08 May 2009

Dick Carter



RICHARD JOHN CARTER  CitWA, B Comm, FTSE, FAusIMM, FAIM, FAICD


Richard J (Dick) Carter is a company director with special interests in the minerals industry, board leadership, corporate governance, strategy formulation and occupational health and safety. He is Chairman of Macmahon Holdings Ltd a director of ERA Ltd and of Marion Energy Ltd. In the not-for-profit sector he is Chair of Prahran Mission-UnitingCare and Chairperson of UCA Funds Management. He is a past director of several listed companies, including North Ltd and he was Chairman of Ticor Ltd and of Consolidated Minerals Ltd. His executive career spanned thirty seven years with the BHP Group (now merged into BHP Billiton) from which he retired in 1997 as BHP Minerals' Chief Executive Officer. Dick has also had wide experience in industry and professional representative groups (including The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy of which he was President in 1998) and government bodies concerned with regional development. He was Western Australia’s Citizen of the Year in 1996 and he was awarded the Centenary Medal.

PERSONAL DETAILS:   Born Newcastle, NSW, 23 November 1942.
Son of Mrs MG Carter & the late DJH Carter, Rouchel,
   NSW.  
Married to Hon. Heather B Carter. 2 sons, 1 daughter.

HONOURS/AWARDS:    Centenary Medal (Citation: “For service to Australian society in technological industries”).
WA Citizen of the Year (Industry & Commerce), 1996.
       Sir Willis Connolly Memorial Medal, 2001.
       The AusIMM’s Beryl Jacka Award, 2002. 

EDUCATION: Maitland Boys High School 1959
                                        B Comm., University of NSW, 1964
Australian Administrative Staff College.
Harvard Business School (Advanced Management    Program – AMP93, 1984).

PROFFESSIONAL & LEARNED ASSOCIATIONS:
Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering
Fellow, Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy
Fellow, Australian Institute of Management
Fellow,          Australian Institute of Company Directors

CURRENT POSITIONS:
Chairman,       Macmahon Holdings Ltd 2001 -
Director,               Energy Resources of Australia Ltd 1999 - 
Director, Marion Energy Ltd 2008 -
Chairman Adv Board,         Zeal Consulting Pty Ltd 1998 -
Chair,                   Prahran Mission-UnitingCare   2000 -
Chairperson UCA Funds Management Group 2006 -
Trustee AusIMM Education Endowment Fund 1996 -


THE BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY CO LTD:

Dick Carter joined the BHP Group (now merged in BHP Billiton) as a commercial trainee in 1960 at Commonwealth Steel Co Ltd, Newcastle, NSW and retired in 1997 after almost thirty seven years service. Senior management positions he held during that time include: -

1996-1997 Executive General Manager & Chief Executive Officer, BHP    Minerals        
1996             Executive Vice President & Group General Manager Steelmaking 
Raw Materials
1990-1996 Group General Manager, BHP Iron Ore
1989-1990 Group General Manager, Asia-Pacific Minerals Division
1987-1989 General Manager Non Ferrous Metals & Business Development
1982-1987 General Manager Resource Planning & Development
1980-1982 General Manager Aluminium Division
1974-1980 Finance Manager Minerals Division
1973-1974 Manager Project Evaluation

PAST PUBLIC COMPANY DIRECTORSHIPS:
Consolidated Minerals Ltd Chairman                2005-2008             
Ticor Ltd Chairman 1999-2004
North Limited Director 1999-2000
Orbital Engine Corp Ltd Director 1994-1996
BHP Gold Mines Ltd Managing Director 1987-1990


OTHER PAST POSITIONS & DIRECTORSHIPS:
 Zeal Consulting Pty Ltd Principal &
Chairman 1998-2004
Risk Management Technologies Pty Ltd Chairman 2001-2002
The Australasian Institute of Mining & 
   Metallurgy                                                         President                1998
Councillor 1993-2000
Minerals Council of Australia, National
  Tertiary Education Taskforce       Chairman           1996-1999
CSIRO, MEM Sector Advisory Committee Chairman                1996-1999
Minerals Council of Australia Vice President 1997
Councillor 1994-1997
Victorian Minerals & Energy Council Vice President 1999-2004
The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA President 1994-1996
                                                                             Councillor               1990-1996
Pilbara Development Commission Chairman 1993-1996
Regional Development Council of WA Chairman 1995-1996
Australian Centre for Geomechanics Chairman 1992-1996

Ok Tedi Mining Ltd            Director 1982-1990
Chairman 1985-1987
Managing Director 1987-1990
Worsley Alumina Pty Ltd Director 1979-1987
World Gold Council     Director 1989-1990
Aust Gold Mining Industry Council Director 1987-1990
Kooragang Coal Loader Ltd Chairman 1982-1984


CONTACT DETAILS:

Level 3
22 William St 
MELBOURNE  VIC  3000

Phone:   03 9628 2151
Mobile:   0416 006 671
Fax:       03 9614 3036
Email:    rcarter3@bigpond.net.au

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