Ben Hammond

Biography

Mr Hammond holds degrees in geology and business, spending his career in a variety of roles across the mining supply chain and development cycle. He has held both operational and project development roles throughout his career mostly outside of geoscience across mining, processing, ports and logistics. His previous roles have covered mine geology, operational business improvement, marketing and business development, and study management. He played a key role in marketing and negotiation of previous major international joint ventures completed by Centrex, including setting up and running a Chinese/Australian iron ore joint venture company. Originally joining Centrex in 2007, he was appointed CEO in 2013 and Managing Director in 2017. Mr Hammond holds degrees in geology and business, spending his career in a variety of roles across the mining supply chain and development cycle. He has held both operational and project development roles throughout his career mostly outside of geoscience across mining, processing, ports and logistics. His previous roles have covered mine geology, operational business improvement, marketing and business development, and study management. He played a key role in marketing and negotiation of previous major international joint ventures completed by Centrex, including setting up and running a Chinese/Australian iron ore joint venture company. Originally joining Centrex in 2007, he was appointed CEO in 2013 and Managing Director in 2017.

Research Interest

Business Management, Infrastructure and Architecture