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Saudi Arabia

Part of a team providing advisory assistance the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mining to design and implement mining reforms on i) fiscal and investment regime; ii) the regulatory framework for environmental. social, health, safety management and community engagement in accordance with good international practice and the sustainability principles of.

World Bank contract to identify and document the role of the Mining Inspectorate and review the current mining inspection structure, identify factors impeding the Inspectorate to carry out its duties under legislation, identify skills gaps and training needs, recommend a tailored training program and conduct training site visits with inspectors.

Vientiane, Laos

Part of the drafting team developing the Prime Ministerial Decree on Mine Closure. Ensured draft was structured to follow ICMM principles and guidance on mine closure. Ensured mine closure security provisioning followed World Bank Guidelines on mine securities. Developed the legislative mechanism linking closure plans, costing and adequacy of closure fund.

Vientiane, Laos

Advisory role through Australian Government AVID ProgrammeAdvising the Ministry of Energy and Mines on functions and processes required in establishing an operational Mines Inspectorate to provide oversight on large, medium and small scale mines, quarries and artisanal gold or gemstone mining. The role includes institutional strengthening, capacity.

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Advisory role through Australian Volunteers for International Development.Advising the Ministry of Mines on governance issues within the mining and petroleum sectors in particular regulatory governance, corporate governance, risk management, presentation of case histories in LNG project development, case histories mining project development, developing.

Brisbane, Australia

- Interfacing with coal companies on overlapping tenure to ensure safe interactions where Arrow exploration and production activities interact with coal party activities- Subject matter expert (SME) in the Access Approvals process in determining overlapping tenure status, impact on coal party activities and any co-development agreement requirements to set.

Perth, Australia

- Policy development and implementation of the Enterprise RIsk Management System and development of the Enterprise RIsk Register following AS/NZS 4360:2004 and ISO 31000- Development and implementation of the Crisis and Emergency Management System- Analysing impact of climate change on company activities; CO2 emissions estimation and carbon reporting.

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

AusAID funded role providing support to the 'Gas Office' during later stages of the PNG-Australia Gas Project and transition to the PNG LNG Project.- Provided strategic planning advice to the PNG Gas Project Coordinator and Minister for Petroleumduring meetings with proponent Exxon Mobil, Oil Search, Santos and developers from Korea, Japan, Russia and US.

Darwin, Australia

The Northern Land Council (NLC) is an Aboriginal Representative body managing land rights and Aboriginal interests in the top half of the Northern Territory.- Managed the Mining Branch whose role was to organise meetings, consult and negotiate access or development agreements to undertake mineral and petroleum exploration or pipeline and transport.

Colac, Victoria

- Provision of environmental planning response and permit conditions to land development applications in coastal and rural VIctorian Local Government Shire of Colac-Otway. Developments included residential construction; large scale tourism developments, housing subdivisions, intensive animal husbandry, timber harvesting on private land.- Pioneered.

Townsville, Australia

- Provision of environmental planning advice, developing environmental management plans for the quarry industry, erosion and sediment control planning

Melbourne, Australia

Contract role - Auditing working quarries across Victoria on their compliance against their rehabilitation plans and continuous rehabilitation obligations - Costing rehabilitation requirements and making recommendation on adequacy of rehabilitation bonds

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Indo Pacific Resources was a Canadian listed gold exploration company operating in PNG- Managing the Port Moresby Office- Coordinating field logistics and staff management- Tenement management, government reporting and government liaison- Representing Indo Pacific at the Prospectors and Developers Conference in Toronto

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

At the time it was known as the Department of Mining - Managing staff and coordinating activities of thee Mining Wardens- Statutory role as Registrar of Mining Tenements, maintaining the Tenement Register and implementing the new Tenement GIS system- Act as Secretary to the Mining Advisory Board which sat to decide on new exploration and mining lease.

Melbourne, Australia

- Head Office role monitoring gold industry activity in Australia and internationally- Compiled company database of gold exploration activity and rolling 5 year projection of gold production form Australian mines- Produced monthly update summarising new exploration developments- Undertook commodity research during a review of diversification opportunities

Indonesia, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Queensland

- Early stage exploration for gold, base metals and diamonds- Organising field logistics

Sydney, Australia

In the Geology Department- Studied evolutionary history of tertiary echinoids

Carlisle, United Kingdom

- Curated the museum's extensive rock, mineral and fossil collections- Answered natural history enquires from the general public- Assisted with mounting of travelling exhibitions

Masters Of Social Science, Environment And Planning

Masters by coursework. Units included: Environmental Policy Environmental Management Systems Natural Resource Management Regional.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Hons, Geology/Earth Science, General