Justin Richard

Justin Richard is an accomplished corporate lawyer, business manager, and mining executive with over 15 years of experience in senior international and resource sector roles.

Mr Richard played a key role in helping build and maintain Alara Resource’s international joint venture relationships. He has been the company’s general counsel since 2011 and took up residence in Riyadh as Alara’s country manager for Saudi Arabia in 2013. The company later expanded his role to include management of Alara’s joint venture companies in Oman. Mr Richard stepped down from his roles as managing director and chief executive in July 2020.

Prior to joining Alara, Mr Richard was senior commercial officer & contracts specialist with Bateman Engineering (Australia), corporate counsel and head of legal for UGL Limited’s resources division, and a lawyer in Minter Ellison’s Construction, Engineering and Infrastructure group.

Before entering the legal profession, Mr Richard enjoyed a successful career in private enterprise as managing director of Irrigate Australia.

Mr Richard attained an Executive MBA from London Business School, a Bachelor’s degree in Law from University of Western Australia, and is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.