lakshman jayaweera / director qmn, page-5

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Dr. Lakshman Jayaweera

MSc. (Moscow), PhD. Chem. Eng. (NSW)



Dr. Lakshman Jayaweera is a chemical engineer by profession with a wealth of knowledge and over 35 years of experience in mineral processing, metal recycling, waste management and chemical manufacturing in Australia and overseas. He possesses significant leadership talents in corporate affairs, operations, marketing, technical and business development, predominately due to his positions as the Founding Director and Chairman of HydroMet Corporation Ltd (ASX: HMC) over the last 25 years. His area of specialisation and expertise include: Lead recycling, production of Selenium, Copper Sulphate, Cobalt and other metal chemicals from various metal bearing resources.



Date of Birth: 29 April 1948

Place of Birth: Sri Lanka

Citizenship: Australian (migrated to Australia in 1976)


Educational Qualifications
1967 – 1972 Master of Science - Chemistry & Chemical Engineering (First Class)

Peoples’ Friendship University, Moscow, USSR

Scholarship awarded by the Governments of USSR and Sri Lanka



1977 – 1982 Doctor of Philosophy – Chemical Engineering

University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia

Scholarship awarded by the Aluminium Development Council of Australia


Awards
1986 John Brodie Medal awarded by the Institution of Engineers, Australia and the Royal Institute of Chemistry for outstanding work in the field of Chemical Engineering


Summary of Professional Experience
HydroMet Corporation Ltd (ASX: HMC)

Founding Director and Chairman

(1987 – 2012)

Dr. Jayaweera founded HydroMet from a humble beginning as a small start-up operation in 1987 and steered the company into a well renowned, leading industrial waste recycling company in Australia. HydroMet Corporation (HMC) is an ASX listed company with an annual turnover of approximately $70 million and with a well established network of international clientele.



Today, it is one of the major Secondary Lead Recyclers (Used Lead Acid Battery Recycling) in Australia and is also a well recognised Selenium producer in the world. Under his leadership, HydroMet has also developed and commercialised a number of unique, innovative hydrometallurgical processes to treat various complex types of hazardous smelter residue streams to produce value added metals and chemicals in an environmentally sound manner. Some of the successfully established operations under his guidance include: production of Zinc Sulphate from smelter flue dust and EAF dust, Copper Sulphate from smelter dross and Cobalt Sulphate and Oxide from smelter by-product streams. Furthermore, the company has also established successful commercial facilities to process and immobilise hazardous industrial toxic waste and contaminated soil to be disposed of to safe landfill. The company’s above quality of work and pioneering technologies have been held in high esteem by both their clients and regulatory authorities in Australia. During his time at HydroMet, he was also instrumental in receiving number of research and development grants for the company from the Commonwealth Government of Australia in the excess of $3 million for commercialising its innovative technology.



Dr. Lakshman Jayaweera has held numerous positions within HydroMet as the Founding Director (1987 – 2012), Chairman (2000 – 2012), Managing Director (2012) and the Head of the Business Development and Technical Team. He stepped down from the above roles effective 22 May 2012, after serving the company for nearly 25 years following a recent take over bid for the company by a foreign party.



CRA Ltd (Con Zinc Rio Tinto Australia)

Senior Group Metallurgist

(1980 – 1987)

Prior to HydroMet, Dr. Jayaweera was with CRA Ltd. (Con Zinc Rio Tinto Australia) from 1980 to 1987 as a Senior Group Metallurgist working in a number of project development and process improvement areas, predominantly in the hydrometallurgical field. During this period, he was also responsible for solving a major technical and quality issue at Dampier Salt (Lake McLeod Division), which saw his final technical finding assist the company from preventing the eventual closure of the mine at the time. His above contribution was highly acclaimed by the Board of Rio Tinto in 1985.



National Salt Corporation, Sri Lanka

Chemical Engineer

(1972 – 1976)

Shortly after graduating from the Peoples’ Friendship University, Moscow in 1972 he returned to Sri Lanka where he was employed by the National Salt Corporation from 1972 to 1976 as a chemical engineer involved in solar salt and by-products recovery from sea water. During this period of employment he also underwent a UNIDO Fellowship training in the above field for a period of 6 months in the USA.



Reference
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