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AT A GLANCE
Katina Law FCPA began
her career in site-based
finance roles within the
mining industry before
doing an MBA and moving
into more corporate roles.
Law has chaired two ASX-listed
companies, Yandal Resources and
Ardea Resources. She is currently
a director at Yandal Resources
and Health Support Services, as
well as some not-for-profits.
Law has founded two
award-winning companies,
Dutjahn Sandalwood Oils
and IPS Management
Consultants, and she also
runs charitable foundations.
LEADERS AND INNOVATORS
UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE
Katina Law FCPA is not afraid to be in the thick of the action.
During her brilliant career in the mining industry, Law has used
her quick thinking and problem-solving skills to navigate her
way through crises and emerge as a gifted leader.
Words Jessica Mudditt
Photography Ryan Ammon
A career in finance and accounting
has taken Katina Law FCPA on a unique
journey, both geographically – to Peru, Brazil,
Hong Kong, the US, the UK, Tanzania
and Indonesia – and as an Indigenous
woman in a male-dominated industry.
After a bright start with the Argyle
Diamonds Graduate Program in Western
Australia in the 1990s, Law took a job
as a finance consultant with PT Mincom
Indoservices. On her first day, she travelled
by helicopter over thick jungle into a mine
site in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo,
where she remained for six weeks at a time.
Towards the end of her four years in
Indonesia, the country entered a period
of political instability. By then, Law was
working for Newmont Mining. The company
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was building a copper mine on the island
of Sumbawa. When sectarian violence broke
out in the region, the accounting team played
a vital role in helping staff get to safety.
“The accounting department was given
crates of cash,” Laws recalls. “We set
ourselves up in a hotel room, and queues of
local staff appeared.
“We asked each person how many family
members they had with them and where the
rest of their family was based in Indonesia.
We calculated what they needed for airfares
and gave it to them.”
Law has a deep understanding of the
mining industry. She has taken many trips
underground, including a 1000-metre plunge
into a gold and nickel Silver Swan Project
north-east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.
