SANDWELL - Key Persons

Bob Thorpe was Ausenco's founding Managing Director until retiring from the role in 1999. Prior to the formation of Ausenco in 1991, Mr Thorpe held Director and General Manager positions in engineering and operations management companies in Queensland and Western Australia. Mr Thorpe has more than 35 years' experience in design, engineering, project management, construction, operations and maintenance of large-scale processing plants in Australia and internationally. He also has significant experience in contractual and commercial management, estimating systems and corporate risk management. Mr Thorpe is a member of both the Audit and Risk Management Committee and Remuneration Committee.

Brendan Petersen

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Member of the Ausenco Leadership Team
Global Head of Projects

Brendan has over 31 years' experience in the engineering, construction, contract mining and industrial services sectors.Contact Brendan

Brian Collett

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Member of the Ausenco Board
Non - Executive Director
Chief Investment Officer for One of Missouri

Brian Collett joined the Ausenco Board in June 2019. Brian currently serves as the Chief Investment Officer for one of Missouri's largest retirement systems, LAGERS. His fiduciary responsibilities include oversight and management of LAGERS' $10.0 billion investment portfolio as well as serving as the investment advisor to the LAGERS' Board of Trustees. With more than 25 years of results-oriented leadership experience in the investment industry, Mr Collett is highly experienced in building teams and scaling portfolios and businesses as well as restructuring operations. Mr Collett holds a seat on the Board of Directors for the following corporations: GL CEH Luxembourg SARL, AJOVista Asset Management, Ventiv Technology Inc., and ZRG Partners. In addition, Mr Collett currently sits on several advisory boards for numerous US and global private investment funds. Mr Collett obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Marian University and a Master of Business Administration from Butler University. He has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation and the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation.

Cadia Gold

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Consulting

Chris Morley

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Principal
Process Engineer

Chris has 48 years' experience in design, commissioning, operation and control of metallurgical and materials handling plants covering a wide variety of commodities.Contact Chris

Claudio Lesch

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Business Leader
President of Project Delivery, South America

Claudio is President of Project Delivery, South America with over 30 years of experience leading engineering and construction projects across the Americas.Contact Claudio Connect on LinkedIn Claudio is President of Project Delivery, South America, responsible for leading Ausenco's South American offices and ensuring the delivery of innovative solutions. His career spans over 30 years of engineering and construction projects all across the Americas, leading teams in Chile, Canada, Argentina, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador. Claudio is a business leader in the region, who believes that building progressive working relationships with all stakeholders is vital to a project's continued success. In this sense, he is committed to keep building high-performing teams, supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace, and demonstrating zero-harm leadership, all while delivering successful business outcomes for our clients in SoAm.

Daniele Rocha

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Senior Engineer
in 2019 As a Reliability Engineer
Senior Reliability Engineer

Daniele is a Senior Reliability Engineer with over 13 years of consulting experience in port engineering, reliability and asset management, and projects management in the mining, logistics and automotive sectors Contact Daniele Daniele is a Senior Reliability Engineer based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with over 13 years of consulting experience in port engineering, reliability and asset management, and projects management in the mining, logistics and automotive sectors. She brings significant experience in implementing and training staff on new methodologies , leading maintenance optimization projects, zero-based budget generation, and using asset optimization software such as Orien. Daniele joined Ausenco in 2019 as a reliability engineer in the Asset Management and Optimization group. In her role as Senior Reliability Engineer, she works with teams across South America to optimize the maintenance strategy for a global mining client operating in Brazil. Since the project's inception, she has led the implementation of Orien software, and provided technical leadership and training to the team.

Diane Garrett

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Member of the Ausenco Board
Non - Executive Director
Senior Executive

Diane Garrett has more than 25 years' senior executive experience in the resources sector and currently serves as the President and CEO of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation. Ms Garrett was formerly President and CEO of Nickel Creek Platinum (NCP), a mining exploration and development company. Prior to joining NCP, she held the position of President and CEO of Romarco Minerals Inc., taking the multi-million-ounce Haile Gold Mine project from discovery to construction. Prior to that, she held numerous senior positions in public mining companies including VP of Corporate Development at Dayton Mining Corporation. In additional she was senior mining analyst and portfolio manager at US Global Investors. Ms Garrett currently sits on the Board of Directors of Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation, NovaGold Inc. and her current and prior Board roles include Board chair, Governance Committee member and Technical Committee member. Ms Garrett received her Ph.D. in Engineering and her Masters in Mineral Economics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Eric Delorme

