An executive search for a candidate with operational readiness and management experience in French West Africa.

After First Quantum acquired Cobre Panama from Inmet Mining in 2013, Stratum recruited a new Project Director to turn around the project. After the successful turnaround and implementation, the Project Director became an integral strategic leader in FQML and is now responsible for projects as VP. Stratum also placed the Resource Optimisation Manager in-country to establish HR systems and staff the project.

Leading battery metals PE Fund search mandate for an ESG Officer to augment the foundation created by the Head of ESG both at HQ and portfolio company sites around the world, including UK, Australia, USA, Rwanda and Brazil.

Regional executive search assignment for an international gold mid-tier to recruit a Country Manager/MD leadership position.

People due diligence/referencing for a leading global mining private equity (PE) fund. Mandate was due diligence on a leadership team building a mid-tier gold miner with assets across Africa, including operations, project development and exploration.

Canadian focused executive search for a Head of Sustainability for a mid-tier gold company. Our client was looking for someone to oversee the full life cycle of sustainability from local community engagement through to ensuring compliance with international ESG standards.

International search for an Engineering Manager to be based in Russia. Company sought a seasoned mechanical, electrical or civil engineer with at least 15 years experience in the gold mining sector.

Recruitment project to hire an ESG Manager for a tin and lithium producer and developer based in South Africa and Namibia.

A search was conducted for a production-focused leader that would drive business improvement and cultural change, ensure cost savings are optimized and guidance is met.

Executive Human resources position. Executive Search mandate for a hands-on HR leadership executive with major or mid-tier gold or base metals experience in Africa.

A mid-sized copper-gold producer required a top tier metallurgy and processing leader in Eritrea.

An international search for a Technical Manager of Metallurgy for a mid-tier base metal producer in the DRC to oversee the operations of the metallurgical plant.

Global retained search to identify a new CEO for a TSX mining company with operations in Tanzania. After a change in ownership new leadership was required with a specific skill sets in capital markets and fundraising.

London focused executive search to find a CFO for a FTSE 250 Copper company as part of a scheduled succession plan. The former CFO was being promoted to CEO and as such our client was looking for a CFO that had strong background in systems and processes within a large listed company and someone who could partner with the Board and CEO on developing the long-term strategic vision for the company.

An Executive Search for a COO/Country Head with technical knowledge combined with strong leadership and communication skills with the ability to act as the face of the company in country. Would have broad experience including permitting, study management, and general management.

Our client required a local Community Specialist with a proven track record in the mining/extractive industry. Expert knowledge in Community resettlements and fluency in Swahili was necessary.

A retained global executive search to identify a senior social performance professional to support our client’s goal of continuing to be industry leaders around sustainability and community engagement. The mandate was to identify a leader who had experience both at site as well as corporate who had developed global strategies to mitigate risk around social performance in the mining industry.

Retained by one of the largest copper mining companies in Africa to source an in-country COO who's direct reports would include the GM Technical Services, GM Mining, GM Projects, Chief Processing Officer, and the GM Engineering.

A retained global executive search to identify a senior communications professional to support our client’s goal of modernizing their communications function. The scope of the search was to look outside of the industry to bring in a leader with a fresh approach to dealing with both internal and external communications and stakeholder engagement.

The Aranzazu mine in Mexico, belonging to Aura Minerals, is an underground copper mine operation producing gold and silver as by-products. The existing concentrator facility was first commissioned under Aura in 2011. At that time was retained to hire a new in-country operational team to manage this process. This included GM, Mine Manager, Plant Superintendent, and Maintenance Manager.

European based executive search for our FTSE 100 infrastructure client who was seeking a candidate who had significant experience in leading M&A transactions within a heavy industry to help support their ambitious growth agenda.

Retained by a large global diversified miner to identify a Head of Social Performance for the Americas. The search was global and onsite community relations experience within emerging markets was essential.

Retained global search to identify an experienced corporate affairs professional for a newly created position to help enhance their corporate reputation. They needed a profile who had experience across the spectrum of corporate affairs with the ability to build a function from scratch. The search was global with the role based at their European headquarters.

European based executive search for our FTSE 100 infrastructure client who was seeking a candidate who had significant experience in leading M&A transactions within a heavy industry to help support their ambitious growth agenda. The search was sector agnostic allowing the successful candidates to come from a FTSE 100 mining house.