Non Executive Director at Webjet Limited, Macmahon Holdings Limited, and NFPs Beyond Blue Limited and Chief Executive Women. Member of the Takeovers Panel.
Partner with KPMG based in Perth for 30 years, a member of the Board of KPMG Australia for 6 years and KPMG's National Mining Leader. Extensive audit and advisory experience including governance and risk, capital transactions and regulatory filings with national and global companies.
International experience across multiple sectors, principally in energy and natural resources, financial services, infrastructure.
Board, leadership, strategy and governance experience across numerous organisations. Significant Audit and Risk Committee experience, including as chair of audit and risk committees for Webjet Limited, Edith Cowan University, KPMG Australia, Beyond Blue Limited, Chief Executive Women.
Chair of the Advisory Board for the School of Business and Law at Edith Cowan University.
Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Awarded a Doctor of Business Honoris Causa from Edith Cowan University. In 2018 Denise was recognised in the Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining.
Denise acts as a mentor both informally, and formally, which have included the McKinsey’s ‘Remarkable Women Program, UWA MBA mentor program, WIMWA and Minerva Network.

She was appointed to the Takeovers Panel in 2013 and was formerly a member of the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee (2011 – 2014). Denise was a Pro-Chancellor at Edith Cowan University and currently chairs ECU’s Advisory Board for the School of Business and Law. Denise was awarded a Doctorate in Business Honoris causa from Edith Cowan University in 2016. Denise was recognised in the Top 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining in 2018.