Dr Kevin Moriarty is a geologist and company director whose career has included acquisition and management of projects in both the petroleum and mineral sectors.
His later career focused on base and precious metal exploration and development, leading to commissioning of the Angas Zinc mine in South Australia in 2008, and acquisition and management of a major mining project in North Africa.
Dr Moriarty was appointed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs as a Member of the Council for Australian Arab relations from 2009 to 2012. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Geological Society of Australia.