Stewart Butel
Civil Engineering
Stanmore Coal
Australia
Biography
Mr Butel has more than 40 years of experience in operational management and board roles in the resources industry in New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia. He joined Wesfarmers Limited in 2000 as Managing Director of the Curragh mine, and was Managing Director of Wesfarmers Resources between 2006 and 2016. Mr Butel holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) and qualifications in business and mining. He has completed the Breakthrough Program for Senior Executives at IMD Business School in Switzerland and the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He was appointed to the Board of Gladstone Ports Corporation in October 2017. He is a past director of a number of Wesfarmers subsidiaries, and Duet Company and Duet Investment Holdings. He is immediate past President of Queensland Resources Council and has held directorships of a number of resources industry bodies including Minerals Council of Australia, Chamber of Mines and Energy WA, Australian Coal Association and its low emissions technology fund, ACALET.
Research Interest
Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture
