Erica Smyth

Erica Smyth (born 1952) is a Western Australian geologist, senior mining executive and chair of uranium exploration company, Toro Energy. She grew up in Geraldton, Western Australia and spent much of her early career with BHP Billiton and later Woodside Petroleum. In 2010 she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Western Australian Chamber of Minerals- the first of its kind for women in resources.

Smyth began her career with BHP (now BHP Billiton) at Newman in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Her later positions included 7 years as Principal Geologist for BHP Minerals and BHP-Utah Minerals International’s Beenup Project Manager for 4 years. She then moved to BHP Petroleum as their Manager Gas Market Development WA and later joined Woodside Petroleum as General Manager – Corporate Affairs. She has been a professional company director since 2005. She has likened exploration geology to detective work, and considers among her strengths the abilities to identify expertise and build expert teams.

While working at Newman she was evacuated by the Royal Flying Doctor Service for emergency medical treatment. She had undiagnosed Type 1 diabetes which threatened her life. More recently in her career as a scientist and business leader, Smyth has chosen to "put back" into the RFDS through her role as director there, and similarly to the Diabetes Research Foundation through her role as chair.

She is a past chair of uranium explorer Toro Energy, past chair of ScreenWest and past chair of science education organisation, [Scitech]. She is also a former director of the Australia Korea Foundation. She sat on several of the Western Australian Chamber of Minerals' committees in the 1990s and is a self-described advocate for the resources industry. She is a past member of the South Australian Minerals & Petroleum Expert Group which provides advice to the Government of South Australia's Department of State Development.

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