Dr Erica Smyth MSc, FAICD
   Non-Executive Chairman
 

Dr Smyth has over 30 years experience in the mineral and petroleum industries.  She was Principal Geologist for BHP Minerals Limited (including several years in uranium exploration) and BHP-Utah Minerals International’s Beenup Project Manager, Manager Gas Market Development WA for BHP Petroleum and, more recently, General Manager – Corporate Affairs for Woodside Petroleum Limited. She has a Bachelor of Science from University of Western Australia and an Applied Master of Science from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. In 2008 she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Western Australia.

Dr Smyth is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, is the Chair of Toro Energy Limited, the WA interactive science centre Scitech; the WA Government's film screen industry funding body ScreenWest, the Diabetes Research Foundation of WA and the UWA Centenary Trust for Women.  She is also a Director of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO); the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing and the Diabetes Western Australia. The Chamber of Mines & Energy (WA) awarded Dr Smyth a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010 for her contribution to the industry and as part of the Women in Resources Award 2010.