Leanne Heywood

Ms Heywood is an experienced non-executive director, audit and risk committee, and people and remuneration committee chair, with broad general management experience gained through an international career in the mining sector, including 10 years with the Rio Tinto Copper Group. Her experience includes strategic marketing, business finance and compliance and she has led organisational restructures, mergers, acquisitions and disposals at both the executive and board level. She has significant experience in complex cross-cultural negotiations and stakeholder relationships management, including governments and investment partners and leadership expertise in China, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore and South America. She received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2021 and was named 2019 NSW Business Woman of the Year.