Dr Megan Clark, Chief Executive and CSIRO Board member.

Dr Megan Clark: Chief Executive and CSIRO Board member

Dr Megan Clark is the Chief Executive of CSIRO.

• 2 August 2011 | Updated 17 February 2012

• Profile
• Public presentations
• Curriculum Vitae

Profile

Dr Megan Clark is a member of the:

• Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council
• Automotive Industry Innovation Council
• National Research Infrastructure Council
• Great Barrier Reef Foundation
• Australia Advisory Board of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Dr Clark is also a Trustee of the Science Industry Endowment Fund.

She began her career as a mine geologist and subsequently worked in mineral exploration, mine geology, research and development management, venture capital and technical strategy areas with Western Mining Corporation for 15 years.

More recently she was Vice President, Health, Safety, Environment, Community and Sustainability and prior to that Vice President, Technology with BHP Billiton. Dr Clark served on the Expert Panel for the Review of the National Innovation System.

Public presentations

• Australia's Water Challenges - The role of Research and Development (November 2011)
• Integrated science for our carbon future (April 2011)
• Towards a vibrant future minerals industry in Western Australia (March 2011)
• Science and Australia's place in the world (November 2010)
• Modern Farmers: 2010 National Congress (September 2010)
• Pearcey Oration: World Computer Congress 2010 (September 2010)
• Digital Economies: creating a new wealth of nations (July 2010)
• Global megatrends: driving new connections between science and industry (July 2010)
• Boosting innovation in Australia's minerals industry (June 2010)
• Climate change: where science meets markets (March 2010)
• Safeguarding agriculture and the environment: Global Biosecurity Conference (March 2010)
• A new era of discovery: University of Western Australia 'In the Zone' conference (November 2009)
• ABC Radio Australia - interview with Dr Megan Clark (October 2009) [external link]
• Boosting the growth of the biotechnology sector: AusBiotech conference (October 2009)
• Sustainable Agriculture: Feeding the World: Science and Technology in Society Forum (October 2009)
• National Press Club - presentation by Dr Megan Clark (September 2009)
• Australian National University Conferring of Degrees (July 2009)
• Generating and transforming new industries: Cooperative Research Centre Association Pathfinders conference (May 2009)
• The future of Australian manufacturing: 2020 Future Manufacturing Conference (May 2009)
• Reading the greenhouse future: GREENHOUSE 2009 Conference (March 2009)
• Growing the green collar economy: 2009 Skills Conference (March 2009)

Curriculum Vitae

Dr Megan Clark PhD, BSc, FTSE, GAICD

Qualifications

• Bachelor Science with Honours in Economic Geology from the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 1981
• Doctor of Philosophy in Economic Geology from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1987.

Current positions

• CSIRO Chief Executive
• Member, Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC)
• Member, National Research Infrastructure Council
• Panel Member, Automotive Industry Innovation Council
• Member, the Great Barrier Reef Foundation
• Member of the Australia Advisory Board of the Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Trustee of the Science Industry Endowment Fund
• Commissioner of the International Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change.

Previous positions

• Member of the Advisory Board of the Ian Wark Research Institute for Particle Science
• Member, National Innovation Review Panel – Australia
• Vice President Health, Safety, Environment, Community and Sustainability, BHP Billiton
• Vice President Technology, BHP Billiton, 2003-08
• Director, NM Rothschild and Sons (Australia), 2001-03
• Member of the Australian Research Council Collaborative Grants Committee in the areas of engineering and geosciences
• Various positions with WMC Resources till 1999 culminating in Manager New Business Technology
• Member of Board of A J Parker Co-operative Research Centre
• Director, Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing
• Member of the CSIRO Minerals Sector Advisory Council
• Prime Minister’s Science Engineering Innovation Council – Working Group on China and India.
• Member of the St Vincent's Hospital Foundation Board.

Memberships

• Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
• Graduate of the Institute of Company Directors.

Awards and Honours

• Elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technology Science and Engineering, 2006
• Honorary Doctor of Science Degree awarded by University of WA, 2006.
• Honorary Doctor of Applied Science awarded by Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, 2010.