NEWMONT CORPORATION - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President
- General Manager of Newmont Boddington Gold
- Senior Vice President of Workplace Responsibility
Alex Bates was appointed to Senior Vice President of Workplace Responsibility in July of 2022. Alex joined Newmont in 2015 as General Manager of Newmont Boddington Gold and was appointed Regional Senior Vice President of Newmont Australia in April 2017. Prior to joining Newmont, Alex was General Manager of Rio Tinto Iron Ore's Brockman Region. He started in iron ore as General Manager Yandicoogina Operations in February 2011 after many years of experience in leadership roles across the resources industry all over the world including Phalaborwa, Cape Town, London, Montreal and Brisbane. Alex has 25 years of experience in the resources industry and served as a Director on the Board of the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation. Alex is a member of the Board of the Minerals Council of Australia. Raised in Wales and Namibia, Alex studied Engineering in Cape Town and moved to Australia in 2004.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President / North America
Bernard Wessels assumed the role of Senior Vice President, South America in October 2022, most recently serving as the General Manager at Newmont's Peñasquito mine. Prior to this, Bernard served as Vice President of Productivity for Newmont's Africa region in 2020 was the General Manager of the Ahafo mine from 2017 to 2020. As part of his role at Ahafo, he was responsible for the integration of both the Subika Underground and the Ahafo Mill Expansion projects into the Ahafo operations, reaching commercial production in 2018 and 2019. Before joining Newmont in 2017, he served as Vice President (2014-2017) for the Burnstone Underground Gold Project (Sibanye Stillwater) in South Africa. He also led two gold projects to the feasibility phase with Witsgold as the COO (2012-2014). From 2005 to 2012, he was General Manager with Harmony Gold and Anglo Platinum/Atlatsa, where he led deep-level underground gold and platinum mines as well as an open pit mine for Harmony Gold.
Job Titles:
- Chief Accounting Officer
- Controller
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President
Brian C. Tabolt assumed the role of Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in July 2021. He brings 17 years of experience in U.S. GAAP accounting and reporting, SOX compliance and SEC rules and regulations. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Tabolt served as Vice President, Global Controller and Chief Accounting Officer for Molson Coors Beverage Company since 2014 and in other senior technical accounting roles from 2010. He began his career in public accounting with Deloitte. Mr. Tabolt holds Bachelor of Science and Master's degrees in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Bruce R. Brook currently serves as a Director for CSL Limited, Incitec Pivot Limited and Djerriwarrh Investments Limited. He served as a Director of Programmed Group from 2010 to 2017 and as Chairman from 2012 to 2017 and as a Director of Boart Longyear from 2007 to 2015. He served as Chief Financial Officer of WMC Resources Limited from 2002 to 2005, and has held key executive roles including Deputy CFO of ANZ Banking Group Limited, Group Chief Accountant of Pacific Dunlop Limited, and General Manager, Group Accounting positions at CRA Limited and Pasminco Limited. Mr. Brook formerly served as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Lihir Gold Limited, Consolidated Minerals Limited and Energy Developments Limited. In addition, Mr. Brook retired in 2012 after six years of services as a member of the Financial Reporting Council in Australia and in 2013 was appointed to the Director Advisory Panel of the Australian Securities Investments Commission, the Australian Corporate Regulator. Mr. Brook has been with Newmont since 2011 and currently serves as Chair of Newmont's Audit Committee.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President
- Vice President Internal Audit
Mr. Teets joined Newmont as Vice President Internal Audit in April 2018 bringing more than 20 years of Audit and Accounting experience to the role. Prior to Newmont, he spent 11 years at MPLX as the Vice President, Internal Audit and Compliance. Mr. Teets also held several leadership roles at First Data Corp in the Audit, Compliance and Accounting departments. He started his career at Coopers and Lybrand. Mr. Teets holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Denver and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Colorado.
Job Titles:
- Media Relations
- Senior Director, External Communications
Colonel William Boyce Thompson founded the Newmont Company in 1916 as a holding company for private acquisitions in oil and gas, mining and minerals enterprises. Thompson named the company "Newmont" because, as one biographer described it, "he grew up in Montana and made his money in New York."
