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EIG Organising Committee 2026
You can contact any of the Organising Committee regarding general enquiries, but if you have a specific aspect of the conferences that you would like to discuss, please choose the relevant person as follows:
Chair
Alan Thompson, Cuesta Consulting
VICE-Chair
Ben Matthews, Heaton Planning
Secretary (COMMITTEE & COMPANY)
Clive Mitchell, British Geological Survey (BGS)
CONFERENCE EDITOR-in-chief
Duncan Wardrop, Wardrop Minerals Management Ltd
TREASURER
Lee Clarke, Envireauwater (inc. Conference Bookings)
Publicity
Clive Mitchell, British Geological Survey (EIG Press Officer)
Adrian Charters, Aggregate Industries (Newsletters)
David Griffiths, Saint-Gobain (EIG email distribution)
WebsitE & Social Media
Simon McCurdy, Evolution Geological (Website)
Deborah Thomas, Land & Minerals Consulting Ltd (Social Media)
DATA PROTECTION & PRIVACY
Charity & CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP
Anne Smith, APS Geoservices
Trade Exhibitions
Mawgan Naylor, Heidelberg Materials
registration/STUDENT TEAM
Sharon Conway, Quarry Design
Amy Stewart, Heidelberg Materials (Student team lead)
Papers and Presentations
Duncan Wardrop, Wardrop Minerals Management Ltd (Papers & Presentations Lead)
Nick Horsley, Mineral Products Association (MPA)
Emily Hunger, Rock Options
Jessica Morgan-Smith, Mineral Planning Group
John Sergeant, Tarmac
Alan Thompson, Cuesta Consulting
Duncan Wardrop, Wardrop Minerals Management
Chris Woodhouse
Conference Field Trips
Mike Williams, Land & Minerals Consulting Limited
Proceedings
Emily Hunger, Rock Options
UNIVERSITY LIAISON - LIVERPOOL
Tom Clifford, GEARS Ltd
Ben Raczkowski, GEARS Ltd
One Day Events
Craig Arditto, Tarmac (Chair)
Sam Lawrence, SLR Consulting
EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Marie Chapman, British Geological Survey (BGS)
Amy Stewart, Heidelberg Materials
Scholarships/ BURSARY
Alex Finlay, Chemostrat (Lead)
Claire Bark, Breedon
Jesal Hirani, X-Ray Mineral Services
Leigh Sharpe, Mining Remediation Authority
Amy Stewart, Heidelberg Materials
Research
OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS
David Bond, University of Hull
Jim Davies, Environment Agency
Richard Holtham, Stantec
Emma Lindsay, Tarmac (Geol Soc Early Careers Group Liaison)
Luke Morgan, Heidelberg Materials
Grace Wadsworth, Tarmac
Mike Williams, Land & Minerals Consulting Limited
Neil Wood, Camborne School of Mines
Robert Yates, Cemex
EIG Consultative Committee
The Organising Committee also consult an industry-wide consultative committee:
Andrew Carp, Resource UK
Simon Collins, Aggregate Industries
Colin Comberbach, Mining Technology Group, IOM3
Bill Cooper, Imerys
Jeremy Elvins, Imerys
Emma Goode, Heidelberg Materials
Chris Greenwell, Durham University
Paul Jennings, Tarmac
Gerry Lucas, Edge Hill University
Richard Martindale, SRK
Sabina Michnowicz, University College London
John Peate, Heidelberg Materials
Steve Penn (retired)
Peter Scott, University of Exeter
Andrew Smith, Nexperia
Tom Styles, Mining One Consultants
Adrian Watson, University of Derby
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