Elizabeth Gaines

Elizabeth Gaines is an experienced CEO and CFO who has held positions across industries in different states, most recently with Fortescue Metals Group. She is a former chief executive of Helloworld (formerly Jetset Travelworld) having previously been CFO at Jetset and, prior to that, Stella Group, from Jetset and Mantra Group created through a demerger. Other previous roles include UK-based Entertainment Rights and was chief executive officer of WA pastoral and wine business Heytesbury from 1997 to 2005. Ms Gaines has held senior treasury and finance roles at BankWest in Australia and Kleinwort Benson in the UK and qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and Master of Applied Finance degree. Ms Gaines has been a director of STS UK Holdco and Mantra. In 2013 she joined Fortescue Metals Group and, after three years on the board as a non-executive director, she became its CFO while remaining an executive director.