Rowena Smith

Rowena was appointed Chief Sustainability Officer in August 2017 and has overall responsibility for Health, Safety, Environment, Sustainability and Security. Rowena has been Vice President Supply, Australia Region for South32 since March 2015 heading up a large team of people in Australia and South America providing commercial, sourcing and logistical services to our operations.

Prior to joining South32 Rowena worked with BHP Billiton Nickel West as Head of Resource Planning and Development and also held senior roles in marketing and operations, including General Manager, Kwinana Nickel Refinery. Prior to that Rowena worked in operational leadership roles within Rio Tinto’s aluminium smelting business.