Fiona Hick

Rio Tinto’s Ivan Vella has been elected Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia’s new president, replacing Edgar Basto.

Woodside Petroleum has promoted four executives in its leadership team, with Meg O'Neill to be executive vice-president of the merged marketing and developments divisions.

Woodside Petroleum executive Fiona Hick has today become the first woman to be appointed president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia.

Top officials from the mining industry have come together to affirm their support for clamping down on sexual assault in the workplace as allegations of misconduct roil the sector.

There are very few chief executives who get to announce a company defining multi-billion deal on their first day in the job. That’s what Meg O'Neill did last week.

Woodside Petroleum has told the FIFO sexual misconduct inquiry it sacked 12 staff over substantiated sexual harassment incidents during the past five years.

Woodside's new leadership team will be split across Perth and Houston and include five BHP executives, in line with the merged entity's elevated global profile.

Rebecca Tomkinson will start as chief executive at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia in the coming months, the first woman to hold the role in the chamber's history.

The state’s environmental watchdog has told energy giant Woodside it will only be allowed to extend its North West Shelf LNG project if it's capable of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

Stephen Daly has stepped down as chief operating officer for Minderoo and Tattarang after a three-and-a-half year stint inside the Forrest family businesses.

Fortescue Metals Group has poached one of Woodside Energy’s top executives, Fiona Hick, as the new chief executive of its mining business.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Fiona Hick, RISE Awards, Ron Packer, Warrego, Water Corporation and Kate Jenkins' recent report on harassment.

Fortescue Metals Group chief financial officer Ian Wells will step down from his role at the end of this month, after four years in the position and more than a decade with the company.

Andrew Forrest says the ebbs and flows of headcount across Fortescue Metals Group is just business as usual and has firmly denied there are any "wanton" job cuts to come.

Our annual update of WA’s 50 most influential people analyses those using their role and profile to make a difference.

In her first update as chief executive, Fortescue Metals boss Fiona Hick has told analysts she sees continued cost and labour pressures ahead, as iron ore shipments soften over the quarter.

Woodside Energy has appointed Melbourne-based Liz Westcott as executive vice-president of Australian operations, replacing Fiona Hick, who joined Fortescue Metals.

BHP iron ore chief Brandon Craig has succeeded Fiona Hick as president of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia.

Andrew Forrest’s iron ore business has recruited US-based energy executive Christine Morris as its new chief financial officer.

Fortescue Metals Group has signed an $18 million agreement with the Nyamal people to provide mining equipment for its Iron Bridge magnetite project.

Elizabeth Gaines will be paid a $1.2 million salary after taking up a part-time executive director role at Fortescue Metals Group, while Jenn Morris has resigned from the company's board.

Fortescue is the second company after Rio Tinto this week to partner with world's biggest steelmaker China Baowu in a bid to reduce emissions associated with iron and steel making.

A memorandum of understanding between Fortescue Metals and PKKP Aboriginal Corporation is hoped to inform a new 'co-management model' underpinning the miner's existing and planned projects.

Fortescue Metals Group has marked its 20-year anniversary by changing its branding, while its green energy arm has acquired the owner of a proposed green hydrogen project in the US.

First magnetite from Fortescue's delay-riddled Iron Bridge operation has been loaded and is bound for Vietnam, with CEO Fiona Hick indicating ramp up is still on track despite 'complexities'.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss EY, Mainsheet, FMG, Hancock vs Wright, ATCO and inflation.

Fortescue Metals chief executive Fiona Hick leaves Andrew Forrest's iron ore business without explanation following a mutual agreement with the board, six months after she started.

Fortescue Metals’ newest mine will incur a significant write-down because of delays and inflationary stressors, as spending at the 1,700-strong Fortescue Energy division kicks up a gear.

Guy Debelle has become the third person to resign from a senior role at Fortescue Metals Group in the space of a week, after CEO Fiona Hick and CFO Christine Morris.

In this podcast Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Fortescue's revolving door, Qantas, Perth house prices, renewable deal, Frank Wilson, Federal IR changes and the Dowerin Field Days. 

ANALYSIS: This week’s departure of three senior people from Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group highlights just how different the Perth company is from its ASX peers.

The main players are not investing heavily in their own industry, instead they are finding better opportunities.

Former Fortescue Metals chief executive Fiona Hick has taken up a role at Evolution Mining, almost a year after her abrupt exit from the Andrew Forrest-led iron ore business.

Infrastructure WA has announced two additions to its board, appointing Fiona Hick and John Galvin until the end of 2026.