Sharon Warburton

Non-Executive Director at Northern Star

Ms Warburton is a Chartered Accountant with experience in the construction, mining and infrastructure sectors, holding senior executive positions at Rio Tinto, Brookfield Multiplex, Aldar Properties PJSC, Multiplex and Citigroup. Ms Warburton is a Non-Executive Director of Gold Road Resources Limited (retiring from that role on 30 September 2021), Worley Limited, Wesfarmers Limited and Blackmores Limited and a part-time member of the Takeovers Panel. She is also on the Board of not-for-profit organisation, Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation and a Non-Executive Director of Karlka Nyiyaparli Aboriginal Corporation RNTBC.

She was formerly the Co-Deputy Chair of Fortescue Metals Group Limited, Chairman of the Australian Government's Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility and a Non-Executive Director of NEXTDC Limited.

Ms Warburton holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Business Law) from Curtin University. She is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Institute of Building and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She was awarded WA Telstra Business Woman of the Year in 2014 and was a finalist for The Australian Financial Review’s Westpac 100 Women of Influence in 2015.

Ms Warburton is a member of the Remuneration and Environmental, Social & Safety (ESS) Committees.

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