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Director Asset Optimisation - North America

Garry Warren

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in 2018 As VP, Project Delivery
President, Project Delivery, North America
Professional Engineer and Business Executive

Garry is a professional engineer and business executive with over 30 years of expertise in technical and senior leadership roles.Contact Garry Connect on LinkedIn Garry joined Ausenco in 2018 as VP, Project Delivery before taking on the role of President, Project Delivery for our North American offices. In this position, he assumes a diverse set of responsibilities, including ensuring client needs are met at the highest level, motivating and providing clarity to his teams to execute key ideas and tactics, and encouraging diversity and inclusivity within teams. Garry is an eloquent communicator and active listener, who enjoys working with clients and colleagues to distil a situation and guide the development of a solution. As a leader, he ensures his teams are actively engaged in achieving their client goals, as well as making sure they are aligned with the purpose and success of the organization.

George Lloyd

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Chairman of the Ausenco Board

Greg Lane - CTO

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Chief Technical Officer
Member of the Ausenco Leadership Team

Hank Tuten

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Member of the Ausenco Board
Non - Executive Director

Heap Leach

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Facilities

James McClements

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Member of the Ausenco Board
Non - Executive Director

Jared Dietrich

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Vice President, Technical Services - North America

Joel Shirriff

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Executive Consultant, Mining Transportation

Jose Cortinat

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Operational Readiness Project Manager

Linda Cochrane - CFO

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Chief Financial Officer
Member of the Ausenco Leadership Team

Matthew McGowan

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Member of the Ausenco Leadership Team
EVP Corporate Development & Strategy

Neil Trembath

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Chief Corporate Officer
Member of the Ausenco Leadership Team

Paul Staples

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Vice President & Global Practice Lead, Minerals & Metals

Renée Hornbaker

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Member of the Ausenco Board
Non - Executive Director

Reuben Joseph

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President, APAC / Africa

Relationships between our people, suppliers and clients form the foundation for organisational success. Building connections based on trust, engagement and loyalty, I am passionate about sustaining an environment that makes us an employer of choice and trusted partner.Contact Reuben Reuben is an engineering, project delivery and management professional based in Perth. He has 20 years' experience in the management of business units and the end-to-end delivery of multi-disciplinary portfolios and projects using a variety of delivery and contract models. Reuben has worked in owner, consultant and contractor organisations in the resources sector across several commodities including lithium, gold, alumina, iron ore, mineral sands and petroleum. A strong advocate of development, Reuben is a volunteer mentor with local university and industry mentoring programs and consistently takes part in formal and informal mentoring at his organisation. He is passionate about talent development and people management, with considered and mutually beneficial development plans and programs. Reuben has a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Project Management from Curtin University and a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from the University of Western Australia.

Roberto Squillaci

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Geomatics and Virtualization Lead, South America

Robin Kalanchey

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Vice President, Asset Management, Asset Optimization and Operational Readiness

Rod Baxter

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Member of the Ausenco Board
Non - Executive Director

Ron Douglas - EVP

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Executive Vice President
Member of the Ausenco Leadership Team

Simon Cmrlec - COO

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Chief Operating Officer
Member of the Ausenco Leadership Team

Zimi Meka - CEO, Founder, Managing Director

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Chief Executive Officer
Co - Founder
Managing Director
Member of the Board of Directors

Zimi Meka is one of the founding directors of Ausenco Pty Ltd and was appointed as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director in 1999. Zimi's background includes senior roles in engineering and operations companies prior to the formation of Ausenco in 1991. He has over 38 years' experience in the development and operation of a wide range of processing plants and infrastructure in the minerals industry in Australia and internationally. He is the Queensland University of Technology's 2008 Alumnus of the Year, was awarded the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy's 2009 Institute Medal and is one of Australia's top 100 most influential engineers as awarded by Engineers Australia. In 2013 Engineers Australia also named him Queensland Professional Engineer of the Year. He is a Fellow of Engineers Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2019 Zimi was inducted into the Engineers Australia Hall of Fame. Appointed Chief Executive Officer in 1999, Zimi Meka was one of the founding directors of Ausenco. He has more than 35 years' experience in the design, construction and operation of minerals processing plants and infrastructure, both in Australia and internationally. Since the early 2000s, Zimi has overseen Ausenco's diversification into the global business it is today with people, clients and projects in North and South America, Australia, the Pacific nations, Asia, Africa, Europe, Russia and the Middle East across the Minerals & Metals, Oil & Gas and Industrial sectors.