Grant Thorne

Dr Grant Thorne has over 36 years' experience in the mining and extraction industry, specifically in senior operational and executive roles across a broad range of product groups and functional activities in Australia and overseas. Dr Thorne held a number of senior roles at Rio Tinto, including as group executive reporting to the chief executive, as head of its coal businesses in Indonesia and Australia, and as global head of its technology, innovation and project engineering functions. From 2006 to 2009, he was group executive technology and innovation and member of Rio Tinto's Executive and Investment Committees. Dr Thorne is a former director of JK Tech and Queensland Energy Resources. Dr Thorne also holds directorships with a number of private companies.