David John Klingberg is a

South Australian South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest o ...

businessman, civil engineer and former Chancellor of the

University of South Australia The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...

(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 which consists of nine hydro-electric power stations and sixteen large dams connecte ...

Ltd and former chair of the Premier's Climate Change Council 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

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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 go ...

in 2001 for "service to Australian society in civil and

mining engineering Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, and ...

", was made a

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

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 honour that recognises Australian citizens and other persons for outstanding achievement and service. It was established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, on the advice of the Australian Gove ...

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

economic development In the economics study of the public sector, 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 o ...

and infrastructure projects".

References

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