Australia’s first multi-state First Class Mine Manager ticketed female underground mining engineers and Western Australia’s first female District Inspector of Mines.

She has extensive ASX-listed board experience, ranging from governing an ASX200 complex global mining contractor, a greenfields mine developer & an IPO startup. She is a Fellow of AICD, GIA, EngAust and AusIMM, and currently chairs Curtin University’s WASM Mining Engineering Industry Advisory Group. 

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