Deborah O'toole

Ms O’Toole was appointed as a director on 1 December 2017. She has been appointed as a member and Chair (appointed effective April 2018) of the Audit and Risk Management Committee, and member of the Nomination Committee and the Compensation Committee. Ms O’Toole is a Non-Executive Director of Sims Metal Management Limited (appointed November 2014), the Asciano Rail Group of Companies operating as Pacific National Rail, Credit Union Australia Ltd (appointed March 2014) and the Wesley Research Institute. She is a former Non-Executive Director of Boart Longyear Limited (appointed 1 October 2014 resigned September 2017), CSIRO, Norfolk Group, various companies in the MIM and Aurizon Groups, and Government and private sector advisory boards. She has acted as Chairperson of the Audit Committees of CSIRO, Norfolk Group and Pacific Aluminium.

Ms O’Toole has extensive executive experience across a number of sectors including over 20 years in the mining industry and, more recently, in transport and logistics which included managerial, operational and financial roles. She has been Chief Financial Officer in three ASX listed companies: MIM Holdings Limited, Queensland Cotton Holdings Limited and, most recently, Aurizon Holdings Limited.