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  • 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