Ms Atkins has 7+ years of non-executive director experience with listed companies & NFPs. She is currently a non-executive director of ASX200 global contract mining company, Perenti Global (ASX: PRN) and International Women in Mining (a NFP). She is a former director of The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (The AusIMM). Alex has over 25 years’ multi-disciplinary and multi-commodity mining experience across the full value chain throughout Australia and PNG in roles that find, design & run mines, regulate mines & in the Big Fours. She is also MD & Principal at Alex Atkins & Associates, a mining risk consultancy focused on protection/conformance (assurance) and performance (digital transformation). With core competencies as a mining & geotechnical engineer, Alex has developed strong skills in finance, strategy, risk and governance which she has further honed during her time in the Big Fours, as an executive consultant and on Boards. Alex’s “X-Factor” is her leadership of the digital transformation of mining whilst managing mining’s critical material risks.