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Directors’ Report
Director
Current directors
Dr Julie Beeby
Independent Non-executive Director
Appointed on 19 April 2016
BSc (Hons I), PhD (Physical Chemistry), MBA, FAICD
Paul Dowd
Independent Non-executive Director
Appointed on 23 July 2009
BSc (Eng)
Experience and expertise
Dr Beeby was the former Chief Executive Officer of Brisbane based gas producer, Westside Corporation. Dr Beeby has more than 25 years’ experience in the resources sector, including the minerals and petroleum industries. Dr Beeby also has experience in mergers and acquisitions.
Chairman of Powerlink Qld (Qld Electricity Transmission Corporation Ltd) since 2014, and has been a board member since 2008.
Mr Dowd is a mining engineer and has been in mining for 50 years, primarily in the private sector, but also serving in the Public Sector as head of the Victorian Mines and Petroleum Departments. He has held senior executive positions with Newmont and prior to that Normandy, including as Managing Director of Newmont Australia Limited and Vice President of Australia and New Zealand Operations for Newmont Mining Corporation. Mr Dowd currently has various advisory positions with councils and groups, including the SA Minerals and Petroleum Expert Group (SAMPEG), and the University of Queensland - Sustainable Minerals Institute Board.
Mr Dowd is Chairman of the CSIRO Minerals Resources Sector Advisory Council, and was the Inaugural Chairman of RESA from September 2006 to May 2015 and Non- executive Director of RESA from May 2015 to present.
Mr Lenegan was a former Managing Director of Rio Tinto Australia. Mr Lenegan had a distinguished 27-year career with Rio Tinto where he held various senior management positions across a range of commodities and geographies. Mr Lenegan was formerly the Chairman of the Minerals Council of Australia and a former board member of the Business Council of Australia. Mr Lenegan is currently Chairman of Bis Industries Limited (non-ASX listed company).
Other current listed entity directorships
Non-executive Director of Whitehaven Coal Ltd since July 2015
Non-executive Director of PNX Metals Limited since April 2012 (previously Managing Director from September 2008 to April 2012)
Non-executive Director of Energy Resources of Australia Ltd from October 2015 to present
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Former listed entity directorships in last three years
Non-executive Director of Forge Group Limited from September 2013 to February 2014
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OZ Minerals special responsibilities during the year
Member of the Sustainability Committee
Member of the Human Resources & Remuneration Committee
Chairman of the Sustainability Committee
Member of Audit Committee
Charles Lenegan
Independent Non-executive Director
Appointed on
9 February 2010
BSc (Econ)
Non-executive Director of Turquoise Hill Resources from August 2012 to May 2014
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of Sustainability Committee
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