Paul Heithersay

Paul Heithersay is a civil servant employed by the Government of South Australia. Since July 2014 he has been deputy chief executive of the Department of State Development (previously known as DMITRE). He is chief executive of the Olympic Dam Task Force, to which he was appointed in December 2010. He is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the State Government’s interaction with BHP Billiton, which owns the Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium mine. Heithersay joined the public service in 2002 after 20 years of working for the mining companies North Limited and Geopeko.

In June 2012, Heithersay received a Public Service Medal for his work in the South Australian mineral resource sector. He was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (ATSE) in November that year.

In October 2013 Heithersay received the annual ResourceStocks magazine Legend in Mining award for his role in increasing investment in South Australian energy and mineral resources. This award acknowledged his role in the development of the PACE 2020 program (Program for Accelerated Exploration) and the establishment of DMITRE as a single access point for investors in the resources sector.

In 2014 the Society of Economic Geologists appointed Heithersay as its international exchange lecturer.

• Institute for Mineral & Energy Resources (IMER) Advisory Board - University of Adelaide
• Resources Industry Development Board (RIDB) - Department of State Development, South Australia
• Resources & Energy Skills Alliance (RESA) Board

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• "About > RESA Board". RESA. Retrieved 2014-09-10.