SATARLA - Key Persons

Alan Borrowman

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Associate ( FIChemE, MSc ) Aberdeen, UK
Fellow of the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers

Alan Borrowman, a Fellow of the UK Institution of Chemical Engineers, gained his Masters degree in Chemical Engineering in 1970 and initially worked in fine chemicals, gaining experience at a senior level in process design and project management. For the last 20 years he has provided risk management and integrity assurance services within capital design projects in the oil & gas industry, and has managed two UK-based technical risk and safety management consultancies since 2001. During this time, he has travelled widely to chair HAZOP, HAZID, SIL assessments, design peer reviews, and has carried out technical audits of major engineering projects. He has developed project risk management awareness and practitioner courses, delivered the in-house HAZOP team leadership training for Shell International, and lectured to the I.Chem.E.'s Process Safety and Loss Prevention M.Sc. course at Sheffield University. He has evaluated safety and business critical systems of hardware, procedures and personnel, such as verification schemes and hazard management systems, and produced performance standards for designers and operators to meet these requirements. From his career experience he has evolved the philosophy that the correct application of reasoning about safety or business risk at the right time is a driver for project cost reduction as well as avoiding harm. He now divides his time between safety consultancy and running a company utilising oil & gas technology to produce energy by underground coal gasification.

Aldo Pennini

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Associate
Associate ( MA ) London, UK

Aldo is a public affairs professional with 25 years' experience and a career spanning government, global corporate and international membership organisation. He worked in the mining industry for 11 of those years. Prior to joining SATARLA in May 2019, Aldo was Director of Communications at the International Council on Mining and Metals where he led the transformation of its approach to communications. He spent 8 years at Anglo American Plc serving as Director of External Affairs in Australia, then as Chief of Staff to two Chief Executives at the company headquarters in London, where he acquired a unique perspective on the dynamics at the top of a multinational corporation. Aldo began his career in government, spending more than 14 years serving as senior policy advisor and Chief of Staff to State Premiers and Ministers in New South Wales and Queensland (Australia) where he shaped policy and negotiated legislation ranging from natural resource management to carbon emissions trading and multicultural affairs.

Andy Churr

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Associate ( MiOD )
Associate ( MiOD ) London, UK
Strategy Consultant

Andy is a strategy consultant who has worked with some of the world's leading mining, oil and gas, financial services and healthcare companies. He specialises in helping companies understand how risks created by internal and external dynamics can prevent them from achieving their strategic objectives. Andy recently left the environmental resource management consultancy ERM and founded the consultancy SPM advisors. Prior to this he worked as a strategy analyst in a major bank.

Angelene Wright

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Associate
Associate ( BSc ) New South Wales, Australia

Angelene comes to Satarla with a breadth of experience and knowledge spanning 26 years in environmental and natural resource management, policy, planning, compliance and monitoring, soil and water science, ecological research and geospatial science. Angelene has worked across exploration, production and processing sectors within the West Australian Goldfields, on large collaborative research projects with The Australian Rivers Institute (ARI) Griffith University, Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre (Northern Laboratory) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology (CRCFE) and on policy and planning projects for the Queensland Department of Natural Resources & Mines on the Reef Water Quality Protection Plan. Angelene also brings expertise in geospatial science and geographic information systems.

Annie Clark

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Associate ( MBA, CIPD ( Distinction ), MBTI Practitioner ) London, UK
Learning and Development Specialist

Annie is a Learning and Development specialist who has over 12 years experience of designing and delivering training across the charity, public, and private sectors. Prior to founding and running Annie's Training Company, Annie undertook roles including: Head of Learning and Development at the Institute of Fundraising, and Talent Development Manager for the Children's Society. Annie is superb not only when she is training, but when she is working with individuals and teams to build awareness, confidence and personal effectiveness.

