
Prior to his appointment as CEO and Managing Director , Mike was a Non - Executive Director of Alumina Ltd from February 2014 to May 2017 and a Partner, Client Development - Asia Pacific at Herbert Smith Freehills, a global law firm. He was also formerly head of the firm's Corporate Group and a member of its executive management team. Mike is also currently a Non - Executive Director of Helloworld Travel Limited (appointed January 2017).
Between 2008 and 2010
Mike
was Chief Legal Counsel at BHP Billiton Ltd.
Mike
has
considerable experience in the resources sector and ha
s over 30 years of experience in joint
ventures, mergers and acquisitions, fund raising and regulatory issues across a wide range
of sectors and countries. He also has considerable experience in the commercial and
financing aspects of large transactions ga
ined from a number of years in investment banking
as a corporate adviser.