Trish White

Patricia Lynne White (born 7 September 1964) is an Australian company director and former politician who served as the member for Taylor in the South Australian House of Assembly, representing the Labor Party. She first won the seat at a state by-election held on 5 November 1994, following the retirement of former premier Lynn Arnold, serving for 16 years. She was a senior cabinet minister in the Rann government.

Career Born in Brisbane, White gained degrees in Engineering and Arts, from the University of Queensland, after which she worked as an engineering project manager in the transport and communications industries, then with the Defence Science and Technology Organisation. Labor preselected former Labor assistant secretary Leesa Vlahos who retained the seat.

Post-Parliamentary career Post politics, White took up a senior executive role with ASX 50 global engineering services company, WorleyParsons. She has been a non-executive director of several corporations, including Australia Post.

In March 2017, White signed an open letter calling for the Government of South Australia to continue to investigate the "opportunity to develop an international used nuclear fuel management industry" identified by the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission in 2015–16.

From 2018 she has been president and board chairman of Engineers Australia, the peak professional body for the engineering profession in Australia.