Mr Smith is a former military officer who holds a Bachelor of Civil Engineering from the University of New South Wales and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Wollongong. He has over 20 years’ experience working in senior leadership roles in both government and private organisations, predominantly in the Military, Security, Construction and Mining sectors.
Mr Smith has been with Fortescue Energy since its inception having worked previously in a consulting role for Fortescue enabling their operations in remote and developing regions globally. A key focus of Mr Smith’s former roles has been working across several post conflict and developing nations to build internal capacity for governance, in turn creating viable projects that encourage local development and employment.
Mr Smith is now in the role of CEO Fortescue Hydrogen Systems where he is responsible to provide world-leading green hydrogen systems that are safe, reliable and economical. This role has a broad focus across the hydrogen system value chain and has a vision to enable the global adoption of green hydrogen.
