Howard Smith

Project lead for NT Government's CCUS Decarbonisation Group. Project manager involved in engineering, planning and development of the hydrogen, CCUS, oil and gas industries, for the Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct and the Beetaloo sub-basin in the Northern Territory. Employed, but happy to be involved in other projects and pick up extra work from home. By profession I am an Industrial Chemist/Chemical Engineer with over 25 years experience in the mining, oil and gas industries 10 years in the public sector. I am also University qualified in the fields of archaeology, environmental science and advanced business management. My expertise includes matters related to oil, gas, mineral sands, iron ore, bauxite and uranium, including the role of the social licence to operate. My life skills training include living within the Aboriginal cultures of north-east Arnhem Land, where I have been a well-respected community member and Yolngu for over 20 years. My goal in life is to apply this wide skills base to assist in developing the economic and social well being of poor and vulnerable people. My efforts to achieve this currently include participation in worldwide groups related to closure of mines and the application of traditional knowledge systems to industrial projects.