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President Finance, Treasurer and Investor Relations
Daniel Horton has over 16 years of finance experience including 12 years at Newmont Corporation. At Newmont, Daniel has held various leadership positions in Finance and Accounting including overseeing the various system implementations, leading External and Internal Financial Reporting, directing the Investor Relations team and most recently being appointed Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Investor Relations. He holds a bachelor's degree in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President / Africa
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President, Projects
David Fry joined Newmont as Senior Vice President, Projects in 2023. Prior to joining Newmont, David held the role of Managing Director - Projects at Rio Tinto with accountability for a $14 billion pipeline of projects in the Asia-Pacific Region across a multi-commodity portfolio, including iron ore and copper. Prior to Rio Tinto, David spent nearly 15 years in the oil and gas industry in a variety of engineering, project and operational roles, holding project leadership positions with UGL and Origin Energy, both in Australia. David holds two master's degrees - a Master of Business in Applied Finance from Queensland University of Technology and a Master of Project Management from University of Southern Queensland.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President & Chief Integration Officer & Chief Technology Officer
Dean Gehring was appointed as Chief Integration Officer in June 2023. Previously, he served as Chief Development Officer - Peru in 2023 and as Chief Technology Officer from June 2019 to January 2023. Dean joined Newmont in 2017 as Regional Senior Vice President South America and brings over 30 years of global operational experience, having lived in Canada, Indonesia, Peru, and the US. Prior to joining Newmont, he spent 14 years with global miner Rio Tinto, in a variety of executive roles including President and Chief Executive Officer of Rio Tinto Minerals, Global Head of Safety and Security and General Manager of Resource Development for the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia. Dean previously worked as Manager of Technical Services at Freeport's Grasberg mine and held various operational and technical roles with BHP Billiton prior to working for Freeport. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Idaho, and his Masters of Science in Project Management from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. Dean holds a Nevada Professional Engineering registration and Project Management Professional certification.
Emma FitzGerald brings extensive experience in leading international businesses in the Energy & Water sector. Most recently she was CEO of Puma Energy focused on delivering affordable and sustainable energy solutions to emerging markets in Africa, Central America and Asia. Prior to this she ran gas, water and waste networks for National Grid and Severn Trent in the UK. She also spent many years running customer facing downstream Retail, Lubricants and LPG businesses for Royal Dutch Shell around the world. She has served on the boards of plc, privately owned and non for profit including Puma Energy, Severn Trent, Cookson Group plc, Alent plc, DCC plc & Windsor leadership Trust.
She currently serves on the Board of UPM Kymmene oyj, an innovative global paper & biomaterials business and Seplat Energy plc an indigenous Nigerian Energy company dual listed on the London and Nigerian stock exchange. She also is also a portfolio advisor with Oxford Science Enterprises and a mentor on the Creative Destruction Lab Climate stream to help accelerate innovations supporting the energy transition.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President
Francois Hardy was promoted to Regional Senior Vice President, Africa in June 2019. Prior to this role, he served as Regional Project Director for Newmont's Australia and as the General Manager of Newmont's Tanami gold mine where he led a team responsible for improving the operation into a Tier 1 asset. He joined Newmont in 2002 and over his tenure has held a number of roles in Global Program Management, Business Excellence, Technical Services and Senior Site leadership roles at a number of Newmont's assets in Australia. Before joining Newmont, Francois held positions at Avmin Ltd and De Beers Consolidated Mines. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mine Engineering from Technikon Witwatersrand, as well as Management Certificates of Competencies for Western Australia and South Africa.
