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Perth, Wa, Au

Perth, Australia

Consult on business strategy, marketing, acquisition and investments in mining, fertilizers and infrastructure sectors

Perth, Australia

Albany, Western Australia

Perth, Australia

Lead the Investment and Operations Evaluation department in the Iron Ore business unit which contributes to more than half of BHP Billiton Group bottomline.

Sao Paulo, Brazil

- Responsibility for identification and progression of business development opportunities such as acquisitions and joint verntures in all fertilizers (potash, phosphate and nitrogen) as well as strategic evaluation of assets and divestment.- Evaluation of alternatives on IPO of fertilizer business

Responsibility for potash business development, industry analysis as well as logistics, infrastructure and marketing for a Canadian potash project.- Short-listed rail and port logistics options for the Regina potash project in Canada and secured preliminary offers from potential operators. - Identified target markets, customers, products and volume for this project.- Advanced several business opportunities to their logical conclusion.

Responsibility to pursue growth opportunities in industrial minerals.- Identified and evaluated businesses worth several billions of dollars in bulk and other niche industrial minerals. Several opportunities were taken through due diligence. One was successfully negotiated.- Evaluated opportunities in platinum group metals.

Responsibility for evaluation of business opportunities and assisting in the approval process.- Evaluated several acquisition opportunities in Australia and overseas. Negotiated an overseas acquisition. - Built up the case for funding the selected growth projects.

Responsibility to fix gaps in infrastructure expansion programs, business improvement initiatives and monitoring progress on merger. - Identified bottlenecks in rail and port expansions and got several of them approved. Co-ordinated improvement of major technological upgrade project in rail transport network.- Reviewed progress and advised Managing Director on the progress of merging two businesses.

Responsible for fact-based on advice on the progress of the $120m/a cost savings program.- Rolled out information systems to track key performance indicators and savings. - Provided periodic updates and recommended timely corrective actions to the Executive Committee.- Quickly displaced expensive external consultants.

Responsible for updating on developments in iron & steel industry, acquisition targets, JV opportunities, negotiation support and large capital reviews.- Key team member in the A$3.5 billion acquisition bid for North Limited and the C$400 million bid for Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Income Fund. - Evaluated several acquisition targets, joint ventures and financing issues.- Contributed to strategic planning and decision making on asset write-down, hydroelectric power plant expansion and review of environmental projects in Canada.

Responsible for industry analysis, new business opportunities and capital project reviews. Also, overview of the Australia-China Business Council on behalf of the National President.- Key team member in the negotiations to merge the iron ore businesses of Rio Tinto and BHP valued at over A$15 billion. - Evaluated several other acquisition targets and JV opportunities around the world.- Worked on numerous projects covering a wide range of business issues: strategic planning, annual budgeting, cost analysis, analysis of sales decisions, capacity expansion, new product development and presentations to analysts. Often these involved review of major capital investments in power, rail, port and mining.- Reinvigorated the Australia-China Business Council through membership drive and liaison with Australian businesses and government departments.

Responsibility to complete projects on procurement and business process modelling. - Developed a strategy to reduce procurement costs that lead to appointment of implementation manager.- Modelled the entire business process to understand bottlenecks and for SAP implementation. It was also used by the CFO to enhance understanding of critical issues.

Identification of opportunities in manufacturing, chemical, mining or agriculture. - Undertook steps to modernise traditional family-owned cashew farm into an export-oriented business. - Achieved 50% return from investments in shares while the stock market index halved. A passing interest in stock market led to doing MBA course specialising in strategy and finance.

Responsible for modelling and optimisation at Nchanga Open Pit, one of the world’s largest open pits.- Optimised three new open pits with over 70 million tons per annum of material movement.- Re-organized planning operations to fully extract the benefits of computerisation.

Responsible for teaching and research. Member of Institute Library Administrative Committee.- Presented two conference papers on applications of computer in mining.- Introduced new course and research projects emphasising computer applications in mineral industry. - Taught students sponsored by the United Nations Development Program.

Responsible for operational improvements and introduction of computer applications in underground operations.- Introduced computer-assisted methods to analyse operational issues.

Volunteer in a Christian missionary organisation. - Worked in multicultural teams drawn from 50 nations lecturing on Christian faith in schools and universities around Europe.

Part-time teaching/research position focusing on resource estimation and environmental management.

Mba, Business Administration

M S, Mining Engineering

B. Tech, Mining Engineering