Adrian Smith

Adrian has over 30 years of broad project and operational experience in the hydrocarbons, infrastructure, minerals, metals, and chemicals industries throughout Australasia. Originally from a trade background in engineering, Adrian is currently the Executive Group Director of Transformation and President of Advisian.

Previously, Adrian held senior level executive management positions within WorleyParsons’ including Regional Managing Director for Advisian EMEA, Global Director of Minerals & Metals, Location Director for both the Australia East and Southeast Asia operations, he was the inaugural Global Customer Relationship Manager for Rio Tinto, and he has held location management roles with accountability for profit and loss.

Adrian’s extensive experience encompasses commercial strategy, business leadership, marketing, strategic planning, and contract negotiation. He has also been involved in winning and ongoing sponsorship of projects through Concept, FEL, Deliver and Improve phases supported by joint venture and multi-office execution strategies.