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The Board

The Board has overall responsibility for the CRC and ensures the Centre's activities are carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Commonwealth and Centre Agreements. The Board is supported by Advisory Committees that are responsible for research and project development, commercialisation, and education and training.

		Dr Mike Etheridge - Chairman Dr Etheridge is a consulting geologist and company director. He has been the Chairman of the Governing Board of the pmd *CRC since its inception in July 2001.
		Dr Bob Haydon (CEO) Dr Haydon has been Chief Executive Officer of pmd *CRC since the establishment of the Centre in July 2001. He has been actively involved in mining geology and near mine exploration, mine feasibility, research and project generation together with wide experience in grass roots exploration.
		Dr Bobby Danchin Dr Danchin was appointed to the Governing Board in February 2004. Dr Danchin retired from the Anglo American Corporation in December 2002, where he was the Chief Executive Officer of Anglo American Pty Ltd Exploration and Acquisitions Division and the Anglo American Group Deputy Technical Director (Geology).
		Dr David Ransom Dr Ransom joined the Governing Board in 2005. Dr Ransom has a background in mineral exploration and consulting. He is presently an analyst with Acorn Capital Ltd.
		Ms Edwina Menzies Ms Menzies is currently a Partner in the law firm Deacons Lawyers, and previously a Partner in both the Menzies George and Minter Ellison law firms. Ms Menzies is an Intellectual Property lawyer with particular expertise in IP agreements and the commercialisation of science and technology. Ms Menzies has been a pmd *CRC director since the establishment of the Centre.
		Professor Paul Rossiter Professor Rossiter is currently Managing Director of Paul Rossiter Pty Ltd and formerly held the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research and Development at Curtin University. Professor Rossiter has been a director of the pmd *CRC Governing Board since the establishment of the Centre.
		Dr Larry Wakefield Dr Wakefield is an independent director and brings expertise and experience from his twenty four year career with Shell International as Chief Stratigrapher in Shell's head office in The Hague. Dr Wakefield has been a director on the pmd *CRC Governing Board since the establishment of the Centre.
		Dr Tom Whiting Dr Whiting is a professional geophysicist with global experience with a range of major mineral companies. Dr Whiting is currently BHP Billiton's Exploration Strategist and formerly held the position of Vice President, BHP Minerals Discovery. He has been a director since the establishment of pmd *CRC.

Board Committees

The Board has three working committees:

Education, Training & Delivery Committee

The Education, Training and Delivery Committee strives to ensure the education programs offered by pmd *CRC are both responsive to industry requirements and set high standards in geoscience education at undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education for geoscience professionals.

Executive Research Committee

The Executive Research Committee provides science leadership and management advice to Program Coordinators and the CEO. It also provides advice and recommendations to The Board on the direction of the Centre's science. The ERC is supported by Project Development Teams whose role is to capture the research ideas and needs of industry sponsors and partners to define and recommend projects for consideration by the ERC.

Commercial Advisory Committee

The Commercial Advisory Committee reports to the Board, via the CEO, on all matters relating to commercialisation and the potential for commercialisation of research and technology produced by the pmd *CRC. Although commercialisation of research outcomes may seem a long way off at this stage, we have implemented "Day 1 Planning" for commercial outcomes from our computational modelling program.

Another aspect of our commercialisation strategy has been the formation of Ausmodel Pty Ltd, to hold Intellectual Property in trust for the core partners.