Executive Committee members
The Minmetals Resources Limited (MMR) Board has delegated the management of day-to-day operations of the company to the Chief Executive Officer and senior management team, the Executive Committee.
The Executive Committee is also required to report regularly to the Board on the MMR’s performance and progress of key projects.
MMR’s Executive Committee members include:
Mr Andrew Michelmore, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Michelmore was appointed as an Executive Director and the CEO of MMR in December 2010. He is currently a member of MMR’s Safety, Health, Environment and Community Committee.
Mr Michelmore has been Managing Director and CEO of MMG from its formation in June 2009. He has and is currently serving as a Director of a number of subsidiaries of MMR and MMG. Mr Michelmore joined MMG after his tenure as CEO of Zinifex Limited (Zinifex) and then OZ Minerals Limited (OZ Minerals). He is a director of Century Aluminum Company (a company listed on the NASDAQ and the Iceland Stock Exchange). Prior to his role as the CEO of Zinifex, Mr Michelmore spent two years working in London and Russia as the CEO of En+ Group.
Mr Michelmore has more than 28 years experience in the metals and mining industry including 12 years at WMC Resources Limited, where he was the CEO and prior to that, held senior roles in that company’s nickel, gold, alumina, copper, uranium, and fertiliser businesses. Mr Michelmore holds a First Class Honours degree in Engineering (Chemical) from the University of Melbourne and a Master of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, the Institution of Engineers Australia and the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
Mr Michelmore is also Chairman of the International Zinc Association (IZA), Chairman of the Jean Hailes Foundation for Women’s Health, Chairman of the Council of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne and a member of the Minerals Council of Australia and the Business Council of Australia.
Mr David Lamont, Chief Financial Officer
Mr Lamont was appointed as an Executive Director and the CFO of MMR in December 2010.
He joined MMG as the CFO on its formation in June 2009 and was the CFO of OZ Minerals from October 2008. Mr Lamont has also served as a Director of a number of subsidiaries of MMR and MMG.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and was an Audit Supervisor at Deloitte Haskins and Sells before commencing a corporate career.
After progressing through a number of senior roles in the chemical and agricultural industries, he was appointed the CFO of Incitec Limited in 1999. Mr Lamont joined BHP Billiton in 2001 where he held a number of senior roles including the CFO of BHP Billiton’s Energy Coal and Carbon Steel Materials Groups. He joined OZ Minerals from PaperlinX Limited, where he had served as the CFO since 2006 and was appointed an Executive Director in February 2008, until his departure in September 2008.
Mr Michael Nossal, Executive General Manager - Business Development
Mr Nossal was appointed to the Executive Committee of MMR on 24 January 2011, following his appointment at MMG in January 2010 as the Executive General Manager – Business Development.
He is also a Director of a number of subsidiaries of MMR and MMG.
Prior to joining MMG, Mr Nossal was the Deputy CEO of En+ Group where he was responsible for corporate finance, strategy and business development and execution of key merger and acquisition projects.
Prior to En+, Mr Nossal was Executive General Manager Business Strategy & Development at WMC Resources Limited, where he was responsible for business development, corporate planning, exploration, technical research and project development.
Mr Nossal has also held senior roles at Normandy Mining Limited and Kenmare Resources Limited. Between these roles Mr Nossal spent several years in investment banking as Associate Director at Macquarie Corporate Finance where he worked in the resources team on public market mergers and acquisitions, project finance and mining asset sales and acquisitions.
Mr Nossal holds a Science degree from Monash University in Melbourne and a Masters of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Nord Gold NV.
Mr Steve Ryan, Executive General Manager - Exploration
Mr Ryan was appointed to the Executive Committee of MMR on 24 January 2011 in his capacity as the Executive General Manager for Exploration of MMR, a role he previously held at MMG. He is also a Director of a number of subsidiaries of MMR and MMG.
He has over 20 years international experience in the mineral exploration industry. Mr Ryan worked for the CRA/Rio Tinto Group, including: Country Exploration Manager positions in India, Papua New Guinea and Fiji; and geologist positions in Russia, Australia and other countries. Mr Ryan has held positions with Oxiana Limited as China Country Exploration Manager and OZ Minerals as Asia Exploration General Manager. He has also had three years in the venture capital industry as an Investment and Business Development Manager for an international venture capital group.
