Master of Economics ANU 1974
PhD ANU 1978
Career highlights
- Chairman of Rex Minerals, an Australian publicly-listed minerals exploration and development company with large-scale copper-gold projects on the Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, January 2014 - present
- Non-executive Director of Indophil Resources, an Australian, publicly-listed company, incorporated in 1996 to acquire, explore for, and develop gold and copper-gold opportunities in the Philippines and elsewhere in South East Asia, September 2011 - present
- Funding and successfully managing BurnVoir Corporation Finance, a specialised investment bank providing financial services in the energy and resource industry. August 1999-current
- Executive Vice-President, Bankers Trust Limited, Sydney 1997-1999 Head of Energy, Power, Sector Group and Finance
- Deputy Managing Director/Senior VP UBS Australia Limited, 1994-1997
- Senior Manager, Comalco Ltd, Melbourne/Brisbane, 1988-1994. Undertook the lead commercial role in the purchase of the Gladstone power station
- Marketing Manager, Commonwealth Aluminium, Maryland, USA 1986-1988
- Economist - RTZ PLC, London, UK 1985-1986
- Economist - CRA Limited, Melbourne, UK 1982-1985
Career philosophy
"Be adaptable, do not accept the conventional view, take the riskier option and think like an economist - the world is a simultaneous system."