Jim Joy has worked for over 30 years in the global minerals industry in the development of operational risk management.

From 1998 to 2011, he was professor and director of the Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC) at the University of Queensland in Australia.

Joy has had high level advisory roles for WMC, BHP Billiton and Xstrata, and until from 2007 to 2011 was the Anglo American chair of risk management which involved development of a global HSE risk management education and training initiative.

Joy's work has been recognized by the AusIMM (2004 Occupational H&S Award), the UK Institute of Chemical Engineers (2009 Innovation and Excellence Award in H&S) and the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame (inducted in 2015).

Recent work includes primary authorship of the 2015 ICMM guide on Critical Control Management and subsequent consulting with several global clients on the approach.