Gavin is a communities and social performance professional with over 25 years of experience working with local communities and Indigenous peoples throughout Australia and internationally. Gavin started his career as a field archaeologist where he spent many extended periods working with Indigenous People across Australia. This experience fuelled an appreciation of the importance of early and ongoing meaningful engagement with Indigenous People and the co-design of mining and other development projects which impact their country and way of life. Gavin has worked extensively in mining for the past 20 plus years and is currently Technical Executive, Communities and Social Performance at WSP Australia. Prior to this Gavin held positions within mining companies where he worked on the development of participation agreements with Indigenous People, created and implemented cultural heritage management systems and planned for social transition in mine closure. Gavin was the recipient of the AusIMM Social and Environment Society Award in 2025. Gavin’s work at WSP Australia involves providing mining clients with strategic advice on social risks and developing community and cultural heritage engagement strategies and participation plans.

Jenny has a passion for integration of environmental, social and governance factors into strategic and operational decision making. With 24 years of experience in the resources industry, she has a solid foundation of process engineering experience, and a focus on linking cross-discipline expertise for improved outcomes, both at a company and industry level. Jenny holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and has expertise in health, safety, quality and environmental management systems, & risk management. Her commitment to a sustainable resources industry is demonstrated by her connection across a number of industry organisations including AusIMM’s Social & Environment Society Committee (2025-26 Chair), Austmine through ESG webinars, and the Decarbonisation Accelerated leaders group within the Greater Whitsundays Alliance. At Sedgman, she supports global strategic planning and leads development and execution of the sustainability action plan.