Monday, 29 July, 2019 - 15:58
Infrastructure WA board selected
The state government has appointed 10 members to the board of its peak infrastructure advisory body, including six directors from the private sector led by chairman John Langoulant.
Andrea Sutton
Non-Executive Chair / Water Corporation
Most Notable Role
Andrea Sutton is a qualified chemical engineer with extensive executive and operational leadership experience at Rio Tinto and ERA.
Ms Sutton joined the board of Energy Resources of Australia (which operates the Ranger Uranium project) as a non-executive director from October 2018 to May 2020. She has also been on the boards of Infrastructure WA, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, and National Association of Women in Operations.
Between 2013 and 2017, she was chief executive and managing director of ERA, then a non-executive director from 2018 to 2020. Her time at Rio Tinto included being head of health, environment, safety and security; general manager of operations at the Bengalla Mine; and general manager of infrastructure, iron ore.