Job Titles:
- Founding Director of the Harvard Kennedy School 's Corporate Responsibility Initiative
Jane Nelson is the founding Director of the Harvard Kennedy School's Corporate Responsibility Initiative. Ms. Nelson is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former senior associate of Cambridge University's Programme for Sustainability Leadership. She serves on ExxonMobil's External Citizenship Advisory Panel; GE's Sustainability Advisory Council and previously served on the Independent Advisory Panel, International Council on Mining and Metals Resource Endowment initiative. Ms. Nelson is a former external adviser to World Bank Group on social impacts in mining, oil and gas sector. Ms. Nelson also worked for the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Africa, for FUNDES in Latin America and as a Vice President at Citibank working in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President, Human Resources
Job Titles:
- Chief People Officer
- Executive Vice President
Jen Cmil was appointed Executive Vice President, Human Resources in October 2019 and as Senior Vice President, Human Resources in June 2019 after having previously served as Vice President, Talent Management since February 2018. Jen joined Newmont in 2010 and has held the roles of Group Executive, Human Resources and Senior Director, Human Resources. Prior to Newmont, Jen held leadership positions in human resources across multiple industries, including Vice President of Human Resources at Level 3 Telecommunications, Senior Human Resources Director at KB Home and Human Resources Business Partner at Sun Microsystems, where she began her career in 1994. She has a proven track record of partnering with senior leaders to increase performance and engagement through partnership with Human Resources and she is passionate about developing individuals and teams. Jen received her Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University and her Master's of Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.
Job Titles:
- Acting Vice President
- Chief Accounting Officer
- Controller
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Acting Vice President Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
Josh Cage assumed the role of Acting Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in October 2022. Josh has more than 18 years of service with Newmont in the Finance organization in roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Assistant Controller, a position he has held since 2014. Previously he served as Senior Director, Business Planning, Site Controller - Indonesia and Director, Technical Accounting and External Reporting. Prior to joining Newmont, Josh worked in audit at both Ernst & Young and KPMG, respectively.
Job Titles:
- Founder and Managing Partner of Bizwp SC
José Manuel Madero is the Founder and Managing Partner of Bizwp SC, a consulting firm with a strong focus on advising companies in increasing Social/Financial Profitability based out of Mexico City. From 2015 to 2019 he served as Chief Executive Officer at Grupo Bepensa, a Mexican business conglomerate comprised of 40 companies across the industrial, automotive, financial services, and non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverage sectors and from 2005 to 2015 he held various senior management positions at Monsanto Company. Mr. Madero holds a BS in Mine Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines and served in engineering operations and superintendent roles with Grupo Mexico, the largest mining business conglomerate in Mexico and a worldwide copper producer. Mr. Madero is a member of the Board of Constellation Brands, Inc. and serves on their Audit Committee.
Julio Quintana formerly served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Tesco Corporation, which supplies oilfield drilling technology, services and equipment, and prior to that served as Tesco's Chief Operating Officer. He served in various executive roles for Schlumberger Technology Corporation, including Vice President of Integrated Project Management, Vice President of Exploitation and Vice President of Marketing. Mr. Quintana spent nearly 20 years in the oil and gas exploration and production business in various operational roles for Unocal Corporation. Mr. Quintana currently serves as the Lead Director of SM Energy Company and as a Director of Basic Energy Services. He is a former director of Tesco Corporation.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Executive Vice President
Karyn Ovelmen joined Newmont in May of 2023 and is a highly experienced financial professional, responsible for maintaining a robust and flexible balance sheet to support Newmont's capital allocation strategy and oversee Newmont's Global Finance Functions. Karyn brings extensive global leadership experience to the role, having previously held Chief Financial Officer roles for highly complex and capital intensive companies in the resource and energy sectors, including Flowserve, LyondellBassell Industries NV, and Petroplus Holdings AG. Most recently, Karyn has been fully dedicated to Board of Director roles at Hess Corporation and Arcelor Mittal. Karyn has a strong commitment to developing high performing teams, continuous improvement and performance in global organizations having worked in the United States and the United Kingdom. Karyn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Connecticut and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas.
Job Titles:
- Acting Vice President
- Group Executive
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
Lara Bruhns currently holds the position of Group Executive, Value Assurance and is serving as the Interim Vice President, Value Assurance.
