Former Woodside CFOs and Justin Langer to comprise Mineral Resources’ ethics and governance committee

Mineral Resources’ all-important ethics and governance committee has gone from all-female to all-male with two new directors joining and Justin Langer shuffled in.

The miner on Monday added seasoned bean counters Lawrie Tremaine and Ross Carroll to its board as independent non-executive directors. The duo will also be part of the three-person ethics and governance committee.

The committee was set up in November to help restore MinRes’ reputation after a series of scandals surrounding founder and chief executive Chris Ellison.

The appointments of Mr Tremaine and Mr Carroll follow the abrupt resignations more than two months ago of the three female directors that comprised the committee.

Denise McComish, Jacqueline McGill and Susie Corlett all quit MinRes within the space of a fortnight in April. Two senior in-house lawyers tasked with assisting the committee have also departed.

MinRes on Monday said Mr Tremaine and Mr Carroll together brought “a wealth of executive management, financial, strategic and capital markets expertise gained from senior leadership roles with ASX-listed companies across the resources, energy and mining services sectors”.

Mr Tremaine was most recently the chief financial officer at Origin Energy for seven years until 2024 and prior to that was Woodside Energy’s CFO. His career also includes 17 years at Alcoa and he currently serves as chair of MoneyCatcha, a private fintech firm.

Mr Carroll, who is now chair of MinRes’ ethics and governance committee, was CFO at a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed global base metals company MMG from 2015 to 2024.

He was the chief of local mining services provider Macmahon between 2012 and 2015 and like Mr Tremaine, he has been CFO of Woodside.

Former Australian test cricketer and coach Justin Langer now rounds out the ethics and governance committee. Mr Langer has been a MinRes board member since the beginning of 2023.

More to come . . .