Calix has announced the appointments of Ian Dunn and Sebastiaan van Dorp as Senior Business Development Managers in its Sustainable Processing business. Both seasoned professionals bring diverse and deep experience to Calix, invigorating the company’s growth and impact in sustainable processing.
Sebastiaan van Dorp’s deep iron & steel experience
With over 20 years of experience in the iron ore industry, van Dorp began his career at Rio Tinto Iron Ore in the Pilbara, where he worked in operational roles before moving to Resource Development. There, he co-developed and executed test work from bench scale to pilot plant scale, providing scale-up expertise for iron ore projects across Australia, the Americas, India, and Africa.
In 2010, van Dorp transitioned to Rio Tinto Iron Ore Sales & Marketing, engaging in customer relations and market development. He played a key role in creating customer techno-commercial segmentation matrices and Customer Relationship Management systems. In 2019, van Dorp joined Fortescue Metals Group, contributing to the company’s shift toward sustainable iron making by developing marketing strategies for hydrogen and decarbonisation initiatives.
Van Dorp, who joined Calix after collaborating with the Calix team whilst working on green iron at Fortescue, said, “I am passionate about the transformation of the mining and metals industry. It is particularly exciting for me to move from the customer side to the technology solution side and help commercialise what I believe is the most promising green iron and steel technology globally.”
Ian Dunn’s global perspective
Ian Dunn joins Calix following over two decades at Metso and Outotec. Dunn’s career is notable for his leadership in three major drinking water treatment projects in Sri Lanka, which provided piped water to 450,000 people across 19 towns. As a process engineer, proposal manager, and business development leader, Dunn’s contributions have extended to Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Australia and Vietnam.
For the past four years, Dunn has managed ferrous and heat transfer technology solutions in the Asia Pacific region, taking on a technical sales role that involved assisting customers with critical minerals applications such as lithium calcining, rare earths, vanadium, nickel, cobalt, mineral sands, iron ore and limestone high temperature processing. His passion for leveraging his expertise to make meaningful changes is evident. “I get a great deal of satisfaction from observing my time and energy making a positive real-world difference, which is why I am excited to join Calix,” Dunn said.
Supercharging commercialisation
Sustainable Processing, General Manager, Chris Ormston expressed his enthusiasm for the new appointments and highlighted the strategic importance of their roles in increasing Calix’s presence among customers in the metals and minerals sectors. “Both Ian and Seb bring highly relevant, deep global experience to our team. It’s going to be a pleasure to work with them,” Ormston said. “They will play key roles in commercialising Calix’s technology, helping to power the company’s growth and positive impact.”
Pioneering the electric age
Calix is enabling mineral processing to enter the electric age with applications targeting green iron and steel, zero emissions alumina, and sustainable lithium and other critical minerals. Ian Dunn and Sebastiaan van Dorp’s appointments are strengthening Calix’s commercialisation capabilities, driving growth and delivering positive impact for the metals and minerals industry, and planet.
