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Patrick Barnes

Vice President Head of Metals & Mining
Wood Mackenzie
Patrick Barnes

Patrick is a seasoned consultant with over 15 years of experience with mining companies, financial institutions, governments. He leads Wood Mackenzie’s global Metals & Mining Consulting practice. 

Patrick has held roles as a senior advisor to government officials on the topics of minerals sector development and tax policy, leader of implementation and socialization of key government initiatives, advisor on geopolitical/sovereign risk mitigation, and contributor to private-public negotiations for government and mining companies. This experience includes projects focused on base, precious and battery metals, bulk materials and infrastructure. His main area of focus has been public policy development and investment attraction in projects with government clients in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and Latin America.  Key projects include studies to assess the viability of domestic value chain development opportunities and to enhance in-country value addition.

Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Patrick advised senior management of Rio Tinto's Copper division as part of its global business analysis and strategy team. He led projects and analyses in strategy and valuation in Mongolia, Australia, North America, and Europe. Patrick holds an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a BA degree in Finance from the University of Utah with a minor in Spanish.