Experience

AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine

• Ghana
• Mining
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Project Director - Obuasi Mine Redevelopment

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  As the Project Director, reporting into the COO, I lead the last phase of a three phase approach to take Obuasi mine from Care and Maintenance to a Tier One asset. Project employees just over 500 skilled and labour resources. This last phase is possibly the most complex in that it involves the return to service of aged underground infrastructure within a flooded mine. Included in the deliverables are a new vent shaft at 6.5 m and 945 m deep, one surface rock winder ( 6000 tpd/5100 feet depth), new high speed rail haulage and one sub vertical winder togther with new communications, dewatering and underground electrical and vent systems. Project is executed by AGA without EPCM's or SMEIPP's using contract staff and labour hire. All fabrication and construction done on site with specialized designs outsourced to various OEM's. Show less



AngloGold Ashanti

• South Africa
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Vice President Technical

  • Jun 2018 - Nov 2021

  As a member if the African Leadership team and reporting to the COO Africa, I am accountable for the technical and project disciplines both at corporate and through a discipline head matrix model supporting the SVP operations and SVP Business Improvement to maintain standards, provide assurance and holistically deliver on the regional strategy and operating budgets.The role includes direct accountability for the geology, mining, metallurgy, engineering and project disciplines within the corporate environment who have both technical assurance, long term strategy and project delivery accountabilities. This includes setting resource reserve targets, mine plan reviews and asset integrity improvements. As the head of technical, I am accountable to both identify opportunities and risk and to also provide expert technical support the African operations in so far as second line or technical assistance is required. Management of the strategic planning process and Capital discipline are key accountabilities of the role.Included in my current responsibility are the objectives to improve life of mine, organizational effectiveness through Operational excellence and the implementation of technology while at the same time improving capital discipline and technical skill capability.Large tier three and tier four project delivery accountability is included in the role. Show less

• Senior Vice President Of Engineering

  • Aug 2017 - Jul 2019

  As part of the management team reporting to the International Chief Operating Officer, I am responsible to lead the engineering function across International Operations (Underground conventional, mechanized and opencast) and Au Processing plants across Africa, Australia and South America.The role is accountable for both the engineering and maintenance function within the group and as such sets the engineering strategy aligned to the business and production requirements while ensuring the optimised physical asset lifecycles and asset integrity within the in country Mining Framework. It provides governance and assurance functions to the COO & Operational General Managers while also providing leadership to a multidisciplinary Technical Office Support team of 9 professional engineers (all disciplines). Group wide SIB Management, Operational Excellence and Asset Management deployment are some of the key accountabilities of the role..As a member of the International Management team, the key outputs of the role include setting strategy, overall health of discipline management inclusive of talent development, mitigation of both technical and legal risk, review and approval of capital requirements, budget setting and approvals, investment decision reviews, new technology deployment and project Engineering representation for the large growth projects. Show less



AngloGold Ashanti SAG Siguiri

• Guinea
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Director and General Manager Siguiri Gold Mine

  • Sep 2019 - Dec 2020

  I worked as a senior executive reporting directly into the COO Africa on a rampup and turnaround project at Siguiri gold mine situated in Guinea west Africa. The role involved a technical. social and org effectiveness approach to take this operation from a circa 280koz site to a 360koz site and reduce the AISC to about $1100/oz. Technical scope included completion of a hard rock plant modification inclusive three stage crushing plant, implementing new contractors/alliance partners for mining, constructing a fines treatment plant, converting the plant to CIL to address a preg robbing challenge, a upgraded pumping system inclusive tailings disposal and a scats treatment plant. LOM was lastly increased through the justification for a new ore block some 45 km away. These changes increased throughput to 12.5 MT/annum and improved recovery by over 15%. Socially the aim was to reset the relationships with the host community and reduce the impacts of social disruptions on the operations. This was achieved through both a series of interventions inclusive national and regional governmental support in the drafting of a "protocol de Accord" which set very clear rules of engagement and modus operandi to resolve disagreements. Active and daily management, relationships and importantly mutual respect realized a significant community reset. As with so many legacy mines, structures, roles and routines become convoluted over years soon leading to both inefficiencies and frustrations ultimately affecting employee morale and discretionary effort. This part for the project worked on amongst others bring back visible leadership, various lean business techniques, clear accountabilities and targets and lastly a reduction of non value adding bureaucracy to unlock peoples value. Show less



