Dr Paul Mitchell, Senior Advisor

Dr Paul Mitchell is an international expert on the interface between environmental and social issues in the mining and oil & gas sectors.

After originally training as a minerals engineer at Camborne School of Mines, Paul moved sideways into the environmental and social fields; his experience now spans 20 years, nearly 50 countries, numerous mineral commodities and projects with industry, regulators, local communities and NGOs in a wide range of regulatory, environmental and social contexts. He continues to work on understanding and analysing the tangible and intangible consequences for projects of complex environmental and social interactions.

He is currently a Visiting Research Fellow at Camborne, investigating the environmental and social impacts and benefits of strategic metals.