Derrick Mckenzie

Chartered Engineering Technologist

Derrick McKenzie, a Chartered Engineering Technologist, brings 28 years of expertise in tailings dam design, construction, monitoring, and closure. His career spans management, technical, and executive roles within mining services and construction, with deep experience in hydraulic re-mining, bulk materials handling, and governance. Derrick’s breadth of knowledge ensures a practical perspective on both operational challenges and strategic oversight.

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners, the Bindal and Wulgurukaba People, who are the first people to have lived in the Townsville region. We recognise their continuous relationship to the lands and waters, and pay our respects to the people, the cultures, and the Elders past and present.

ANCOLD’S Mission

As the industry body, we support our members, disseminate knowledge, develop capability and provide guidance in achieving excellence for all aspects of dam engineering and management. We recognise that it is skills of the people involved in these activities, their sharing of knowledge and collaboration that will sustain this mission.

About Us

The Australian National Committee on Large Dams Inc. (ANCOLD) is an Australian based non-government, not-for-profit and voluntary association of organisations and individual professionals with a common technical interest in dams.

www.ancold.org.au

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