Dr Andrew Jenkin

Research Director – Mineral Processing

CSIRO

Keynote presentation: Innovation in the minerals industry - playing the long game.

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 in 2006 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.  While working for Rio Tinto, he also served as a director on the Boards of CRC Mining and the Parker Centre.  In 2020, Andrew joined CSIRO as Research Director – Mineral Processing.