Carol New holds a Bachelor of Business and is a member of the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).
She worked with Barrack House Group where she performed accounting functions, established office protocols for the controlling entity as well as several of its subsidiary companies, and controlled the data entry for the money market.
In late 1993, she was employed by Central Kalgoorlie Gold Mines NL as administration manager which required the preparation of all financial information, human relations, tenement management and public reporting. In September 2003, she was invited to consult to Crescent Gold where she held the positions of director, company secretary and chief financial officer. In late December 2006, Ms New consulted to Hazelwood Resources in the capacity of chief financial officer and was appointed as joint company secretary in February 2007.