Mr Ward is a qualified Chartered Accountant who has worked in various corporate roles in Australia, USA and UK. Mr Ward is a Senior Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia, and an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. After graduating from UWA he started his career at Grant Thornton Chartered Accountants, and once qualified in 2006 worked with Grant Thornton UK based in Glasgow. Mr Ward has been involved with the mining and mining services sectors in Western Australia and has a strong commercial and financial reporting background.