Nicola Wakefield Evans AM
Independent Non-Executive Director
BJuris/LLB, FAICD
Term of office
Appointed to the Board on 3 August 2021.
Skills and experience
Nicola Wakefield Evans is a highly experienced director with broad ranging commercial, strategy and corporate finance legal experience gained over a 40 year international career as a corporate finance lawyer, senior executive and non-executive director. Nicola was a lawyer for 30 years (20 years as a partner) of King & Wood Mallesons. During her time at King & Wood Mallesons, Nicola held a variety of senior management positions with responsibility for development and growth of the international practice and the Hong Kong, China and London offices of King & Wood Mallesons. Nicola has also been a non-executive director of a number of listed and non-listed companies with international businesses. Nicola’s key areas of industry experience include resources and energy, infrastructure, financial services and technology.
Nicola is a member of the Australian Future Fund Board of Guardians. She is also the Chair of MetLife Insurance Limited (MetLife Australia).
Nicola is also a Member of the Takeovers Panel, the ASX Advisory Board on Corporate Governance, and member of the boards of Sonic Healthcare Limited (since February 2025) (ASX: SHL), the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Goodes O’Loughlin Foundation and the University of New South Wales Foundation.
Nicola has previously served as a Director of Lendlease Corporation Limited (ceased November 2024) (ASX: LLC), and Macquarie Group Limited (ceased February 2024) (ASX: MQG).
Nicola holds a Bachelor of Jurisprudence and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales.
Board Committee memberships
- Chair of the Sustainability Committee
- Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
- Member of the Energy Committee