Stephen (Steve) Ward has over 30 years’ experience in the, mining, minerals processing and chemicals industries. Dr Ward gained 20 years broad experience with titanium pigment producer Tioxide Group Ltd (formerly a subsidiary of ICI and now Huntsman Pigments) where he worked in production, operational, engineering and technical roles at the Australian production facility. He became the inaugural general manager responsible for the development and start-up of Tioxide’s manufacturing facilities in Malaysia in the early 1990s. He subsequently moved to business management roles based in the UK and became an executive director of the global company with general management responsibility for the European, Middle East and Southern Africa business unit. Dr Ward then spent 7 years with Australian publicly listed minerals sands producer Iluka Resources where he was president of the USA mining and processing operations and global executive general manager responsible for sales, marketing and business development. He then formed his own consulting business providing services to the resources and chemicals industries. He subsequently joined Cristal, a Saudi Arabian based global titanium pigment producer as senior vice-president strategy and development for a 3 year period. Dr Ward is a graduate from the University of Nottingham; BSc Hons Chemistry (1976); PhD in Physical Chemistry (1979) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