Job Titles:
- Associate General Counsel
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President
Logan Hennessey was elected Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in March 2015. Ms. Hennessey previously served as Assistant Corporate Secretary to the Board since 2010 and as Associate General Counsel from 2011 to 2015 and Senior Counsel, Corporate Securities from 2010 to 2011, working in the substantive areas of federal securities law, financing, M&A and transactions, on-going corporate reporting, corporate governance, general corporate matters and support of the Board of Directors and its Committees. Logan also currently serves as the Chair of Newmont's Disclosure Committee. Prior to joining Newmont, Logan worked in private practice in the New York office of White & Case LLP. She holds a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College.
Job Titles:
- Chief Information Officer
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President
Luis Canepari was appointed Chief Information Officer in 2019. As CIO, Luis leads Newmont's Information Technology organization and is responsible for driving and overseeing enterprise-wide plans to further realize value from Newmont's strategic business and technology investments. In his role, Luis has accountability for the digitalization, modernization and standardization of Newmont's systems and applications.
Luis has over 20 years of experience in senior IT leadership roles and a history of leading major transformation and innovation initiatives. Before joining Newmont, Luis held various leadership roles at AES and ExxonMobil Corporation. In 2017, he was awarded a CIO 100 Award for Business and Technology Innovation and was a recipient of the 2014 Business in Vancouver Forty Under 40 Award. Luis holds an MBA from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from Universidad Metropolitana in Venezuela. He is also a Certified Information Security Manager and Information Security Auditor.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President
- in 2019 As Group Executive, Strategic Resource Development
Mark Casper joined Newmont in 2019 as Group Executive, Strategic Resource Development and now holds the role of Group Head Tailings, Water, Closure and Legacy. Mark has more than 33 years of experience in the resource sector and brings technical, operating, project and corporate experience from a variety of global roles with multiple major mining companies. This experience spanned various commodities, geographies, and cultures, including development and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams. Prior to joining Newmont, Mark spent 25 years with Rio Tinto in a variety of corporate, technical and operational roles across the value chain. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mine Engineering from the University of Utah.
Job Titles:
- Associate General Counsel
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President
- Acting Chief Legal Officer
- Acting Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Mark Ebel was appointed as Acting Chief Legal Officer in July 2023. Mark has more than 30 years of experience as a transactional attorney. He joined Newmont in October 2011, and in addition to serving as the Interim Chief Legal Officer, leads Newmont's transactional practice (M&A, financing, land, contracting) as well as several compliance functions. Previously, Mr. Ebel worked for 11 years as CFO, VP Corporate Development and General Counsel for Eyeris, Inc., a privately-held software company providing cost and profitability analysis software and services to the telecommunication, financial services and transportation industries. Mr. Ebel also spent 8 years as an associate and partner with Holland & Hart LLP, where his practice included representing public and private corporations, venture capital funds and underwriters in a variety of M&A and financing transactions.
Mark Ebel was promoted to VP & Associate General Counsel in June 2019. He previously served as Associate General Counsel from October 2011 to May 2019. He is responsible for M&A, financing, and a variety of additional transactional and compliance activities. Prior to Newmont, Mark was CFO and General Counsel at Eyeris Inc., and Partner at Holland & Hart, LLP. He earned his J.D. degree from Stanford University and his B.A. in Mathematics and Political Science from Duke University.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President
Mark Rodgers assumed the role of Senior Vice President, South America in October 2022 after previously serving as Newmont's Senior Vice President, North America. Mark is a seasoned senior executive with 30 years of experience in the resources industry, including working with both BHP and Rio Tinto. The last 15 years have been in senior operational and project roles at both the general manager and vice president/COO levels. Mark has developed a strong reputation for delivering positive business outcomes while serving on multiple boards and executive committees. He has been a Director of the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation, an Executive Director of the Iron Ore Company of Canada, a board member of the Quebec & Labrador North Shore Railway and also as an executive member of the NSW Minerals Council. Raised in Scotland, he also studied in Australia, gaining a B.Sc. in mineral processing (extractive metallurgy) and post-graduate qualifications in mineral economics.
