Peter Wade started his career with the NSW Public Service managing the construction, building, and operation of significant infrastructure projects such as the Port Kembla coal loader and grain terminals in Newcastle and Wollongong.
Mr Wade was also a deputy director for the Darling Harbour Redevelopment construction project. Subsequently, as an executive of the Transfield Group, Mr Wade was responsible for a number of significant construction, building, and operation projects including the Melbourne City Link, the Airport Link, the Northside Storage Tunnel, and the Collinsville and Smithfield Power Plants.
Mr Wade was the managing director of Crushing Services and PIHA from 1999 until 2006. In 2006, with the formation and listing of Mineral Resources, Mr Wade was appointed managing director, became executive chair in 2008, and was non-executive chair from 2012 until his retirement in February 2022.
