Ms Atkins has circa 10 years of non-executive director experience with listed companies and NFPs. She is currently a Non-executive Director (NED) of global contract mining company Perenti Ltd (ASX:PRN); and Aquirian Ltd (ASX:AQN), for which she was on the inaugural IPO Board. She is a former NED of Strandline Resources Ltd (ASX:STA), The AusIMM and IWiM (London). She is also a Corporate Advisor to SSE Co Pty Ltd (Brisbane). Alex has over 30 years’ mining industry experience across Australia and PNG in roles that find, design & run mines, regulate mines, in the Big Fours & on boards (where she has also had oversight of operations in Africa and America). Alex holds two Bachelor of Engineering Degrees and an MBA (Finance). Although Alex’s core competencies are as a mining engineer, geotechnical engineer & geologist, she has also developed strong skills in finance, strategy, risk and governance. She is a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Chartered Professional Fellow of The AusIMM and Engineers Australia. Alex is one of the few women in Australia to be an EngExec and hold First Class Mine Manager’s Certificates. She was WA’s first female District Inspector of Mines in 2009-12 and in the 90’s was the first female underground mining engineer to work in PNG, where she was illegal and taboo.  In 2011 she was a Finalist in the WA CME Women in Resources Awards and a Finalist in the Australian Mining Prospect Awards (Mining’s Female of the Year). She was one of 2018’s 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining (WIMUK) and was inducted into the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame in 2019 for her contribution to the industry on diversity and innovation. She sustained her mining career throughout her motherhood years, breaking barriers and highlighting pathways for mining mums who follow her.