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Mr Andrew Jenkin

Research Director

https://people.csiro.au/J/A/andrew-jenkin

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Biography

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.