Phillip Strachan

Board

A Director of the Foundation since 2003, Phillip is Chair of the Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee.

His 35-year career with the Rio Tinto Group included numerous finance roles across London, Melbourne and Jakarta, Indonesia. He was Chief Financial Officer at Rio Tinto Aluminium for six years based in Brisbane, before moving to Montreal, where he held the same role for another seven years. Later, he became became President and CEO of the company’s Bauxite and Alumina global business unit based in Brisbane up to his retirement from Rio Tinto in 2016.

Currently, he is a Director of Urban Utilities, Chair of Aula Energy, and the Chair of the Advisory Board of Arkhefield. He is a Council member of the University of the Sunshine Coast and is a member of its Audit and Risk Management Committee, is Deputy Chair of its Planning and Resources Committee.

Phillip has a BCom (Melb), is a Fellow of CPA Australia, and a member of AICD.