In September 2015, Dr. Hodge stepped down after serving seven years as President of the International Council on Mining and Metals. His career has included assignments in the private sector, with government, in quasi-judicial processes, in civil society organisations, in communities, and with Indigenous peoples. Throughout this time he has explored both technical and social dimensions of achieving human and ecosystem well-being, seeking common ground between actors and integrating multiple values into the solutions to some of the most difficult socio-technical-environmental-financial challenges facing today’s society.

Professor Neville Plint is the Director of the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) at The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia. Neville holds has a Chemistry degree, PhD and MBA from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and brings extensive leadership experience and a deep understanding of the mining sector having worked for 20 years with Anglo American in South Africa. His career has focused on delivering improved operational performance on mining sites by developing and implementing new technologies, whilst establishing a global network of research professionals in academic institutes, mining companies and research organisations.