May 17, 2012
David Humphreys
Member Type
- Fellowship type
- Bosch Public Policy Fellow
Fellowship
- Status
- Current Fellow
- Year
- 2012
Biography
- Biography
David Humphreys is an independent mining sector consultant based in London and a non-executive director of Petropavlovsk plc. David was for four years chief economist of Norilsk Nickel, Russia’s largest mining company, and for eight years chief economist at global miner, Rio Tinto. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, David worked for nine years in UK government service, for six of these as an advisor on minerals policy. David has written and lectured extensively on the economics of the mining industry, authoring over one hundred and fifty articles and papers on subjects ranging from commodity markets, trends in the mining sector, speculation, sustainable development, Russian mining, the impact of China on mining, and national minerals policy. He has been a visiting scholar at the Colorado School of Mines and the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago and is an honorary lecturer at the University of Dundee. He has a bachelor's degree and PhD from the University of Wales.
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