Ms Lucy O'Connor

Manager, Australian Critical Minerals Research and Development Hub

https://people.csiro.au/o/l/lucy-oconnor

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Biography

Lucy is the Manager of the Australian Critical Minerals R&D Hub, which is hosted by the CSIRO and brings together the expertise from Australia's leading science agencies: CSIRO, Geoscience Australia and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO). The Hub is accelerating the growth of Australia's critical minerals industry by coordinating and aligning R&D to industry needs and global trends.

Before joining CSIRO in May 2023, Lucy was a Manager at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) where she advised on trade and investment strategic policy issues, including critical minerals.

Lucy started her career with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and has more than 20 years international experience focusing predominately on security/arms control issues and Southeast Asia. Lucy’s commercial mining experience includes a period working with an Australian mining company establishing one of the first international standard copper gold mines in Laos. Lucy speaks Thai and Lao.

Academic Qualifications

2007

Masters, Management and Evaluation
University of Melbourne
1993

Graduate Diploma, Foreign Affairs and Trade
Australian National University
1989

Bachelor of Arts (First Class Hons), History and Government
University of Sydney