David is a respected and knowledgeable process engineer with over 30 years of experience working in the minerals industry. He is currently Manager Process Engineering for South32 and has unique technical and operational processing experience with two of Australia’s most important mineral commodities – bauxite/alumina and iron ore/DRI. David has considerable experience in working collaboratively with industry peers. He is currently (or has been): Chair of ICMM Tailings Working Group; Chair of the Alumina Technical Panel; Member Bauxite Alumina Committee of the IAI; Executive Committee member for AQW; Member of the University of Western Australia Industry Advisory Panel for the School of Chemical Engineering. David holds graduate and postgraduate degrees in Chemical Engineering.