Leonard Kalindekafe is Executive Dean and Associate Professor at the Ndata School of Climate and Earth Sciences, in the newly formed Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST). From 2009-2013, he was Chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Forum on Mining Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development. He has served Malawi as Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Mining, and also as Director of Mines, and Director of the Geological Survey Department. He has special interests in mining policy and governance.