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.