Peter
Bryant
A recognized thought leader on the just transition to a cleaner energy future; critical minerals and the energy transition; and the innovation imperative for mining
Peter speaks on these topics extensively at leading conferences and for organizations, most recently speaking at COP26, the 2025, 2024 and 2023 Future Minerals Forum (FMF) in Saudi Arabia, IMARC 2022, 2023 and 2024 in Sydney, and CERAWeek 2022 and 2023. He spoke at the Baker Hughes 2020 Annual Energy Forward Meeting, and keynoted the New Zealand Prime Minister’s 2019 Just Transition to Net Zero Emissions Summit.
About Peter
Peter is the Board Chair of Clareo, a firm that provides expert advice to the mining and energy sectors, and Co-Founder and Board Chair of the Development Partner Institute, a nonprofit focused on improved social, economic, and environmental outcomes for communities from resource development projects. He sits on the Board of Advisors of the DC-based think tank, National Center for Energy Analytics, leading VC Fund Foundamental, along with various emerging tech companies, including Lilac Solutions and Symboticware. He also leads the Key Minerals Forum, a DC-based informal coalition that engages and educates key Senate and House committees and agencies on the global
mining sector with the goal to develop an aligned and competitive global minerals strategy for the US Government. In addition, he has served on the Innovation Councils for multiple mining and energy companies.
He has advised many leading companies around the world, including Anglo American, BHP, Rio Tinto, Teck Resources, Barrick Gold, JCI, BP, Baker Hughes, Castrol and Edison International. He is an invited participant in the joint Rockefeller Foundation and Brookings Institute 17 Rooms program, focused on accelerating the 17 UN-established Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He is also an advisor and participant at the Saudi Arabian-led Future Mineral Forum’s Ministerial Roundtable. Peter co-authored The Growth Champions –The Battle for Sustained Innovation Leadership, published in 2012. Peter’s opinion pieces have been published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology, Mining Global, and Chief Executive, and he is often quoted in the Wall Street Journal. He has also been interviewed by Bloomberg and CNBC Arabia.
Peter immigrated to the U.S. in 1996, from New Zealand by way of Australia. He currently lives in Southern California. You can read his recent personal features in VoyageLA and Kia Ora Magazine.
Peter holds a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration from Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. He holds a CA from the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a co-founder of The World Innovation Network (formerly The Kellogg Innovation Network).
If you are interested in having Peter speak at your company or event, please contact [email protected].
Spotlight
Recent Features
Growth Champions
The Battle for Sustained Innovation Leadership
Growth Champions looks at 20 leading global organizations and identifies the key elements that drive their success. These growth champions include such companies as PepsiCo, Apple, Rolls Royce, Google, Audi, and P&G. While many share some common traits, they all take different paths to growth using different formulas to achieve it. Here, you’ll learn how they formulate and execute strategies, motivate and engage people, build a growth culture, and develop and use distinctive competencies to stay ahead of the pack.
Writings & Talks
Peter and co-author Lana Eagle write for the Canadian Mining Journal on the importance of bringing Indigenous people into strategic conversations around mineral development. This not only works to establish a shared purpose but also to enact social and economical development beyond the life of the mine.
Peter has been appointed a Senior Advisor of Oryx Global Partners, a specialist investment firm focused on facilitating the energy transition and securing supply chains through strategic investments in the minerals value chain. His appointment coincides with several other recent additions to Oryx.
Peter explains Saudi Arabia’s potential to become a global hub in securing critical minerals for the energy transition, despite technical, commercial and social challenges.
Peter and the Clareo team continued their content partnership with the 2025 Future Mining Forum, which brought together global leaders and industry experts from across the minerals and mining industry.
This year’s thought leadership explored initiatives around critical minerals and shared value, as well as the potential for prosperity and growth across Africa, and Western and Central Asia.
EV Batteries: Boom or Bust under new US Government?
Peter Bryant speaks on how the incoming Trump administration could make long-term changes to the electric vehicle supply chain.
Peter explains how amidst conversation over how to protect Western mineral supply chains, Australia looks to be placed in a relatively privileged position for access to the US market and for attracting more US investment.
IMARC 2024 Panel: Circular Economy and Mining
Peter Bryant chaired a IMARC 2024 panel with a focus on circular economy and regenerative economics.
The US needs a clear, climate-focused mining strategy
The U.S. needs a clear and aligned strategy for minerals development globally, Peter writes for Mining.com.
Peter explains why the world’s big miners face a “grand innovation challenge” and how they should tackle it.
Peter highlights the need for brave conversations around true equity and real communication to transform the extractive industries.
Ahead of IMARC 2024, Peter shares his observations on the tug of war between government mandates and public policies.
Dr Kelechi Kalu and Peter Bryant explore the intricate dance of US-Africa relations, and how China and other countries are moving in for profit.
Peter Bryant spoke to Irina Slav of oilprice.com, explaining copper’s challenges in the 2024 asset environment.