Mary Laschinger is the former Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Veritiv Corporation, a Fortune 500 business-to-business distribution solutions company from July 2014 until her retirement in September 2020. Previously, Ms. Laschinger served as Senior Vice President of International Paper Company from 2007 to July 2014, and as President of the xpedx distribution business from January 2010 to July 2014. She also served as President of the Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia businesses at International Paper from 2005 until 2010, as well as in other senior management roles in sales, marketing, manufacturing and supply chain throughout the organization. She is an experienced director and brings significant executive leadership experience, including oversight of international manufacturing and distribution businesses. Ms. Laschinger currently serves as the Chair of the Compensation and Talent Management Committee of Kellogg Company and is a member of the Nominating & Governance and Executive Committees. She is also a current Director on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta where she Chairs the Audit & Operational Risk Committee. Previously she served as Chair of the Board of Veritiv Corporation.
Maura Clark is the former President of Direct Energy Business, the commercial and industry energy business unit of Direct Energy L.P (a subsidiary of Centrica PLC), the leading B2B energy retailer in Canada and the US. She is an experienced operator, with a strong functional background in strategic finance in cyclical and capital intensive businesses. She has extensive experience as a leader in the energy industry including managing matters related to regulatory, policy and social responsibility. Ms. Clark currently serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee of Nutrien Ltd. where she also serves on the Human Resources and Compensation Committee. Ms. Clark also serves on the Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee of Fortis Inc. and on the Board of Garret Motion, Inc. where she Chairs the Nominating and Governance Committee. Previously she served on the Board of Elizabeth Arden from 2005 to 2016.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President
Melissa Gustafson has been with Newmont for 13 years, holding various roles in Human Resources, and currently serves as the Vice President Talent Management. She previously held the position of Group Executive for Human Resources, where her responsibilities included leading the Business Partner team; she is also a member of the Integrations Management team for Newmont focused on Change Management and Communications and Organizational Design. During her tenure at Newmont, Melissa completed an assignment leading the Business Process Full Potential project focused on outsourcing select processes and improving the operating model for Finance, IT and Supply Chain. Prior to joining Newmont, Melissa served in Leadership Development roles at Frontier Airlines and Time Warner Telecom. She holds a Bachelor's of Science in Communications from Villanova University in Pennsylvania and a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Denver in Colorado.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Senior Vice President
- Senior Vice President / Australia
Mia Gous was appointed to Senior Vice President, Australia in July 2022. Mia joined Newmont in May 2021 as General Manager of Boddington and has more than 25 years of operational experience in the mining industry, mainly working for Anglo American and BHP across different commodities, including heavy minerals, zinc, nickel and copper. She was born and raised in South Africa, where she studied chemical engineering at the University of Stellenbosch. Her last 11 years were spent working in Chile, where she became the country's first female to be appointed as General Manager of large-scale mining operations in 2018 at BHP`s Spence mine. Her passion is the development of young professionals and formation of top-performing teams through a diverse and inclusive culture.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Executive Vice President
Natascha Viljoen joined Newmont in October 2023 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, bringing over 30 years of experience across a diverse range of commodities.
