Education
Clark was awarded a Bachelor of Science(Honours) in Economic Geology at the University of Western Australia in 1981, and a Doctorate in Economic Geology at Queen"s University, Kingston, Ontario in 1987.
Clark was awarded a Bachelor of Science(Honours) in Economic Geology at the University of Western Australia in 1981, and a Doctorate in Economic Geology at Queen"s University, Kingston, Ontario in 1987.
She is a non-executive director (since 2014) of Rio Tinto Limited and from 2009 to 2014 was Chief Executive of the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation). The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation is Australia’s national science agency and one of the top 10 applied research organisations in the world and Megan Clark was its first female chief executive. She began her career as a mine geologist and subsequently worked in mineral exploration, mine geology, R&Doctorate management, venture capital and technical strategy areas with Western Mining Corporation.
She was then a director of North M Rothschild & Sons (Australia) and was Vice-president Technology and subsequently Vice-president Health, Safety, Environment, Community and Sustainability with BHP Billiton from 2003 to 2008.
She is also a Commissioner on the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Clark was a member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council, as well as the Prime Minister’s Taskforce on Manufacturing.