Board of Directors
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Mr Patrick O'Connor
Chairman
BCom, FAICD
SEP Stanford
Executive Director of St George Capital.
Mr O'Connor is an executive Director of a boutique investment management company, St George Capital Pty Ltd.
He is non-executive Chairman of ASX listed Perilya Limited and Xceed Biotechnology Limited and is executive Chairman of SG Growth Equities Limited. He is also a member of the State Infrastructure Strategy Reference Group.
Appointed as a non-executive director from 1 January 2003, his current term expires on 31 December 2011.
Committee Membership: Human Resources and Remuneration Committee (formerly Organisation Development Committee).
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Dr Brian Hewitt
Deputy Chair
BE(Hons),PhD, MBA, FIE Aust, CPEng, FAIM,FAICD
Company Director.
Dr Hewitt has a depth of experience in the areas of corporate development, strategic planning, corporate governance, project management and property development.
He held senior management, executive and Board positions with the Clough Group of companies for over 25 years and served as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Clough Limited from the time of its listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1998 until his retirement in 2003.
He is currently Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Georgiou Group and is a non-executive director of the PCH Group.
Dr Hewitt is Immediate Past President, Councillor and Board member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia, a Board Member of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a member of a number of State Government advisory committees including Chairman of the State Infrastructure Strategy Reference Group, and an adjunct professor at The University of Western Australia.
Appointed as a non-executive director from 1 January 2004, his current term expires on 31 December 2009.
Committee Membership: Audit and Compliance Committee.
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Mr Andrew Bantock
BCom, ACA
Mr Bantock is a Chartered Accountant with extensive professional, corporate and commercial experience in the resources, resource contracting and infrastructure sectors.
He is Executive Chairman of Chalice Gold Mines Limited, Managing Director of Liontown Resources Limited and Corporate Director of Uranium Equities Limited, each of which operate as exploration and development companies in their respective commodity areas.
Appointed as a Non-executive Director from 1 June 2006, his current term expires on 31 December 2009.
Chair: Audit and Compliance Committee.
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Mrs Karen Field
BEc
Mrs Field has spent over three decades in the mining industry and has a strong background in human resources and project management. She has held executive roles in a variety of mining industry sectors throughout Australia and in South America where she served as President of Minera Alumbrera, an Argentine based management company established to develop and operate a large scale copper/gold project in north western Argentina.
Mrs Field is now a non-executive director of Sipa Resources Ltd, Electricity Networks Corporation and the Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Resource Processing. She is also involved in a number of community organisations and is a voluntary director on the board of Amana Living (formerly Anglican Homes Inc).
Appointed as a non-executive director from 1 January 2006, her current term expires on 31 December 2010.
Chair: Human Resources and Remuneration Committee (formerly Organisation Development Committee)
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Ms Zelinda Bafile
LLB, FAICD, FCIS, SF Fin.
Ms Bafile has practiced as a lawyer for over 30 years, and as a former Executive at Home Building Society Ltd has over 20 years commercial experience and governance expertise in the banking and finance industry.
Her other Board positions include the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee, Curtin University Council, Friends of the Perth International Arts Festival Board, and Podiatrists Registration Board.
Ms Bafile is also Chairman of the Resources Unit for Children with Special Needs Inc and the Francis Burt Law Education Centre.
Ms Bafile is Past President of the Corporate Lawyers Association (WA Chapter) and was runner-up, 2006 Australian Corporate Lawyer of the Year.
Appointed as a non-executive director from 1 January 2006, her current term expires on 31 December 2010.
Committee membership: Audit and Compliance Committee.
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Professor Robert Harvey
Professor Harvey is Executive Dean Faculty of Business and Law and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Engagement and Indigenous) Edith Cowan University.
He is a member of the Board of the Joondalup Business Centre, and in 2006 and 2007 was a member of the State Water Planning Review Panel, providing independent advice to Government on the State Water Plan.
Professor Harvey was previously Executive Director of the Department of Justice and has held senior positions in the Department of Contract and Management Services and the Water Authority of Western Australia.
Appointed on 1 July 2007 as a Non Executive Director, his current term expires on 31 December 2011.
Committee membership: Human Resources and Remuneration Committee.
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Sue Murphy
Chief Executive Officer of the Water Corporation
BEng (Hons), CP Eng, FIE Aust, GAICD
Mrs Murphy is a civil engineer, with many years experience in the field as a site engineer and project manager for Clough Ltd. In 1998, she was appointed the first female board member of Clough Engineering Ltd.
Mrs Murphy joined the Corporation in 2004 as General Manager Business Services and became General Manager Planning and Infrastructure in 2005.
Mrs Murphy is also deputy Chair of the Rottnest Island Authority.
Appointed as Chief Executive Officer on 6 November 2008.
