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Greg Rowan
Principal Consultant
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Professional Experience
Greg began his mining career in the Ipswich coalfields of Queensland as a cadet mine manager in 1978 and worked his way through the industry as a miner, timber-man, roof bolter and machine operator. He gained his first class mine managers certificate in 1980 and for the next 18 years worked as an undermanager, undermanager in charge, mine manager and general manager at underground coal mines in Queensland. During this time Greg remained an active member of the Qld Mines Rescue Service and was awarded his 20 year service badge in 1998.
In 1998 he joined the Department of Natural Resources and Mines following the release of Moura No 2 Disaster Report and was part of a newly formed team charged with developing and introducing the risk-based safety and health management system philosophies underpinned by the new Qld mining legislation. In 1999 Greg was appointed as the inaugural Chairman of the QLD Emergency Exercise Management Committee which oversaw the privatisation of the Qld Mines Rescue Service and introduced the state-wide Level 1 Simulated Emergency Response Exercises to the industry.
In 2001 Greg established a private consultancy practice servicing the mining, energy and resource sectors and in 2002 was contracted by the CSIRO to co-ordinate the internationally funded Enhanced Mine Communications and Real Time Risk Management project. Continuing his work within the CSIRO, Greg was a key driver in the establishment of CSIRO’s Minerals Down Under Research & Development Flagship in 2004 and was appointed as the Director of Mining Research in 2005. During this time, Greg was a member of the United Nations European Economic Commission’s Task Force on methane capture and control, a member of the United Nation’s Expert Group on coal mining and represented Australia on the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Energy and Climate coal mining task force.
Greg joined Anglo Coal Australia in January 2008 as the Head of Safety and Health Improvement, and was elected by his peers as a member of the Qld Minister’s Coal Mining Advisory Committee in 2008.
In 2010, Greg was appointed as General Manager Operational Risk at Anglo American Metallurgical Coal charged with the development and execution of an integrated, consistent and global risk management process to serve all aspects of Anglo’s mining operations and future capital expansion projects.
Following the successful global roll-out of the Anglo American Integrated Operational Risk Management Standard, Greg returned to his private consultancy practice in 2012.
Qualifications
1981 First Class Coal Mine Managers Certificate. Queensland Board of Examiners
2001 Graduate Certificate in Management. University of Queensland
2002 Master Degree in Business Administration. University of Queensland
Awards
1979 Winner AusIMM Presidents Cup
1988 Winner Australian Mines Rescue Competition (Team Captain)
2000 Japan New Energy Development Organisation Study Scholarship
2002 Winner Boston Consulting Group Strategic Challenge
Affiliations
1998 Fellow Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
1998 Member of the Mine Managers Association of Australia
Work Experience
2012- Professional consultancy services to the Mining Energy and Resources Sectors
2010-2012 General Manager Operational Risk. Anglo American Metallurgical Coal. Australia.
2008-2010 Head Safety Health and Environment. Anglo American Metallurgical Coal. Australia.
2006-2008 CSIRO Director of Research [Mining]. Exploration and Mining Division.
2004-2006 CSIRO Research Leader [Mining ICT and Automation]. Exploration and Mining Division.
2002-2004 Private Consultant to Resources Sector
2001-2002 Acting Chief Inspector of Mines
1998-2001 Senior Inspector of Mines
1994-1998 General Manager, Mine Manager, Newhill Colliery
1993-1994 Project Manager, Newhill Coal Pty Ltd
1993–1995 Mine Manager, New Haenke No 2 Colliery
1981-1993 Undermanager, Undermanager-in-Charge at Rhondda No5, Rhondda No1, New Rhondda No1, M.W. Haenke No1, M.W. Haenke No2 Collieries
1978-1981 Cadet Mine Manager, Oakleigh Colliery, New Hope Collieries, Rhondda Collieries
1979-1993 Member Queensland Mines Rescue Service
International
2000 Member - NEDO [New Energy Development Organisation of Japan]
2001-2002 Team Leader - AusAID Program. Emergency Preparedness and Response. Sijua Colliery and Silewara Colliery. India.
2003 Member - Joint Australia-India Business Council. New Delhi.
2004-2008 Project Leader - Real Time Risk Management. Kushiro Coal mine, Hokkaido.
2004-2006 Team Member - Joint Australia-Chine Mine Safety Project. Xuandong No.2 Coal mine, Xuanhua, China.
2005-2008 Member - United Nation’s European Economic Commission’s Task Force on methane capture and control
2007-2008 Member of the United Nation’s Expert Group on coal mining
2006-2008 Australian Representative - Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. China, Japan, India, USA, Sth Korea and Australia.
Publications
1998 Safety and Health Management for Queensland Mines and Quarries. Joint Publication. Qld Mining Council and Qld Dept of Mines & Energy.
2000 Emergency Response Capability. Australian Coal Review.
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