Gary Zamel, who graduated from UNSW in Mining Engineering in 1975, established a private equity investment company Gary Zamel and Associates Pty Ltd in 1985 which develops and invests in start-up technology business to take early stage research through commercialization to access global technology markets.

One of the leading mining engineering innovators and entrepreneurs world-wide, Gary has been responsible for the development and/or introduction of some of the most vital technologies required for modern mining and mine safety.