Andrew Bloodworth

As Policy Director, Andrew’s role is to lead and co-ordinate BGS interaction with policy- and decision-makers in the public sector. He is also Deputy Chief Scientist for the BGS Decarbonisation and Resource Management challenge area.

His interests include resource security and critical raw materials, regulatory issues associated with minerals extraction and the impact of mining on the developing world. In addition to having experience of the UK minerals sector, he has also worked extensively in Africa and was formerly the Mining Advisor to the UK Department for International Development with a particular interest in the development impacts of small-scale and artisanal mining. Prior to that, he worked on a wide variety of projects related to minerals as a path to poverty reduction in the developing world and to mineralogical research related to radioactive waste disposal. Andrew is a Chartered Geologist, an Associate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and has been a council member and a trustee of the Geological Society of London. He is also a member of the EuroGeosurveys Mineral Resources Expert Group.