Deborah Caudle

Deborah Caudle has over 24 years of experience within the mining and minerals industries.

Ms Caudle has been the chief financial officer of Fortescue Energy since September 2023. Prior to that, she was with OZ Minerals, initially as group head of finance before a short stint as acting chief financial officer and finance executive prior to its acquisition by BHP. Ms Caudle began her career as a process engineer with BHP in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. She had held senior roles with Société Générale Corporate and Investment Banking and Barclays Investment Banking, where she gained a wealth of international experience in providing advisory, structuring and financing solutions within the mining and metals sector with a focus on acquisition finance, project finance, debt capital markets and sustainability finance.

Ms Caudle holds a Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering (Physical Metallurgy) from the University of UNSW, a Master of Business Administration from The University of Queensland, and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.