Steven Sargent

Over recent years Steven has been a Non-executive Director of Veda Group Limited (2015–2016) and Bond University Ltd (2010–2016). Steve was also a member of the Australian Treasurer’s Financial Sector Advisory Council, President of the American Chamber of Commerce and a Director on the Board of the Business Council of Australia. 

Steve’s most recent executive role was President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Mining, GE’s global mining technology and services business. Prior to this Steve was responsible for all of GE’s operations (Aviation, Healthcare, GE Capital, Transportation, Power & Water, Energy Management) across Australia and New Zealand, GE’s third largest country in the world. He joined GE Capital in 1993 in New York City and held a number of global leadership positions with the company, spanning the US, Europe and Asia. 

He was a member of the Australian B20 Leadership Group and Coordinating Chair of the B20 Human Capital Taskforce. Steve holds a Bachelor of Business from Charles Sturt University in New South Wales and is a Fellow with the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Fellow with the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.