Helen is a former KPMG Partner leading the firms Energy and Natural Resources Group and has accumulated over 20 years experience as a Director and Chair on numerous organisations in the commercial, government and NFP sectors.  

She is currently WA Divisional Councillor of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and Advisory Panel member for UWA’s Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, and a Director of Juniper. Her work for these organisations includes substantial Committee responsibilities including Chairing audit and risk Committees and serving on the national Corporate Governance Committee of the AICD.

Helen was Deputy Chairman of the Minerals Research Institute of WA and a member of Australia Council’s Finance and Governance Panel for all its Multi Year Partnerships. Her former board roles include Director of RACWA Holdings, RAC Insurance and RAC Finance Ltd, Chair of the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Deputy Chair of Fremantle Ports, Director of Perth Theatre Trust, Chairman of the Chamber of Arts & Culture WA, Chairman of the Creative and Leisure Industries Training Council, Director of the Energy Policy Institute and Director of the Cruthers Art Foundation (now the Sheila Foundation).

Helen is a member of the Central Desert Audit and Risk Committee and was appointed to the Boards of Desert Accounting and Business Support Pty Ltd (DABS) and Rockhole Funds Management (RFM) in September 2022.