Panellist
Panellist
Panellist
Andrew Jenkin
BEng (Chem), MBA, GAICD, MAusIMM
Research Director, Mineral Processing, CSIRO
Andrew has over 30 years of experience in the minerals industry, across a range of technical, operational and strategic leadership roles. He completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) from Melbourne University in 1987, and an MBA at Melbourne Business School in 1996. Following employment as a Senior Research Engineer with Comalco Ltd (now Rio Tinto Aluminium) from 1988-1996, he worked for WMC Resources Ltd from 1997-2005 in a number of strategic and operational management roles. Andrew re-joined Rio Tinto from 2006-2018, commencing as GM Technology for the Iron Ore product group, before moving into Rio Tinto’s corporate Technology & Innovation group, as GM Innovation and then Director Partnerships. During this period, he also served as a director on the Boards of CRC Mining and the Parker Centre. Since 2020, Andrew has been employed by CSIRO as Research Director – Mineral Processing.
.