Kevin Walsh

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT KEVIN WALSH

TEACHING Enthusiastic science teacher. Wide experience of teaching/lecturing at all levels, up to MSc (Exploration Geology). Well-received public lectures to a variety of audiences. Effective supervisor and mentor of projects for higher degrees. TEFL-trained English teacher. GEOLOGICAL Wide experience in the field worldwide. Consultant. Experience: Au/base metals in Archaean greenstone belts, Layered intrusions, carbonatite complexes with deposits of phosphate and vermiculite, Advice to small scale miners, African ore deposits, Lithology, mineralogy and geochemistry. Competent mineralogist. Areas familiar with: United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Western Australia LABORATORY Practical experience of many analytical techniques including, XRF spectrometry, FTIR spectrometry, XRD, HRTEM, atomic absorption, wet chemistry, optical techniques, electron microprobe. Managed a geochemical laboratory. IT Competent with many software packages including Windows, Microsoft Office, databases, mining, exploration and GIS software, and drawing/graphics packages: Photoshop, Quark Indesign. PUBLISHING Editor and publisher. Author of a book on rocks and minerals translated into 14 different languages, and many scientific and popular interest papers. A keen photographer, widely published online and in print. FINANCIAL Trusted and experienced in budgeting, accounting and managing project funding of over £1.5 million in the last 10 years. MANAGERIAL 7 years managerial experience of a number of museum-based projects with teams of 6 -12 people. Effective team leader. Director of a mineral specimen retail business Associate of the Gemmological Society of Great Britain. Member of the British Chamber of Commerce Myanmar.