Mr Sargent’s executive career included 22 years at General Electric, where he gained extensive multi-industry, international experience leading businesses in industries including healthcare, energy and financial services across the USA, Europe and Asia Pacific.
Mr Sargent has been serving as a non-executive director on several boards since 2015 and is currently a Non-Executive Director of Origin Energy Limited and Deputy Chairman and Lead Independent Director of infection prevention company Nanosonics Limited. He is also currently a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of OFX Group Limited, an international money services provider. Steve’s unlisted board activities include Chairman of The Origin Energy Foundation Limited, Origin’s philanthropic arm, and Non-Executive Director of The Great Barrier Reef Foundation.
Steve holds a Bachelor of Business from Charles Sturt University and is a Fellow with the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow with the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
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