Doug is a Civil and Environmental Engineer with a PhD from The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His areas of specialisation include sustainable mining practices, bioenergy production pathways, life cycle analysis, integrated water resource management, socio-environmental risk and opportunity analysis, and strategy development and implementation. He has gained academic experience through his doctoral work in the design and analysis of sustainable bioenergy systems and post-doctoral research on the sustainability and economics of water management in the mining industry. His professional experience has been in the development and management of interdisciplinary and collaborative industrial research and development projects that deliver solutions encompassing the principles of long-term sustainability.