With the only viable paths to grow copper production limited to acquisition or brownfield development, Peter points out opportunities opening up as the energy transition unfolds.
The Sustainiacs Podcast featured Clareo’s Peter Bryant, explaining the realities and risks of our changing energy systems and the necessity of mining in a sustainable future.
Peter Bryant and Gill Pratt, Toyota’s Chief Scientist, discuss the pragmatic realities of the future of the automobile – from where we are to where we’d like to be.
Renewables are far from green – Peter and Jesse reframe the narrative with clarity and positivity at the 2024 Energy Future Forum presented by RealClearPolitics.
This panel grappled with mining’s place as a development partner and engine for growth, all the way from FPIC and impact investing through to equity partnership.
Peter Bryant leads a thought-provoking dive to better understand the dynamic interplay of factors that drive change – beyond what we generally consider.
As Co-Founder and Chair of DPI, Peter discusses the origins of the Development Partner Institute.
The energy transition has created increased downstream demand for transparency and assurances around the provenance of minerals. Saudi Arabia has the opportunity and ability to hone in on solving the traceability challenges in commodities by leveraging its resources to create innovative new partnerships and pilots, becoming the “Green Exchange” of the future for the super region (Africa, Middle East and central Asia).
Peter gave a Keynote Address at IMARC 2023: Turbocharging investment to catalyze and accelerate the innovation necessary for mining to support societal goals.
Insights into the state of mining technology investment with Peter and other experts.
Peter explains why a threatening ‘minerals famine’ can endanger technological and environmental progress
Is this mining’s most exciting decade? Peter addresses attendees with a keynote on Day 2 of MICA 2023.
Peter Bryant, Mark Cutifani and Florence Drummond talk frankly about what’s really needed for mining to transform to support a more equitable energy transition.
Industry leaders share their opinions and ideas on overcoming investment and trust challenges that plague the mining sector.
Peter and Peru’s former Minister for Resources discuss the path for Peru to take advantage of its only copper opportunity.
A growing awareness exists about the inadequate supply of key minerals to satisfy the rapid demand for transport electrification and the growth of renewable energy. This paper calls for collaboration to address complex challenges.
Peter Bryant , speaks with Mining Journal in this three-part video series about transforming the mining industry.
With a wave of fresh capital and startups from outside of the mining ecosystem comes opportunity, but also risk. 2023 could be the year that mining innovation changes for good.
The Future Minerals Forum showcases the rapidly changing face of Saudi Arabia’s mining sector. Clareo was one of four content partners. Peter published a whitepaper for the FMF, and addressed attendees.
An insightful conversation with Peter around the key challenges and opportunities for the mining industry to support the energy transition, and Clareo’s partnership with FMF.
If mineral extraction and processing continue using current methods, we will fall far short of the needs and demands – both environmental and social – of the downstream, consumer-facing sectors.
This is an innovation and engagement challenge at its core, and it requires an entire value chain perspective and multi-stakeholder/owner collaboration. No single player or sector in the value chain can affect this kind of transformation.
Peter and Mark Robinson debate how we can do better at responsible sourcing and measuring ESG outcomes across the mining value chain
Mining has long suffered from the perception that it is a purely extractive industry, exploits the communities that companies operate in, and is slow to the uptake when it comes to innovation and new technologies.
In recent years, we’ve seen the emergence of new initiatives to change that perception, increase trust between communities, companies, and governments, and investment in innovation to create prosperity beyond the life of the mine. As it stands now, mining has a unique opportunity to act as a catalyst for industrialization.
Peter appeals to present and future engineers to use their innovative ideas to tackle climate change
Peter and Carly Leonida discuss the elephant in the room – the lack of understanding that the deployment of technologies like EVs or solar is totally dependent upon metals..
Host Sheila Khama talks with Peter about ESG investing. These two giants of the industry make this a must-listen episode.
Peter comments on the ground-breaking national summit “It is a bold step for New Zealand, and for any country, to attempt to address its energy future. But the necessary—and often overlooked—step is gathering stakeholders from all parts of the country to begin the conversation.”
Sheila Khama talks with Peter about the just energy transition and who carries the value and the burden and the four challenges of the transition.
Peter’s opinion is quoted in ‘Activist wins Exxon Board seats after questioning oil giants climate strategy’ article.
Keynote on Responsible Sourcing at the Responsible Raw Materials Conference, 2021.
Should oil and gas companies move full-speed ahead with energy transition plans?
Interview with Arcelor Mittal Mining’s CEO on the Challenges and Opportunities of bringing together stakeholders from the entire mining ecosystem.
Reaching ESG goals while achieving prosperity- a community perspective with indigenous leaders from Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
Peter speaks on innovation and digital transformation and what success looks like.
The future of mining, as published in the Global Corporate Venturing journal.
The opportunities and challenges of the transition to a materials intensive energy system.
How businesses are changing their business models to meet sustainability challenges
Keynote Panel: Toward net zero by 2050 with Peter Bryant, Mark Cutifani and Mark Trahant.
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