SMI Board
The role of the SMI Advisory Board is to provide advice and guidance to the Director and University on the strategic direction of SMI.
The current Board members are:
Name |
Title |
Organisation |
|
Mr Charlie Sartain |
SMI Advisory Board Chair and UQ Senate Member |
|
|
Professor Neville Plint |
Director |
UQ Sustainable Minerals Institute |
|
Professor Aidan Byrne |
Provost |
The University of Queensland |
| Mr James Purtill |
Director-General |
Department of Natural Resources and Mines |
| Mr Donovan Waller | Group Head of Technology Development | Anglo American PLC |
| Mr Frans Knox | Head of Production | BMA |
| Representative to be confirmed | Rio Tinto | |
| Mr Blair Sands | Head of Health and Environment | Newcrest Mining Limited |
|
Mr Kenneth Ramsey |
Regional Group Executive, Environment and Social Responsibility |
Newmont Asia Pacific |
| Mr Michael Wright | Managing Director | Thiess Pty Ltd |
| Dr David Way | Chief Executive Officer | JKTech Pty Ltd |
| Mr Peter Forrestal | Chair | SMI-Production Centres Board |
| Adjunct Professor Christine Charles |
Chair |
SMI-People Centres Board |
| Mr Peter Roe | Chair | SMI-Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation Advisory Board |
| Mr Troy Hey | Executive General Manager – Stakeholder Relations | MMG Limited |
| Mr Roger Higgins | Independent member | |
| Mr Paul Dowd | Independent Member | |
| Secretariat support provided by: Karen Hendrickson | Strategy and Project Officer | SMI |