Anita Roper

Ms Anita Roper joins from the Board of Yarra Valley Water and has experience in senior management roles working with business, government, communities and multilateral agencies in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA. Her executive career spans the private and public sectors, including Chief Executive Officer at Sustainability Victoria and Global Director of Sustainability with Alcoa in New York. Anita is currently Chair of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative. She has previously held the role of Chair of the Stroke Association of Victoria and has served on numerous boards and advisory panels.

She is also a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Institute of Managers and Leaders ANZ.

Ms Roper was appointed to the Melbourne Water Board on 1 October, 2021 and was appointed the Chair of this organisations People, Safety and Remuneration Committee in 2022.