Previously, Natascha served as the CEO of Anglo American's platinum business in South Africa since 2020, the world's largest primary producer of platinum. At Anglo American, and was responsible for managing a team of more than 25,000 employees and six owned and joint venture mining operations with an integrated value chain and down-stream processing across two countries. Prior to her CEO appointment, Natascha held a series of operating and technical positions within the organization, including as Group Head of Processing. Prior to joining Anglo American, Natascha spent six years at Lonmin, where she served on the executive committee as Executive Vice President of Processing, also with responsibility for several wider corporate functions, including sustainability. Natascha is a metallurgical engineer and holds a Bachelor of Engineering from North West University in South Africa and an Executive MBA from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Job Titles:
- Founder and President of Ashesi University
Patrick Awuah, is the Founder and President of Ashesi University, a private, not-for-profit institution that has quickly gained a reputation for innovation and quality education in Ghana. Before founding Ashesi University, Mr. Awuah worked as a Program Manager for Microsoft where, among other things, he spearheaded the development of dial-up internet working technologies and gained a reputation for bringing difficult projects to completion. Mr. Awuah is also a Fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative (a branch of the Aspen Global Leadership Network), and a member of the United States Council on Foreign Relations and the Pacific Council on International Policy. He served on the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) of the U.S. Agency for International Development from 2010 to 2016. He was awarded the distinction of the Membership of the Order of the Volta, one of Ghana's highest awards, given to individuals who exemplify the ideal of service to the country. In 2015, Mr. Awuah was listed by Fortune Magazine as number 40 in world's 50 greatest leaders and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
Job Titles:
- Chief Development Officer
- Executive Vice President
Peter brings to Newmont more than 25 years of leadership experience working in the resources industry across various commodities. Peter has held senior strategic, commercial, and operational roles across Europe, Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom with Rio Tinto, BHP, and OM Holdings. Most recently, Peter led Rio Tinto's corporate strategy as Group Executive, Strategy and Development, with accountability for business development/M&A, strategic partnerships, climate and sustainability strategy, closure, and exploration. Toth joined Rio Tinto in 2014 as Global Head of Strategy and became Head of Corporate Development in 2015. He established Rio's current corporate strategy team, streamlined Rio's commodity and asset portfolio, and led the development of Rio's 10-year climate strategy, supporting the company's ambition of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, Toth was Chief Executive of the ASX-listed OM Holdings Ltd. (OMH), an integrated manganese and ferro-silicon company with global mining, smelting, and trading operations. He is noteworthy for strengthening OMH's operational and financial performance. Toth began his career with BHP in 1994, where, over the course of 15 years, he held a series of roles of increasing responsibility and scope. Peter holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Monash University, a Graduate Certificate in Management from Deakin University, and a Master of International Business degree from the University of Melbourne, in addition to executive development programs at INSEAD, Stanford and Oxford University.
René Médori has significant financial and commercial expertise from capital intensive businesses, supplying products to the oil refining, steel and mining industries and experience in international finance in the UK, Europe and the US. Mr. Médori currently serves as Senior Independent Director and Audit Committee Chair of Petrofac Ltd., a UK listed company. He also serves on the boards of Cobham plc and Vinci. Prior to his retirement in April 2017, he served as finance director at Anglo American plc since 2005. Previously he served as Finance Director of the BOC Group plc, and as a non-executive director at Anglo Platinum Limited, De Beers, SSE plc (formerly Scottish and Southern Energy plc), and AngloGold Ashanti.
Job Titles:
- Chief Operating Officer
- Executive Vice President
Rob Atkinson joined Newmont in June 2019 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. With 30 years of mining industry experience, Rob has held a variety of roles leading operations and business improvement efforts in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Most recently, he served as Head of Productivity and Technical Support for Rio Tinto and was responsible for the company's $5 billion productivity improvement strategy. Rob also served as Chief Operating Officer for Rio Tinto's portfolio of copper interests in Mongolia, the US, Chile and Indonesia. Previously he led ASX-listed Energy Resources of Australia as Chief Executive and Director, and served as General Manager of Weipa Bauxite, one of the world's largest bauxite operations. During his tenure with Rio Tinto, Rob oversaw the establishment of three technical centers of excellence, including Surface Mining, Underground Mining and Processing. He also has extensive operational experience in iron ore and surface and underground coal mining. Rob is a Fellow of the AusIMM and a Fellow of Ethical Leadership from Melbourne Business School. He holds a 1st Class Honors Bachelor's degree in Mining and Petroleum Engineering from Strathclyde University in Scotland.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Chief Integrity & Compliance Officer
- Legal Leadership Team As Chief Compliance Officer
