David is a dynamic water industry leader, known for shaping contemporary organisational culture to deliver water services oriented around the continual improvement of customer experience.

In his current role as Chief Executive of SA Water, David leads one of Australia’s largest integrated water utilities, serving more than 1.8 million customers across urban, regional and remote areas.

By championing key values fostered through his background in regional Australia, such as sustainability, diversity and customer-centricity, David works to ensure water services help build and enhance communities and enable economic development.

Prior to joining SA Water, David was Managing Director of Melbourne’s City West Water, and held executive roles at bulk water company Melbourne Water in operations and capital delivery, waterway management and customer solutions.

Ticky Fullerton joined the Chamber as Chief Executive in March 2023 to lead the team as we look forward to the huge opportunity for our partners: the Free Trade Agreement, developments with AUKUS on the defence and security front and the exciting business generation around energy transition.

Ticky is a highly skilled and motivated thought leader with board and governance experience, an extensive network across governments, the top floor of business and the media.

She has a long-standing reputation as a highly credible voice in business. She is a trusted advisor to government, working closely with both Australian and UK government networks.

Most recently, Ticky was Business Editor at Large at The Australian newspaper. She is an award-winning journalist and a household name in Australian business circles with over twenty years at News Corp and the ABC.

She was Business Editor of Sky News in Australia and presented Business Weekend, the channel’s flagship business program for the ABC and was an investigative journalist with Four Corners.

Prior to journalism, Ticky spent ten years with investment bank CS First Boston in Britain and Australia.

She is a past director of the Australian British Chamber of Commerce and of the CRC for Irrigation Futures.

Ticky has a law degree from Oxford where she was also Treasurer of the Oxford Union.

Jim first joined BHP as a Principal Resource Geologist in 2006 and has since worked in various roles across Australia. He has been General Manager Planning, Technical & Environment for Copper SA since 2019 and is responsible for geoscience, resource engineering, strategic planning, directional studies, heritage, environment, land access and approvals and the Oak Dam exploration project.

Before taking on his current role, Jim held the position of Head of Resource Engineering for BHP’s coal assets in Queensland and New South Wales, and Manager Strategy & Business Planning at WA Iron Ore. Before joining BHP, Jim spent nine years working in various positions in Nickel West for Western Mining.

Jim holds Bachelors of Science (Honours), Geology and Computer Science from the University of New England.