Denise Carol Goldsworthy (born 1964/1965) is an Australian business executive. After a 30-year career in the mining industry she opened Alternate Futures, a consultancy business, in 2013. She has also held a number of non-executive board and chairman roles. In January 2022 she took over as fifth Chancellor of

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Career

Goldsworthy joined BHP Steel in 1982 and studied part-time at the University of Newcastle, graduating with a bachelor of metallurgy and University Medal in 1989. As well as formal learning, she was constantly learning on the job, working in 14 different jobs and being promoted to senior manager. She worked as principal consultant and then in general management roles at

Hamersley Iron Pilbara Iron is a wholly owned subsidiary of the multinational Rio Tinto Group, that manages assets for Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto, and Robe River Iron Associates, an unincorporated joint venture between Rio ...

from 1998 to 2002. In 2002 she joined

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and filled a number of roles, including managing director of Dampier Salt and HIsmelt and, finally, chief commercial officer, Autonomous Haul Trucks. Leaving Rio Tinto, she founded Alternate Futures, of which she is the managing principal, in October 2013. Goldsworthy serves on a number of boards, including Western Power. As of 2021, she is chair of both ChemCentre WA and the Trustees of the Navy Clearance Divers' Trust (WA). Previous board appointments include the Minerals Research Institute of WA (2016–2020), Export Finance Australia (2014–2020). Goldsworthy has been a member of the Council of

(ECU) since 2013. She was elected fifth Chancellor of ECU and took up her appointment in January 2022. She is a member of Chief Executive Women.

Honours and recognition

Goldsworthy was appointed an

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in the

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for "distinguished service to business, particularly to technological innovation and research in the mining and manufacturing sectors". In 2010 she was Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year. She was inducted into the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame and awarded the Alumni Award for National Leadership by the University of Newcastle in 2011. She was appointed Fellow of the

Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering The Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) is a learned academy that helps Australians understand and use technology to solve complex problems. It was founded in 1975 as one of Australia's then four learned academies (now five) ...

in 2013.

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