Mr Hegarty has more than 40 years' experience in the global mining industry with a career spanning executive and directorship roles across multiple mineral commodities and assets in Australia, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Owen co founded and is Executive Chairman of EMR Capital, a specialist resources private equity manager with operational, investment, sustainability and ESG management expertise applied across the EMR investment portfolio companies. Owen's career included 25 years with the Rio Tinto Group, including as Managing Director of Rio Tinto Asia and Rio Tinto's Australian copper and gold business. Owen has served and continues to serve on a number of government and industry mining advisory bodies and is the recipient of a number of awards and citations in recognition of his achievements and service to the mining industry. Owen was included in the 2021 Queen's Birthday honours list, being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia recognising his services to the minerals and mining sector.
