Dean Dalla Valle

Dean Dalla Valle was born in Wollongong, New South Wales, and is currently CEO (appointed July 2017), of Pacific National, Australia's largest rail freight business. [1]

Dalla Valle began his mining career at BHP in underground coal mining in the Illawarra region of New South Wales as a 17 year old electrical apprentice.[2] After twenty years in coal he moved to the Pilbara region of Western Australia where he was Vice President of Ports for West Australian Iron Ore (WAIO).[3] Other positions Dalla Valle held at BHP include; President of Cannington silver mine in Queensland, President of Olympic Dam South Australia, President of the Uranium division based in Adelaide and President of the Global Coal Division based in Brisbane.[4] His final role was Chief Commercial Officer which included accountability for the Jansen Potash Project in Canada and the response to the Samarco disaster in Brazil. He finished his 40 year career with BHP in 2017. In recognition of his service with BHP the production shaft at the Jansen project was named after him.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Stevens, Matthew (2018-07-19). "Reputations on the line as ACCC red flags Aurizon deal". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 2018-07-22.
  2. ↑ Tasker, Sarah-Jane (2014-08-23). "Dean Dalla Valle's farewell to mates at the coalface". The Australia. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  3. ↑ Chambers, Matt (2014-06-03). "From coalface to top of heap for BHP's Dean Dalla Valle". The Australian. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  4. ↑ Fitzgerald, Barry (2012-12-07). "BHP reshuffles execs as coal chief Maxwell departs". The Australian. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  5. ↑ Chambers, Matt (2016-10-27). [He is now the CEO aid Pacific National the largest rail freight company in AUSTRALIA http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/bhps-dalla-valle-to-exit-after-40-years/news-story/06b2b7449a2e1ea5ea802eb571633ae5 "BHP's Dalla Valle to exit after 40 years"] Check |url= value (help).
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