Ms Heywood has + 25 years' experience in the mining sector, most recently in a senior international marketing role with Rio Tinto and is a highly experienced public company non-executive director.
Ms Heywood is a non-executive director, audit and risk committee, and people and remuneration committee chair, with broad general management experience gained through an international career in the mining sector, including 10 years with the Rio Tinto Copper Group. Her experience includes strategic marketing, business finance and compliance and she has led organisational restructures, mergers, acquisitions and disposals at both the executive and board level. Additionally, she has experience in complex cross-cultural negotiations and stakeholder relationships management, including governments and investment partners and leadership expertise in China, Japan, Mongolia, Singapore and South America.
Ms Heywood currently serves as a non-executive director and the audit and risk committee chair for Arcadium Lithium PLC and Midway Ltd. (both subject to Schemes of Arrangement). She is also a Non-Executive Director of MAC Copper Limited and a director of Snowy Hydro Limited . Ms Heywood received a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2021 and was named 2019 NSW Business Woman of the Year.
She holds a Bachelor of Business (Accounting), an Executive MBA (Melbourne Business School) and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD) and CPA Australia (FCPA).