Karen Wood has extensive experience as a senior executive in the resources sector.
During her executive career, she held various senior global roles with BHP including president of people and president of public affairs. Ms Wood has a strong legal and governance background having joined BHP in 2001 as group company secretary, and before that as general counsel and company secretary of Bonlac Foods. From 2000 to 2012, she was a member of the Takeovers Panel. Ms Wood retired from BHP in 2014 and is a non-executive director of ASX-listed investment company, Djerriwarrh Investments.
She has a Bachelor of Education from the State College of Victoria in Melbourne, a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from Monash University, and is a fellow of Monash University.