The AREEA Board Reference Group is comprised of senior and experienced workplace relations and human resources practitioners drawn from AREEA member companies in diverse areas of the resource industry.
The Board Reference Group’s objectives are to:
- Assist AREEA to identify and assess current and potential workplace relations issues facing AREEA members;
- Provide guidance in terms of research and policy development;
- Provide strategic input into the development of industry positions on key issues;
- Assist with AREEA’s submissions on workplace relations matters; and
- Ensure that AREEA’s policy positions and submissions are developed taking into account as far as possible the views of all the sub-sectors that AREEA represents.

Matthew Gleeson
Director – Employee Relations & Learning and Development

Thom Rudkin
Acting Executive VP People & Culture

Taya Hill
Industrial Relations Manager, Upstream Australia

Andrew Chamberlain
National Workplace Relations Manager

James Weston
HR Advisor

Agata Reimers
Human Resources Director

Helen Beech
Group Manager Employee Relations

Daniel West
Manager People & Engagement Operations

Garry Smith
General Manager People & Capability

Damien King
Manager Employee Relations

Jeremy Brown
IR Manager – West

Nigel Palmer
HR Manager – Boddington

Dan Ortiz
General Manager Industrial Relations

Justin Seal
Manager Performance, Reward & Governance

Alice Trethewey
Manager Industrial Relations

Catherine McGonigle
HRAM & ER/IR Specialist

Elaine Buchanan
National Industrial Relations Manager

Katrina de Lange Savage
IR Manager – Australia

Julia Swift
National IR Manager, Services

Fabiana James
General Manager – Employee Relations

Larna Comenos
Manager Industrial Relations