Mr Luke Berry
Luke Berry leads Clean&Recover as Chief Executive Officer. He formed Clean&Recover with a key driver of harvesting value from waste. Acquiring Kinetic Group in 2014, Luke relaunched the company as Clean&Recover to better showcase the suite of solutions offered to remove suspended solids and heavy metals from tailings and waste water and returning the water for operations.
Prior to acquiring Kinetic, Luke held a variety of roles in the energy and resources industry, working across gas and electricity markets. Qualified in economics, law, finance, and public policy, he has also worked in Federal Treasury to reform and deregulate laws and regulation and increase competition in fields including mining, resource exploration, electricity, gas, water, and rail services.
Felipe Silva
Felipe Silva is a process engineer with over a decade of experience in the mining and metals industry. His career began as an intern at Vale SA, the largest mining company in Brazil, where he supported operational processes and implemented strategic programs. Felipe progressed to an R&D Technician role at RHI Magnesita, advancing from a junior to a senior level. In this role, he managed research projects across 33 different areas and led Lean projects that significantly reduced costs while improving operational, environmental, and safety standards. He has a robust background in quality assurance, data analysis, and project management, demonstrated by his contributions to the Clean&Recover pilot plant. Felipe’s academic credentials include a technician certification in mining and geology, a Diploma in Project Management, a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, an MBA in Quality and Process Improvement, and ongoing studies in Engineering Management at Torrens University Australia.
Caleb Frew
Caleb is an engineering student currently studying a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) with a major in mechatronics engineering. His interests are in mechanical system design, control systems, and embedded systems.
His professional experiences have included research opportunities in the Centre for Hypersonics setting up and automating preparation for experiments, electrical design of robotic systems for a range of industries, and at Clean&Recover working on water sustainability with a focus on process automation.
Collaborations
We have worked with the Sustainable Minerals Institute at the University of Queensland on the properties of saline tailings:
“Investigating the settling behaviour of saline tailing”
Water Interactions
“Improved water recovery: a review of clay-rich tailings and saline-water interactions”