Lisa Palmer

Lisa was appointed to the board in September 2018 as a casual vacancy and re-appointed in October 2018.

Lisa has more than 20 years of experience in executive management positions in finance, strategy, risk and compliance, governance, internal and external audit, and corporate finance advisory at BHP, Woodside, Deloitte, and PwC in Australia and the UK.

Lisa’s experience covers mining, oil, and gas, health, superannuation, government, heavy manufacturing, and FMCG. She has led finance and analysis teams internally and on transactions, governance oversight of major capital projects and management system implementations, and leading investigations into risk management failings. Her current executive role is co-founder and director of a Perth-based private engineering company as well as providing consultancy services in strategy, risk, and company secretarial.

Lisa holds an honors degree in mathematics and business. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the UK, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Company Secretaries, and a Senior Associate of the Financial Services Institute in Australia.

Lisa is currently a board member and treasurer at North Cottesloe Surf Life Saving Club, and an immediate past director of HBF Limited, serving on both the Group Audit and Group Risk Committees.

Lisa is also a member of the Audit & Risk Committee.