Paul Donaldson was appointed chief executive of Danakali in February 2013, became non-executive director in December 2017 before stepping down from the board in August 2020 and becoming a senior consultant. Mr Donaldson held a series of senior management roles spanning over 20 years with BHP Billiton where he managed large scale open-cut mining operations, headed the BHP Carbon Steel Materials Technical Marketing Team, managed the Port Hedland iron ore facility, as well as key roles in product and infrastructure planning across large scale supply chains. He also has extensive experience in high level business improvement and logistics from base metal operations and a high degree of integrated supply chain management, technical operational management and frontline leadership experience in the steel industry. Mr Donaldson holds a Masters in Business and Technology from the University of NSW and a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Newcastle.
