AusIMM Thought Leadership Series 2023

Philippa Sjoquist is a multidisciplinary professional with more than 17 years of experience in mining and metals, including site-based operations and global corporate roles. She is an advocate for low-intensity materials production, responsible resource management and has a keen interest in the circular economy.

Philippa is currently the Director and Chair of AusIMM's ESG Advisory Council, and the co-chair of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) Circular economy working group.

Philippa has a Bachelor of Environmental Management, a Masters of International Environmental Law and an MBA that combines the business of mining with advancements in energy productivity. She is a Graduate of the AICD Company Directors Course.

As the CEO of Coreo, Ashleigh is catalysing the transition to a circular economy. In five short years Coreo’s dynamic team has delivered hundreds of highly impactful projects across a broad range of industries and supply chains, including the largest producers and consumers of metals.

Ashleigh drives strategy and execution of initiatives to create value across the life-cycles of iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper, aluminium and other critical minerals, for global clients like Fortescue, Anglo American, BHP, Rio Tinto, South32, Alcoa, the Aluminium Council of Australia and the Australian Government.

Globally recognised for her circular economy leadership, Ashleigh is a member of the AusIMM ESG Advisory Council, and a responsible mining expert with working groups for the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) and The Copper Mark Chain of Custody. She holds advisory roles across mining, textiles and renewable fuels industries, and serves on the board of the Australian Circular Economy Hub.

Professor Veena is an internationally recognised materials scientist, engineer, and inventor revolutionising recycling science. She is renowned for pioneering the high temperature transformation of waste in the production of a new generation of ‘green materials’ at the UNSW Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMaRT) Centre, where she is Founding Director.

Professor Veena is the inventor of polymer injection technology, known as green steel, an eco-friendly process for using recycled tyres in steel production. In 2018, Veena launched the world's first e-waste MICROfactorieTM and in 2019 she launched her plastics and Green Ceramics MICROfactoriesTM, a recycling technology breakthrough.

She is the Director of the ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub for ‘microrecycling’, a leading national research centre that works in collaboration with industry to ensure new recycling science is translated into real world environmental and economic benefits. She has also been appointed hub leader of the national NESP Sustainable Communities and Waste Hub.

In 2021, Professor Veena featured in the ABC’s Australian Story and she was named the 2022 NSW Australian of the Year in recognition of her work. In 2022 she was named the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes winner for the Celestino Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Science, and was also awarded the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE) Clunies Ross Innovation Award.

In 2023, Veena launched The ARC Research Hub for Microrecycling of Battery and Consumer Wastes.

Toby Whincup is based in Perth, Western Australia and has been a sustainability consultant in the resources sector for 25 years. He is a Partner at ERM, a global sustainability advisory firm, where he is the Global Director for Critical Minerals.  Toby advises mining and metals value chain clients on non-technical and ESG risks across the project life cycle and has worked across Australia, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and North America.

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