Robert Pearce has been an Australian chartered accountant for over 40 years, with more than 25 years' experience in the resource sector. Over that time, he has been a director and chair, and held senior executive positions in several resource and industrial companies listed on the Australian, Canadian UK and US stock exchanges. Mr Pearce commenced his career as a schoolteacher and was elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly in 1977. He held a number of ministerial portfolios including Environment (Forestry), Education and Transport. He retired from Parliament in 1993. In 1998, Mr Pearce became executive director, Forest Industries Federation of Western Australia. He resigned from this position in October 2012. Mr Pearce has been particularly active in the forest industry, sitting on a range of committees and boards.
