Significant contributions as manager responsible for large, innovative mineral processing developments
- Manager responsible for the commercial development of CRA's partially-stabilised zirconia business Nilcra Ceramics - then a novel "new material".
- Manager for nickel and gold businesses at WMC during major expansions - notably the successful development of the Mt Keith nickel deposit, the first large-scale exploitation of low­grade disseminated sulphide ores.
- Management of teams whose developments encompassed a range of mining, analytical and furnace improvements.
- Champion of the scientific and engineering research infrastructure through his contribution to CSIRO as Sector Chairman and to the Ian Clunies Ross Foundation.