Neil Goodman is is a director and former Chief Executive Officer at Magnum Mining & Exploration, an ASX-listed mineral exploration company that aims to become the first pig iron producer for electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmakers on the US west coast. Neil has formerly provided consulting services to organisations with plans to develop iron ore downstream processing opportunities worldwide. For over 20 years, Neil was involved in the design and commissioning of ironmaking plants in Europe, America and Asia for Davy McKee, based in the UK and the US. Following this, he was General Manager of Rio Tinto’s HIsmelt Corporation for more than 10 years, responsible for the design and operation of the first commercial scale HIsmelt plants in Western Australia and China. Neil has worked in the steel industry for more than 40 years with a strong emphasis on the research, development and commercialisation of new technologies to improve efficiency and reduce environmental emissions. He brings to the HILT CRC Board experience in the development, management and commercialisation of intellectual property. Neil graduated from Imperial College London with a degree in Metallurgy and was the recipient of the Charles Salter prize for excellence in metallurgy from the Royal School of Mines.