Fortescue Metals CFO quits, the 11th executive to leave in three years

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Fortescue Metals CFO quits, the 11th executive to leave in three years
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The exit was announced on Thursday evening barely three days after chief executive Fiona Hick parted ways with the company after just six weeks in the job.

Fortescue Metals has lost is chief financial officer, Christine Morris, just two months before she was appointed to the key position at the clean energy and iron ore group chaired by billionaire Andrew Forrest.

Ms Morris’ was announced as the new finance boss for Fortescue’s mining division on June 2 and started in the role in early July. Ms Hick was pivotal in her selection after long-serving CFO Ian Wells quit in January. in November after just 143 days with the company. Dr Debelle remains a director of a Fortescue subsidiary, Australian Fortescue Future Industries.when her pay more than doubled to $1.26 million to reflect the much bigger dual role she was performing for Fortescue as a director and roaming global ambassador for its hydrogen business.

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