Chris Pigram

Chris is a geologist with over 40 years’ experience. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Geoscience Australia from 2010-2017 and was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2019. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Chris was a member of the 2018 Australian Government Resources Taskforce that delivered a report containing 29 recommendations designed to ensure the future of the resources sector in Australia. He chairs several committees, including the Independent Expert Scientific Committee that advises government on water issues related to large coal mines and coal seam gas developments, the MinEX CRC and CSIRO Minerals Resources Advisory Committee. He is chair of AuScope Limited, a company that manages research infrastructure funds for the geoscience research community on behalf the Australian Government. He is a member of the Advisory Panel for CSIRO’s Deep Earth Imaging Future Science Platform and was appointed to the Australian Space Agency Advisory Group in 2019.