Benedikt Steiner

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Associate ( CGeol, MSci Geology ) Maidenhead / Falmouth, UK

Benedikt is a chartered geologist with 11 year's experience in the international resource industry, and a published expert in mineral exploration geochemistry and exploration targeting. He is credited with the discovery of a new mineral system in the Vosges Mountains, France. Also, he has experience operating in challenging remote environments, e.g. Central Africa, Burma, and speaks several languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Russian and Afrikaans). He worked for Rio Tinto Exploration in Namibia and Zambia, before founding his own company XPLORE.GLOBAL. Benedikt specialises in mineral exploration geosciences, and is also involved in Operations Support & HSEC. Benedikt currently holds the position of Senior Lecturer and MSc Programme Director in Exploration & Mining Geology, Camborne School of Mines, UK, and is Guest Lecturer in Economic Geology at various EU locations.

Birgit Rameseder

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Associate
Associate ( MBA ) Germany, Canada, Zambia

An equipped strategic professional with over 17 years' experience in roles spanning across exploration, mineral resource management (MRM), project management and assurance and techno-economic analysis. Possesses advanced process mapping and optimisation skills as well as a well-trained natural flair for strategic and operational business management. A recognised leader with a proven record of mentoring and developing staff. Has a consistently proven ability to add exceptional value within roles requiring strong technical competency, business skills, critical thinking and teamwork. Very proficient and excellent organisational skills. Fluent in German, English and French. Recognised as one of 100 Inspirational Women in Mining - 2015 (Women in Mining UK; global nominations).

Christopher Reeves

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Associate ( BSc ) London, UK

Christopher has over 20 years work with the energy, mining and natural resources sector, working with operators, projects, investors and governments. Christopher is a member of a number of expert panels at Chatham House including energy, mining and metals as well as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Danny Wong

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Associate ( MBA ) Gerrards Cross, UK

Danny is an ERM practitioner and risk thought leader with 20 years of industry experience. Danny has a proven track record of implementing risk management frameworks, managing major project risks and extensive experience facilitating senior management and board level training/risk management workshops. He has demonstrated a consistent ability to deliver value and affect culture change through risk management in numerous FTSE350, multi-national and public-sector organisations.

Darryl Chow

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Associate ( B.Comm ) Toronto, Canada

Darryl is a project management and information technology professional in the EHSQ (Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality) and Risk Management space. With over 10 years of software implementation experience, Darryl has successfully delivered over 100+ projects working with companies from different industries around the world. More recently Darryl co-founded Aion North, a company specializing in software implementations. Here, he leverages his talents in project management, industry knowledge, and experience to help support organizations roll out mission critical software.

Debra Watson

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Director, Satarla Australia ( BASc )
Director, Satarla Australia ( BASc, IDipNEBOSH, CPRM ) NSW, Australia

An innovative, outcome-focused Health, Safety & Environment Manager with global experience spanning 25 plus years across sectors including mining, manufacturing, petrochemical and more. Able to provide unique and valuable insight, knowledge and experience to executive and operational management teams into the development and creation of strategies and frameworks to achieve global-best practice for environmental, health & safety, social, security, governance, risk and compliance across all phases and levels of projects and operations. Experienced in establishing and embedding sustainability functions for greenfield operations, and expert in leading teams and contractor groups to achieve best-practice HSE standards and value creation for all stakeholders.

Dharmesh Chheda

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Head of Training & Client Services ( BSc ) London, UK
Head of Training and Client Services

Dharmesh comes from varied business backgrounds including business development, strategic growth and client relationships. At Satarla, Dharmesh is driving the growth of the training business, building on the excellent reputation and risk management expertise at Satarla by leveraging the knowledge and skills of the Associate pool, based across the globe. He spent the last 6 years at ICAEW, where he joined as a business development manager and became Head of Academy of Professional Development. Enhancing the training offering through multiple stakeholders was a key focus, whilst ensuring client and market growth through public courses, leadership programmes and in-house solutions.

Edward Creegan

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Associate ( BA, Grad IOSH, IDip NEBOSH, PG Dip Safety and Risk Mgmt, PG Dip CBL ) Kolwezi, DRC
Associate ( BA, Nebosh )

Edward has followed dual career paths, training and safety management and rollout, and has over 15 years of experience from North and Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and the Caribbean under his belt. Earlier in his career he was a teacher of English as a foreign language and curriculum designer. In addition to his OHS qualifications he is a qualified and experienced NEBOSH IGC and high risk-work trainer and facilitator. Having worked as a trainer, consultant and manager in the construction, commissioning, EPCM, and mining sectors in Francophone Africa he has a deep appreciation of the challenges that companies face as they strive to maintain sustainable operations in difficult environments. Fluent in French, he has a particular interest in workforce safety and welfare in remote, challenging and culturally diverse environments.

