Ron Manners AO is the managing director of Mannwest Group, Emeritus Chairman of the Australian Mining Hall of Fame, and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His contributions to industry and Australia have been marked by several awards including being elected as a “Mining Legend” at the 2005 Excellence in Mining & Exploration Conference in Sydney. In 2010 Mr Manners was appointed to the Board of Overseers for the Atlas Economic Research Foundation in Washington, DC. A fourth generation prospector, Manners studied electrical engineering at the Kalgoorlie School of Mines before he assumed management of the family mining & engineering business, W.G. Manners & Co in 1955. He expanded and diversified the company which has evolved to become the Mannwest Group. Between 1972 and 1995, Mr Manners floated several Australian listed mining companies, one of which became Australia's third largest gold producer. In 2020, Mr Manners was appointed a Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the minerals and mining sectors, and to youth through philanthropic support for educational initiatives.
