Mrs Kerry Sanderson AO

Kerry is a Non-Executive Director of Atlas Iron, Chairman of Gold Corporation, a director of Downer EDI Limited and St John of God Health Care and serves as Chairperson to the State Emergency Management Committee. Kerry was Agent General for the Government of Western Australia from November 2008 until December 2011. Based in London, the Agent General represents the Government of Western Australia in Europe and Russia and promotes investment in Western Australia and Western Australian exports to Europe. Ms Sanderson was Chief Executive Officer of Fremantle Port Authority from 1991 to 2008, a period during which container trade quadrupled.

Kerry has Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Economics degrees from the University of Western Australia and in 2005, Kerry received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of Western Australia. She is a Member of the Advisory Council, Curtin University Business School; a former Member of the Ambassadorial Council, University of Western Australia Business School in the UK; and a former Member of the Advisory Board, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Kings College London. She has previously served as a Director of Austrade, the Australian Wheat Board, Rio Tinto WA Future Fund and the Western Australian Lands Authority (Landcorp).

In 2004, Kerry was named an Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the development and management of the port and maritime industries in Australia, and to public sector governance in the areas of finance and transport.