David John Klingberg is a

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businessman, civil engineer and former Chancellor of the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia is a public research university based in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1991, it is the successor of the former South Australian Institute of Technology. Its main campuses along North Terrace are ...

(1998–2008). Between 1986 and 1998, Klingberg was managing director of engineering firm Kinhill Ltd. Klingberg is also a former director of

Codan Codan Limited is a manufacturer and supplier of communications, metal detection, and mining technology, headquartered in Adelaide, South Australia with revenue of A$348.0 million (2020). Codan Limited is the communications business unit a ...

Ltd, Barossa Infrastructure Ltd,

Snowy Hydro Snowy Hydro Limited is an electricity generation and retailing company in Australia that owns, manages, and maintains the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme that consists of nine hydro-electric power stations and sixteen large dams connected ...

Ltd and former chair of the

Premier's Climate Change Council The Premier's Climate Change Council is a South Australian state government body within the Department for Environment and Water. It was established in 2008 and is chaired by Martin Haese. The Council provides independent advice to the Minister r ...

in South Australia. Klingberg was a director of Eyre Iron Pty Ltd, when it sought to develop the Fusion Magnetite Project circa 2011-13. As of 2015 Klingberg is a director of ASX listed companies E&A and

Centrex Metals Centrex Metals Limited is an Australian resources exploration and mining company. History Founded in 2001, Centrex Metals was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2006 with the aim of developing several iron ore projects on the Eyre ...

Ltd. Klingberg is chair of a technical sub-group working on the

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's National

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Management Project. Klingberg is a patron of the Cancer Council of South Australia and the St Andrew's Hospital Foundation. As of 2017, Klingberg is a member of the Committee of the SA Division of

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Honours

Klingberg has been highly decorated by the

for his service to engineering, the education sector, public policy and infrastructure development. Klingberg received a

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or g ...

in 2001 for "service to Australian society in civil and

mining engineering Mining engineering is the extraction of minerals from the ground. It is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, metallurgy, geotechnical engineering and surveying. A mining engineer m ...

", was made a

Member of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

in 2003 for "contributions to the tertiary education sector and through engineering projects designed to improve infrastructure and services" and was made an

Officer of the Order of Australia The Order of Australia is an Australian honours and awards system, Australian honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Monarch ...

in 2009 for "service to the tertiary education sector as a contributor to governance policy, and to commercial and

economic development In economics, economic development (or economic and social development) is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and object ...

and infrastructure projects".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Klingberg, David Living people Australian corporate directors Australian civil engineers Chancellors of the University of South Australia Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Year of birth missing (living people)