Scott Sullivan joined Newmont's Legal Leadership Team as Chief Compliance Officer in August 2019. Scott oversees the global Business Integrity & Compliance program and reports regularly to the Audit Committee. Prior to joining Newmont, Scott most recently served as the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Flowserve Corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas, where he led the vision, strategy and execution for all facets of ethics and compliance. Scott previously worked in private practice in the Dallas office of Strasburger & Price, LLP. Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont, as well as a Master of Arts degree in International Relations & Comparative Politics from Simon Fraser University, and a Master of Business Administration degree and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President
Sebastian Soria is Vice President, Total Rewards for Newmont, overseeing $1.5B of annual investment in employee Compensation and Benefits programs. He is located in Denver, Colorado, USA, and reports to Jennifer Cmil, Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Sebastian is a member of the Global HR Leadership Team. Soria joined Newmont in 2021, after a 27-year career with Dow. He joined Dow in 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as an Accounts Payable Specialist within the Controller's function. In 1996, he moved to payroll and in 1997, he joined Dow AgroSciences HR supporting the business in Argentina. In 2001, he accepted a geographic compensation and benefits role supporting all of Dow's businesses, initially for the South Latin America region and later expanding to support all of Latin America. In January of 2009, he moved to Midland, Michigan, to become the Global HR Business Partner for the Basic Chemicals division. In 2010 he assumed the role of Global Compensation Director for Dow, which he held until June 2012, when he moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, to take the role of Global Human Resources Director for Dow AgroSciences. From 2015 until early 2018, Sebastian was the HR Director for Dow Latin America, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He moved back to Midland in March 2018 to take on the Head of Global Rewards role. Soria received a bachelor's degree in labor relations from the University of Buenos Aires and a master's degree in business administration from IAE Business School.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Officers Team
- Vice President
- Director, Tax Compliance in the Corporate Office
Ms. Huff joined Newmont in January 2006 as Director, Tax Compliance in the corporate office, and was promoted to Group Executive in 2009 and then Vice President, Tax in June 2017. She is responsible for leading the Company's corporate tax group and working collaboratively across the organization to ensure coordination and governance oversight of the regional tax teams. Ms. Huff brings more than 25 years of corporate and international tax experience to her role. Prior to joining Newmont, she spent the first half of her career working at Arthur Andersen. Ms. Huff holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the states of Colorado and Nevada.
Susan N. Story served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of American Water Works Company, Inc. (American Water) from May 2014 until April 2020. She joined American Water as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in April 2013. Prior to joining American Water, Ms. Story served as Executive Vice President of Southern Company, and in other executive positions with subsidiaries of Southern, including President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company Services from January 2011 to April 2013 and President of Gulf Power Company from April 2003 to December 2010. Ms. Story is an experienced director and brings a deep knowledge in the areas of finance, operations, cost optimization and human resources from her significant executive leadership experience. Ms. Story currently serves as the Lead Independent Director of Raymond James Financial, Inc. serving on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, Securities Repurchase Committee and the Securities Offerings Committee and is a current Director on the Board of Dominion Energy where she serves on the Audit Committee and the Finance and Risk Oversight Committee. Previously she served on the Board of American Water Works Inc. from April 2014 to April 2020.
Job Titles:
- Executive Vice President and Chief Safety and Sustainability Officer
Suzanne joined Newmont in 2019 and appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Safety and Sustainability Officer in June 2023 after previously serving as Vice President for Health, Safety and Security. Prior to joining Newmont, Suzanne held senior roles in Health and Safety, Environment and Security with Rio Tinto. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Western Australia, in addition to a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy and a Master of Business Administration from Curtin University in Australia.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- President
Tom Palmer became President and Chief Executive Officer and joined the Board of Directors of Newmont effective October 1, 2019. He served as President since June 2019 and as President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2018 until June 2019. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since May 2016. Mr. Palmer was elected Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific in February 2015 after serving as Senior Vice President, Indonesia since March 2014. Prior to joining Newmont, he was the Chief Operating Officer, Pilbara Mines at Rio Tinto Iron Ore. Over a 20-year career with Rio Tinto, Mr. Palmer worked in a variety of roles across a number of commodities, including General Manager, Technology for the Bauxite and Alumina business; General Manager, Operations at Hail Creek coal mine; and General Manager, Asset Management at Palabora Mining Company in South Africa. Mr. Palmer brings extensive experience leading teams and delivering production while implementing safety culture programs and improving diversity. He earned a Master of Engineering Science degree and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.