Anglo American

• United Kingdom
• Mining
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head of Engineering

  • Oct 2013 - Jun 2017

  As part of the management team reporting to the technical directorate, I am responsible to lead the engineering function across Southern African Mining Operations (Underground conventional, mechanized and opencast), Processing plants inclusive of the concentrators, smelters and refineries. The role is accountable for the entire engineering and maintenance function within the group and as such sets the engineering strategy aligned to the business and production requirements while ensuring the physical asset integrity within the South African Legislated Mining Framework. It provides governance and assurance functions to the Technical Director, Projects Director and Operational General Managers while also providing leadership to a multidisciplinary Technical Office Support team of 51 professional engineers (all disciplines). The role further provides technical leadership and assurance to approximately 150 the operating unit engineers who report into the role in a matrix organisation on technical matters. As a member of the Management team, the key outputs of the role include setting strategy, overall health of discipline management inclusive of talent development, mitigation of both technical and legal risk, review and approval of capital requirements, investment decision reviews, new technology deployment and representation on both national and industry forums. Show less

• Vice President Engineering

  • Jun 2010 - Sep 2013

  Responsible for the management of the engineering function accross six Continental African mines and the regional support office. The role sets the engineering standards and provides a leadership function to a multidisciplinary regional office support team of 20 professional engineers (all disciplines) and technically support to approximately 50 mine based engineers. The outputs include discipline leadership, the development and execution of the engineering strategy in support of the business requirements, identification and management of risk, the management and maintenance of physical assets, review and approval of business plans, project engineering and all other activities neccessary to maintain the overall health of discipline. The role is also part of the regional office mangement team and as such represents the engineering interest within the overall business and to external stakeholders including suppliers, governmental agencies etc. Show less



De Beers Group

• United Kingdom
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principle Engineer - Technical

  • 2008 - 2010

  Shared the accountability for the overall engineering function. The role focused on the management of the technical discipline engineers within the corporate and mines but excluded the management of the discipline from a general management perspective. The key outputs included the setting of multidisciplinary standards and targets and technical discipline leadership.I also project managed the mothballing of various plants and facilities in the Namaqualand operations leading to ultimately starting a process to ensure sustainability post closure which included development of oyster and abalone farms and various projects to proclaim the village. Show less

• Principal Electrical & Projects Engineer

  • Jan 2000 - 2008

  Principle engineer reporting to the consulting electrical and mechanical engineer responsible for the overall electrical function. The outputs included the identification of setting of strategy, new technologies, development of specifications and setting of standards, safety and accident investigations, talent management. Technical support to operational and projects departments.Key projects included Elizabeth Bay Mine new mine, Voorspoed new mine, Peace in Africa Vessel, Venetia Underground studies, Finsch Block 4, Cullinan C Cut and various innovation projects inclusive automated recovery plants and intertidal zone rapid deployment plants.Lastly during this time to get operational management experience, I was appointed as the engineering manager at the Oaks Mine in a part time capacity ( 1 day/week) Show less



De Beers Finsch Mine

• Engineering Manager and restructuring Project Manager

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

  Technically responsible for the implementation of asset management strategy within a underground mine. This included optimization of the automated truck loops and the implementation of a new surface control room for tip and loader remote operations. The second portion of this work was to project manage a entire mine restructuring inclusive various insource outsource decisions ultimately leading to a structured retrenchment and redeployment process to reduce the site overheads and meet profitability targets. During this process also managed and led the block 5 feasibility work inclusive of completing a decline to undertake sample drilling, Show less



Venetia Mine

• Italy
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Projects & Electrical Engineer

  • Aug 1995 - Nov 1999

  Started as the plant electrical foreman ( one of teh only graduate engineers allowed to take a trade route position) and post the ticket appointed as the Mine electrical and Services engineer responsible for both electrical ( power) and services functions which included the well fields, bussing and light vehicles and the village During this time also managed the field services function of the pit inclusive power supply, water and in pit electrical distribution. Key projects included overall ramp up to full production, revised course residue disposal system, Ultra dense separation plant, off channel storage dam, fuel management system and power management system. Role expanded to include the management of on mine capital projects which included the fleet changeout to hydraulic shovels and cat 785 fleet deployment. Show less