Rob Williamson is the Executive Director and Chief Operations Officer at Alpha HPA, with nearly 25 years’ experience in large facility operations and executive leadership. His pragmatic approach and strategic acumen have been instrumental in propelling the company's vertical integration strategy for advanced materials, contributing significantly to the decarbonisation of the tech sector. Rob is passionate about instilling a culture of accountability both in “what we do and how we treat each other” and sees it as a key to the success of any business.

Keith Barnard has a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Melbourne and has worked at CSIRO Mineral Resources for the past 28 years. Whilst initially having a focus on hydrometallurgical solvent extraction research, over the past 10 years his role has been primarily management. He is the Group Leader of Hydrometallurgy, managing Processing staff based at CSIRO Waterford. His role involves overseeing a portfolio of strategic and commercial projects, people and science capability, and the development and implementation of business models that facilitate closer alignment with suitable companies.

Dr. Kevin Heppner is a chemical engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in uranium, power generation, and process simulation. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Saskatchewan. Kevin has experience in simulation of hydrometallurgical plants, steam generators, water treatment processes, corrosion mechanisms, solvent extraction, ion exchange, and other processes. He has developed plant models to support production capacity, environmental impact and process modification assessments. Prior to joining Kenwalt, he held various technical roles in the mining and power generation industries, both R&D and operational. Kevin is part of the SysCAD software development team, with a focus on developing and integrating detailed high fidelity chemical thermodynamic calculations in SysCAD. He works with the team marketing SysCAD, providing training, customer support and process simulation services. Kevin has been with the team since 2018.

Former director and adjunct Associate Professor at the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC), Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland (UQ) - one of the world’s foremost applied research institutions in minerals engineering. Marcin has spent over 25 years in the minerals industry as an R&D leader and engineering consultant with extensive hands-on, site-based experience. He has worked in optimising mining operations across Australia, Africa, Europe, Asia and the Americas. He holds degrees in Mechatronics Engineering and IT from ANU as well as a PhD in minerals process engineering from the University of Queensland’s JKMRC. Marcin has a broad background in mining technology, minerals processing, energy management, integrated value chain modelling and business development. He has lectured in minerals engineering, project management and leadership, consulted as a mine optimisation specialist, has lead energy trading systems and industrial energy management projects across the UK and Europe, and adapted manufacturing technology to mining. His core areas of expertise lie in mine operations, mineralogy and mining industry energy systems.