John Pizzey has been involved in the resources sector for more than 40 years, with significant executive experience at Alcoa. He is chair of Alumina and Kidman Resources and non-executive director of Orora. Mr Pizzey was chair of Alcoa of Australia and a director at Amcor, Iluka Resources and WMC Resources. He was also a director of St Vincent’s Medical Research Institute (retired November 2011) and chair of the London Metal Exchange UK from 1997 to 2003.