Jan Dharmabandu is a mining executive with over 30 years of experience in the global mining sector, holding executive-level responsibilities in Europe and Australia and project involvement in Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia. He was the global director of mining at specialty chemicals company Elementis plc before joining MEC Advisory in Australia as principal advisor. His key specialties are mining asset evaluation and project development from the late exploration phase to production. He won the Prestigious Merit Award for Business Leadership from the Australian Trade Commission of the Australian Federal Government in 2015 for his contribution to implementing sustainable mineral resource development practices in various projects in Africa and Asia. He shares his time between Perth and Helsinki, working on projects in Australia and Europe.
He holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Environmental Management and Law from Murdoch University, an M.Sc. in Engineering Geology from Asian Institute of Technology, and a B.Eng. in Mining and Mineral Processing from University of Moratuva. Furthermore, he holds several relevant certificates such as CEnv from Society for the Environment (UK), CEng from Engineering Council (UK) and EUR ING from FEANI.