Ellen Casey

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Project Manager ( BSc ) London, UK

Ellen studied Exploration and Resource Geology at Cardiff University. Since graduating she has gained experience working in both the public and private sector in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the UK. She has assisted with the drafting of national and European standards and acted as a correspondence officer for the Premier of New South Wales. Now a Project Manager at Satarla, Ellen leads on the delivery of our mining and insurance research, together with many other projects.

Emer McAneny

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Associate ( BA, CIRM ) Dublin, Ireland
Expert in Risk

Emer is an expert in Risk and Operations Management. She has experience in a multitude of different industries including: Financial Management & Corporate Governance, Agriculture, Distribution, Manufacturing, Retail, Real Estate, and Public Utility sectors. Emer currently designs Risk and Finance courses for delivery through various professional training bodies and is co-authoring a new publication on Risk Management. Emer works with John at The Finance Expert.

Eric Gagnon

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Associate ( BSc ) Antananarivo, Madagascar

For over 20 years, both as manager and consultant in Canada and French-speaking Africa, Eric has been supporting complex industrial projects and institutions in ESG risk management, social dialogue, land access, sustainable community investments, impact mitigation and governance. Being a highly mobile on-the-ground practitioner, Eric favors intensive kaizen interventions on operations sites, involving international standards & guidelines and combining full-range Lean + Sigma-6 techniques.

Ernest Sellers

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Associate ( B.Compt Hons ) Perth, Australia

Ernest has more than 25 years' experience in senior governance, risk and assurance roles across mining, government and Not For Profit Sectors. This includes line leadership roles in finance, corporate social investment, risk management and internal audit. He has also provided support to a cross-section of strategic clients working for KPMG, Deloitte and Ernst and Young. Ernest has combined this experience to form Perth based On Demand Risk Assurance Advisory focused on supporting organisations with practical and workable solutions in strengthening performance. Applying out of the box thinking, his key strengths are in integrating risk, assurance and governance processes and models.

Gareth Byatt

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Head of Research & Innovation ( MBA ) Sydney, Australia

Gareth owns Risk Insight Consulting, and has previously held various full-time senior risk roles in the international engineering and construction sector. He focuses on assisting clients in various industries around the world to maximise and transform their performance with corporate, operational and project risk management and the application of practical organisational resilience. Gareth is closely involved with Risk and Engineering Institutes in Australia and the UK, and is a visiting lecturer at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). He regularly writes about the management of risk for associations and publications and speaks at international conferences on risk and project management.

Graeme Keith

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Associate ( PhD ) Copenhagen, Denmark

Graeme has worked in the interface between strategy, risk management and portfolio analysis since completing his doctorate in applied mathematics at Cambridge in 2000. First as a research associate at Cambridge and later as a consultant based in Copenhagen, Graeme started out developing mathematical models for failure investigation, risk management and decision analysis. After 10 years in consultancy, Graeme started applying his analytical approach to strategy and portfolio management for capital intensive project portfolios, first as head of research at the oil and gas division of DONG E&P and later as exploration portfolio manager at Maersk Oil. Leveragíng the close relationship between strategy and risk management in the highly volatile oil and gas market, Graeme moved in to twin roles as lead strategy advisor and head of enterprise risk management at Maersk, before taking over as head of strategy. Graeme started Stochastic ApS in 2019 in order to provide advisory services, training and facilitation for companies looking to make best use of their data and expertise by incorporating quantitative models of uncertainty into their business and strategic decision making processes.

Hennie Klopper

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Mechanical Engineer
Associate ( BEng ( Hons ) Mechanical ) Pretoria, South Africa

Hennie is a qualified Mechanical Engineer and is registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa as a Professional Engineer. He has extensive experience in the railway and mining industries, as well as high-end engineering software. Hennie has used his engineering capabilities in a wide range of fields including: failure analysis, fatality investigations, metal fatigue, pyrolysis in tyres, and data analysis. His expertise is specifically applicable when understanding risk associated with critical machinery and the structural life expectancy of those machines.

