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Jeanne Walls 03122022Full name(s) and surname:
Jeanne Walls

Position:
Principal Geotechnical Engineer

What contribution do you see yourself making to the DIMI Committee?

  • Expanding difficult and inconvenient boundaries
  • Confronting the unpreferred
  • Presenting a leadership face for women to ask the challenging questions
  • Setting the example of discovering boundaries that have never yet been defined
  • Affirming the platform where women of all perspectives can have their say, from the conventional to the inconventional
  • Providing the keystone encouragement for women of technical professions to advance themselves through their technical proficiency first, and women’s issues second

Interactions/activities that you currently participate in within the SAIMM (if applicable):

  • SANCOT
  • DIMI
  • TPC

Qualifications:

  • MEng (Mining Rock Mechanics)
  • CoMAREC (Chamber of Mines Advanced Rock Engineering Certificate)
  • BSc (Hons, Geophysics)

Brief career history:

Chequered and varied employment history, with some 25 years in the mining industry; exploration, mine seismology, mining rock mechanics and consulting.

Other industry body affiliations?

  • SAICE
  • SAIEG
  • AusIMM
  • SANIRE

Social media links or information
LinkedIn

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