About Don Elder
Born 1958. Don Elder is a New Zealand engineer.
Dr. Donald McGillivray Elder (born November 1958) is a New Zealand engineer and businessman. He was the CEO of the New Zealand state-owned coal miner Solid Energy for more than a decade.
Biography Don Elder was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in November 1958. He attended high school at Christ's College and graduated from the University of Canterbury with a degree in engineering. He then gained a Rhodes Scholarship, to go to Oxford University. Later, he moved back to New Zealand and became CEO of Solid Energy.
Elder resigned as CEO of Solid Energy on 4 February 2013, having served as the CEO for 12 years since May 2000.
Elder currently lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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New Zealand engineer
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Don Elder was born in 1958.
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