- Medal of the Order of Australia OAM
- Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (CP)
- Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists
- Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (PG)
- Member of the Geological Society of Australia
- Member of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
- Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
- PhD Monash University “Regional metamorphism around Broken Hill, Australia”
- BSc University of Melbourne, BSc (Hons) Monash University
- Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School
- CSIRO Exploration and Mining, former chief of division
- Australian Geoscience Council, councillor 2007-2010
- General Manager (Geology) and Exploration Manager roles in exploration and mining companies
Current Positions 2021–
- Professorial Fellow, Earth Sciences, The University of Melbourne 1999-
- Professor, Earth Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa 2010-
- AusIMM Geoscience Society Committee 2007-2017, Chair (2008-2010)
- AusIMM Consultants Society 2013; Publications Committee 2014-2017
- Editor, Australian Ore Deposits monograph 2015-2017
- Editor, Applied Earth Science journal (Transactions IMM-B) 2010-2019