Hosam Achrafi

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Associate ( MSc Operations Management BEng Mechatronics ) Perth, Australia

Hosam has more than ten years of engineering and management consulting experience, compounded by two secondments as the risk Lead for mining and metals operations in Australia. Prior to moving to Australia, Hosam worked with PwC's consulting practice for the Energy and Utilities sectors, based in the UAE. Here he utilised his risk management, operational excellence, change management, project management, and physical asset lifecycle management skills to help international businesses to deliver their strategic and operational initiatives across their own departments and functions. Prior to working for PwC, Hosam worked as a Field Automation Engineer for Honeywell Process Solutions.

James "Jim" Watt

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Associate ( BSc Hons ) Comox, Canada

Jim is a well seasoned underground mining engineer with many years of international operating and planning experience in Africa, Latin America, Canada, the USA, the Caribbean, and, Europe. For the last 20 years he has lived in Comox, on Vancouver Island and worked as a consultant doing operational and safety audits, mine improvement studies, mentoring, and, interim management roles. He is a team builder with a knack for getting staff and workers on board concerning safety. Jim speaks fluent English and Spanish.

Jane Walde

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Associate ( FCCA ) London, UK

Jane Walde is engaging and fun to work with, she promotes effective risk governance and culture, and champions the value of risk management. Jane's most recent permanent role was Head of Group Risk for Informa plc, where she designed and implemented the Group Risk Policy and Framework, improved risk culture and maturity, understanding of risk appetite and tolerance, risk governance and internal and external risk reporting. Jane ran numerous interactive risk training sessions and workshops at Informa. A qualified accountant (FCCA), Jane has held senior finance roles including Financial Controller for Shell International Renewables. Her experience encompasses setting up financial structures for start-ups to the dark arts of derivatives. Over thirteen years' ago, Jane moved into enterprise risk management and enjoys the forward looking, uncertain nature of risk, which balances well with her solid grounding in finance.

John Boyle

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Associate ( BSc ) Wollongong, Australia

John, a Chartered Mechanical Engineer has spent his entire career involved in delivering major capital investment projects around the world. He has worked in many industrial sectors including glassmaking, nuclear decommissioning, metals, mining and infrastructure. John has extensive experience in a variety of roles as a project manager, project controls manager and for the last 10 years has specialised as a project risk manager/consultant.

John Crawley

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Associate ( FCCA, SIRM, FIB, MIfT ) Ireland

John is an accountant by profession and has spent the past 12 years running and advising businesses in both the private and public sector. Prior to this, John spent 23 years, in various Executive positions, with the RBS group. John is a qualified master-trainer and delivers expert executive Risk Management Training to ISO Standard internationally through The Finance Expert. Industries that he as worked with recently include: Real estate, Energy, Government, Local & Municipal Authorities, Waste & Recycling, Agriculture, Aviation, Hospitality, and Financial Services.

Karen Chovan

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Associate ( MASc ) Saskatoon, Canada
Founder of Enviro Integration Strategies

Karen Chovan is the Founder of Enviro Integration Strategies, focused on creating value, reducing environmental risks and eliminating various forms of waste through strategic, systems-based and life-cycle evaluations. She gained her BASc and a MASc in Mine Waste Management from UBC, and has followed a 20-yr career through tailings and mine waste management, project management and strategic planning, sustainability advisement and organizational change. Karen is also the Chair for the CIM Environmental and Social Responsibility Society (ESRS), where she aims to raise awareness and facilitate the uptake of more holistic and sustainable practices across industry.

Kate Boothroyd

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Risk Management Consultant
Associate ( CFIRM ) Huddersfield, UK
Expert

Kate Boothroyd is an expert risk management consultant experienced in project and corporate risk management. Since establishing her own business KB Risk Consulting Limited, she has supported major clients in the public, private and third sectors globally and in many industries, including automotive, construction, civil engineering, education, energy, housing, manufacturing, mining, nuclear, oil and gas, pharmachem, rail and utilities. Kate is an approved trainer for the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), author of the IRM's Risk Assessment Module for their International Diploma, and a presenter of the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Project Risk Management Master Class.