Denise Goldsworthy AO
Director
Denise’s prior executive career included roles as Managing Director of Dampier Salt, Managing Director of HIsmelt, Chief Commercial Officer Autonomous Haul Trucks and Director Major Projects for Rio Tinto. She is a highly experienced non-executive director and advisor on research, technology and innovation. Denise is a proven senior executive with experience in the manufacturing, infrastructure, mining and technology sectors. Recognised as a master of constructive questioning, she utilises expertise in business engagement and system design to achieve reliable outcomes.
Denise also owns and manages a small consultancy, Alternate Futures (AF) which was established specifically to work at the interface between Australia’s research organisations, tech-start-ups and industry, facilitating connections between problems and solutions, addressing translation, system and cultural issues enabling both sides to see and understand the needs of the other with the aim of establishing commercially viable partnerships that achieve impact.
Denise is currently Chair of the Board for Western Power and Gascoyne Gateway Ltd; Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Navy Clearance Diver Trust (NCDT); Chair of the Cooperative Research Centres Advisory Committee (CRCAC); and member of Curtin University’s Commercialisation Advisory Board and Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer Board.
Among Denise’s honours is being named the 2010 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year. She is also a member of Chief Executive Women (CEW), was inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame in 2011 and in 2020, was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished services to business, particularly to technological innovation and research in the mining and manufacturing sectors.