Speaker

Mr. Alex Zapantis, BAppSc, GradDipAppSc, MBA

Alex joined the Global CCS Institute in 2016 and is accountable for managing the Institute’s consultancy services and thought-leadership research. He is a physicist who lost his way and got an MBA! The first 12 years of Alex’s career were in Government and the university sector focused on radiation management and safety, nuclear policy and environmental regulation and policy. In 2004 Alex left the Australian government, where he was an Assistant Secretary in the Environment Department, to join Rio Tinto as the Environment Safety & Health Manager for the Ranger Uranium Mine. Between 2006 and 2016, Alex held a number of roles in Rio Tinto with a focus on energy and climate policy, energy efficiency, greenhouse gas management and product stewardship as applied to coal and uranium. Alex has worked on issues associated with climate change, greenhouse gas management and CCS since 2006. Alex has a Degree in Applied Science with a major in Physics, a Graduate Diploma in Health & Medical Physics and an MBA.