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Mr Robert Champion de Crespigny AC

RCdeCrespigny_webRobert J. Champion de Crespigny AC is an Australian businessman currently residing in Oxfordshire, England.  Mr de Crespigny graduated from Melbourne University with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1972 and was admitted to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1976.  He was a Partner of KMG Hungerford (a predecessor firm of KPMG) from 1977 to 1985. Mr de Crespigny was also the Chairman and Chief Executive of Normandy Mining Limited from 1985, when he founded the company, until 2002 when it merged, with Newmont Mining Corporation.  At the time Normandy was Australia’s largest gold producer and a major international gold and base metal company. Upon leaving Normandy, he took on the role of Chairman of the Economic Development Board of South Australia and also sat on the Executive Committee of Cabinet of the South Australian Government.

From June 2000 until July 2004, Mr de Crespigny was the Chancellor of the University of Adelaide.  In December, 2004 he was awarded a Doctor of the University for his services to the University. 

Mr de Crespigny is currently the Chairman of Mineral Securities Limited (formerly Scarborough Minerals plc) in England, a company listed on both the Australian Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market. Mr de Crespigny is a Council Member of the Royal Institution of Great Britain and a Member of the Business Advisory Forum and the Development Board of Oxford University’s Said Business School.

In 2002, Mr de Crespigny was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia Medal for his service to the mining industry, to business and to the community in the areas of cultural preservation and education.  In that same year he was also named as South Australian of the Year and South Australian Company Director of the Year.