Mr Ryan has a degree in Geology and an MBA in International Business.
Mr Tim Scully, Executive General Manager - Business Support
Mr Scully was appointed to the Executive Committee of MMR on 24 January 2011 in his capacity as the Executive General Manager – Business Support for MMR, a role he previously held at MMG.
Prior to that, he joined OZ Minerals in November 2008. Mr Scully has experience in shared services, leadership development, talent management and succession planning and human resource systems and processes. Prior to joining OZ Minerals, Mr Scully was General Manager Organisation Development at Intrepid Mines. He was responsible for the development and roll-out of the human resources merger implementation plan through the merger of Emperor and Intrepid.
Prior to this role, Mr Scully was General Manager Organisation Development and Human Resources at Atlas Group Holdings and before that, General Manager – Human Resources at WMC Resources Limited, where he worked from 1989 to 2005.
Mr Marcelo Bastos, Chief Operating Officer
Mr Bastos was appointed to the Executive Committee of MMR on 28 June 2011 also in his capacity as the Chief Operating Officer of MMR with the responsibility for all mining operations.
Prior to this role, Mr Bastos was Chief Executive Officer of BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) from 2008 to 2011, and prior to that, President of BHP Billiton Nickel West.
Mr Bastos commenced his career at Vale based in Brazil and worked in a number of senior management positions across that company from 1985 to 2004. His more recent senior management roles at Vale included Director of Non-ferrous Operations and General Manager of Iron Ore Operations for Carajas Mines in Brazil.
Mr Bastos has 26 years of international mining experience in the iron ore, gold, copper, nickel, and coal sectors. He is a qualified Mechanical Engineer graduating from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), and also holds a Master of Business Administration in Management from Fundacao Dom Cabral (FDC-MG).
He has also trained at Columbia Business School and Kellogg School of Management in the United States, Cranfield Business School in the United Kingdom, and INSEAD in France. Mr Bastos has also been a member of the Western Australia Chamber of Mines and Energy, and was Vice President of the Queensland Resources Council for three years.
Mr Hao Chuanfu - President China Operations
Mr Hao was redesignated as the Vice Chairman and an Executive Director of MMR in December 2010, after being appointed an Executive Director and President in May 2008. He also is also a Director of a number of subsidiaries of MMR.
Mr Hao graduated from the University of International Business and Economics in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) with a degree of junior college in accounting. He is a certified public accountant in the PRC and has extensive experience in international business, financial management and corporate management. Mr Hao joined the China Minmetals Corporation (CMC) group in 1986 and has since been assigned to a number of departments and subsidiaries of CMC, both in the PRC and overseas.
In 1996, he was appointed the Section Chief of the Finance department of China Minmetals Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. (CMN). In 1998, he was appointed the assistant General Manager of CMN, and was promoted as the Deputy General Manager in 1999. From 2000 to 2001, he was the Assistant General Manager of China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Trading Group Corporation, and from 2001 to 2008, he held the position of General Manager of Minmetals North-Europe AB.
Mr Li Liangang - President Aluminium, including Sino Mining in Sydney
Mr Li was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of MMR in December 2009 and was redesignated as an Executive Director in December 2010.
He is the Chairman of Minmetals Aluminium Co. Ltd. and a Director and the President of Sino Mining International Limited, both subsidiaries of MMR. Mr Li is also a Director of other subsidiaries of MMR.
He holds a Bachelor in English language from the Normal College for Foreign Language of Beijing Union University in the PRC and has extensive experience in international business and the non-ferrous metals industry.
Mr Li joined the CMC Group in 1987. Since 1993, he has been assigned to various senior management positions with the subsidiaries of CMC in the PRC, Australia, Mexico and the USA.
In July 2008 and August 2009 respectively, Mr Li was a Non-Executive Director and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Sino Gold Mining Limited, a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (which was delisted on 16 December 2009) until his resignation on 4 December 2009.