X3 ADVISORS GROUP - Key Persons


Aimo Hattula

Job Titles:
  • Senior Advisor
Aimo is a senior advisor in geophysics and has spent decades specializing in mineral exploration and borehole geophysics in mines.

Andreas Oberrauner

Job Titles:
  • Mining and Raw Materials Engineer
Andreas is a mining and raw materials engineer with extensive experience in various areas of mining and mineral processing. His main areas of focus are implementation of modern mining methods, application of new technologies into mining environments and sustainability. His key driver is to create value by holistic views on mining.

Doug Turnbull

Job Titles:
  • Mining Engineer
Doug is a mining engineer with extensive experience and knowledge in operational mining, contract management, drill & blast engineering, supply chain management and materials handling.

Eeva Ruokonen

Eeva has over 30 years experience in mining and mineral processing with a strong understanding of the overall mining value chain and management. Eeva is an experienced leader and expert within the metals and minerals industry with a strong technical and managerial understanding of the overall value chain. Her professional background has been built in mines, smelters and refineries over 30 years. She has achieved excellent results within the fields of sustainable mining and the metals business. Using modern leadership practices combined with quality management practices she has achieved constant development in employees' ways of working and performance. She has also succeeded in implementing corporate environmental strategies and managing complex permitting processes. She is an extrovert person who is target orientated with the ability to think strategically as a leader of organization. She has degrees in both mining (M.Sc.) and in mineral processing (Lic.Sc.) as well as an MBA diploma in business excellence.

Felix Zhao

Felix has 35 years experience of mechanical equipment with different roles in underground mining and energy industry.

Gerald Elliott

Gerald has over 35 years experience mining, mining contracting and working with a leading global equipment supplier.

Hamid Reza Manouchehri

Hamid has over 30 years worldwide experience in both industry and academia in mining with solid expertise in mining, mineral and metallurgical processing, as well as water and solid waste management

Jari Yli-Uotila

Jari has over 35 years experience in the financial management of global project businesses with various leadership roles in different companies including Kone, Valmet , Outokumpu and Sandvik.

Jim Tolley

Jim has a deep understanding of underground mining mobile equipment, battery electric vehicles and underground mobile equipment automation systems.

Juha Koivula

Juha is a lawyer with 34 years of expertise in international business law both in private practice and inhouse

Markku Meriläinen

Markku has more than 40 years experience as a geologist on mines and major projects involving different mineralization in base and precious metals.

Pekka Loven

Job Titles:
  • Senior Technology Advisor
Pekka is senior technology advisor in mining with more than 35 years experience in the design, optimization, economic modeling, mine planning, production scheduling.

Tiina Tienhaara

Tiina is an entrepreneurial, hands-on, business oriented Chief Financial Officer with broad experience in finance and general management.

Tuomo Niskanen

Tuomo brings over 35 years experience in international marketing and service business in mining and construction industry.