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Chief Processing Officer

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

Eritrea

HQ

Metallurgical Manager

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.

Congo [DRC]

HQ

Chief Executive Officer

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.

Tanzania

HQ

Chief Financial Officer

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.

United Kingdom

HQ

COO / Country Manager

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.

United States

Community Superintendent - East Africa

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.

Tanzania

HQ

Global Head of Social Performance

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.

HQ

Chief Operating Officer

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.

Congo [DRC]

HQ

Head of Communications

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.

HQ

Underground Copper Mine Operational Readiness

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.

Mexico

Associate VP, Strategy & Development, Construction Accessories

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.

Netherlands

Director, Social Performance Americas

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.

HQ

Global Head of Corporate Affairs

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.

Netherlands

HQ

VP, Strategy & Development

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.

Netherlands

Resettlement Principal

Our client needed to appoint a technical expert on complex community resettlement issues. We mapped the market globally, targeting candidates with extensive experience in developing strategic resettlement plans. Candidates had to be well-versed in all global IFC standards and risk management.

South Africa

HQ

In House Counsel

London focused search to identify a senior in-house counsel for our AIM listed client. The candidates needed to have significant transaction experience within heavy industry with a strong focus on emerging markets.

United Kingdom

HQ

Independent Chair

After a governance review, our client, an AIM/TSX listed junior gold producer, required a new Chair of the Board. Key attributes for the successful candidate were previous experience working in emerging markets at board level, leading on governance transformations, and strong stakeholder engagement experience within the mining industry.

United Kingdom

HQ

Chief Executive Officer

Global retained search to find a CEO with a strong lithium background to bring the UK’s first lithium hydroxide processing plant into operation. The search focused on candidates with a technical background in Lithium, an understanding of government relations and experience with capital markets.

United Kingdom

HQ

Communications Manager

Retained by our client to run an in-country search for a Communication Superintendent to look after both internal and external communication in-country. Candidates were required to possess strong local knowledge and experience in developing communication strategies.

Liberia

Senior Advisor

An in-country search to identify a Senior Government Relations Advisor to support our client in all dealings with both local and federal government. The search was sector agnostic as the key attribute was significant engagement with the government across all key issues facing the operations.

Ghana

HQ

Iron Ore Greenfields Project

Extensive greenfields project hiring between 2012-2013, including project management, construction, maintenance, mining, processing and support/HR. Includes more than a year on-site in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone

HQ

Director, Investor Relations

A Canadian focused executive search to appoint a Head of Investor Relations for our high growth copper client. They required a well-known name to build out a world class investor relations function. We identified candidates who had a mix of technical and communication skills with experience within base metals and a strong reputation and network in Toronto.

Canada

HQ

Non-Executive Director, Audit Chair

Retained by our client to appoint a new Independent Non-Executive Director and Audit Chair to support their next phase of development and construction involving an investment of $350 million and a fundraise of $500 million. This was a UK focused search identifying candidates with strong capital markets and previous Audit Committee experience.

United Kingdom

HQ

Non-Executive Director

Board search for a FTSE 250 mining house as part of a board rotation. After a skills review of the current board, there was a need to appoint someone who had significant operational experience within a heavy industry in the Russian/Caspian region.

United Kingdom

HQ

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