Dean Dalla Valle

Dean Dalla Valle was born in Wollongong, New South Wales.

Dalla Valle began his mining career at BHP in underground coal mining in the Illawarra region of New South Wales as a 17 year old electrical apprentice.[1] After twenty years in coal he moved to the Pilbara in Western Australia where he was Vice President of Ports for West Australian Iron Ore (WAIO).[2] Other positions Dalla Valle held at BHP included Asset President of Cannington in Queensland, Asset President of Olympic Dam in South Australia and President of the Coal division.[3] Dalla Valle spent his last year in Brazil dealing with the Samarco Dam failure. Fittingly a shaft at the Jansen project was named after him.[4]

After departing BHP, Dalla Valle was CEO of Pacific National, a private Australian rail freight business from July 2017 to June 2021 when he retired from Pacific National.

Dalla Valle is chair of the Wollongong 2022 Board organising the 2022 UCI Cycling Event[5]

References
  1. Tasker, Sarah-Jane (2014-08-23). "Dean Dalla Valle's farewell to mates at the coalface". The Australian. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  2. Chambers, Matt (2014-06-03). "From coalface to top of heap for BHP's Dean Dalla Valle". The Australian. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  3. Fitzgerald, Barry (2012-12-07). "BHP reshuffles execs as coal chief Maxwell departs". The Australian. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  4. Chambers, Matt (2016-10-27). "BHP's Dalla Valle to exit after 40 years". The Australian. Retrieved 2014-10-09.
  5. "About Wollongong 2022". Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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