Pauline Carr

Chancellor at University of South Australia

South Australian born Pauline Carr has built a 30 plus year career bringing her executive experience, business improvement, governance, compliance and risk management consultancy services to a range of companies in the resources, construction, superannuation, education, retail and community health care sectors.

She was invited onto UniSA’s Council in 2010 and was appointed Chancellor in August 2018. Prior to being appointed as Chancellor she was Chair of the Council’s Audit and Risk Committee (2011–2018) and a member of both the Finance Committee and the Senior Remuneration Committee. She currently chairs the Senior Remuneration Committee and the Governance and Nominations Committee.

A graduate of ANU, Pauline has a Bachelor degree in economics and an MBA. She was part of the graduate intake into the global oil and gas organisation, Esso Australia (now Exxon Mobil) in Sydney where she worked as a financial analyst, accountant, internal auditor and in government and community relations.

Some years later Pauline returned to Adelaide to a divisional accounting leadership role with Normandy Mining Limited. She assumed increasing responsibilities for a range of areas and became a member of its executive team and was an integral part of the company’s growth and international expansion through mergers and acquisitions, which led Normandy to become Australia’s largest gold mining company, the fifth largest in the world. She took an executive role with Newmont Mining Asia Pacific (part of Newmont Mining Corporation) the world’s largest gold miner, following its take over of Normandy.

Pauline’s areas of expertise include continuous improvement governance, compliance and risk management. Her career has included several board positions – she is currently chairman of National Pharmacies and the SA Government’s Minerals and Energy Advisory Council and a non-executive director of ASX-listed Highfield Resources Limited.

Timeline

  • Chancellor

    Current role