INDEPENDENCE GROUP NL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017

Debra Bakker Non-Executive Board Member PROFILE – DEBRA BAKKER The appointment of Debra Bakker to IGO’s Board of Directors in late 2016 could be considered a look to the past as well as a confident look into the Company’s future as it was Debra’s persistence – and ultimate success – in persuading her colleagues at Commonwealth Bank of Australia in 2002 to take on the $15 million loan IGO needed to purchase the Long nickel mine. Debra grew up in Perth and completed her Bachelor of Business at Edith Cowan University before moving to Sydney for eight years, firstly for Barclays Bank as a credit analyst before moving into project finance four years later, where she realised that working with the mining industry was where she wanted to be. At a relatively young age, she told her bosses she wanted to move to the Big Smoke of London “and that was the start of my serious mining career” says Debra, who remained there for five years before joining Standard Bank in Chicago, with the proviso that Standard would let her return to Australia after two years. Standard Bank honoured this and Debra returned to Sydney, after which she was lured to New York to work in energy derivatives. Like every member of the IGO Board, Debra brings a diverse skillset to the boardroom. Debra comes to IGO with extensive global experience and has worked with some of the world’s most trusted mining industry leaders. She sees her role on the IGO board as someone who understands corporate finance matters. “Each of our Board members has different skillsets but they bring these to the Board in a wholistic and collaborative way. We work as a team and are stronger for our differences.” IGO SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017— 23