Paul Laybourne

Paul Laybourne has over 30 years of project management experience, including 12 years of leadership within the mining industry delivering large-scale projects across all stages and phases, from studies to execution, in both brownfield and greenfield settings.

He has held senior roles with Hancock Prospecting Group, Roy Hill, WSP and Turner & Townsend, working on both the owners’ and contractors’ side of project delivery. He played a leading role in the delivery of the $10 billion Roy Hill Iron Ore Project in Western Australia, which at the time was the world’s largest debt-funded resource project. In January 2023, Mr Laybourne became the project director of Australian lithium producer Pilbara Minerals.