Grant Donald Email & Phone Number

Perth, WA, AU

West Perth, Western Australia, AU

- Executive committee member responsible for commercial activities, including Sales & Marketing, Corporate Development (inc. Exploration) and Legal- Establishing new commercial team to build the company’s commercial function covering Sales & Marketing, Corporate Development, Strategy (including lithium refining) and Procurement- Structured and negotiated.

London, Greater London, GB

- Member of the company's Battery Materials Senior Leadership Team, playing a leading role in establishing the Group’s battery materials and recycling ambitions- Building capabilities in lithium sales as a new business for the company, including all aspects of negotiating offtakes, book and go-to-market strategies, partnerships and downstream strategic.

London, Greater London, GB

- Establishing new global strategic marketing team of 25+ employees covering lithium, borates, titanium and metallics, including managing technical marketing programs and product stewardship- Developing commercial strategies for market/ product development and asset expansions- Responsible for commercial marketing input into business development, project.

London, Greater London, GB

- Asia lead managing international media and providing expert advice to the C-suite- Responsible for the development of media releases and issues management and providing media insights to management

London, Greater London, GB

- Managed Rio Tinto’s 340 million tonne iron ore sales book increasing profits by over $100m a year- Pioneered the change from ‘push’ to ‘pull’ supply strategy to maximise value rather than volume- Lead a team of ~25 with responsibility for the entire contract-to-cash process in Iron Ore delivering significant automation and simplification to eliminate.

London, Greater London, GB

- Investor Relations lead for investors in the Americas- Provided investor insights and feedback to management influencing ExCo/Board decisions- Arranged and attended over 100 investor meetings a year, as sole representative of Rio Tinto and accompanying and supporting members of the c-suite - Managed global production reporting and led the development of.

London, Greater London, GB

- Investor Relations Department: Key contact for investors and the analyst community as well as managing the release of financial and operational results as part of the regular reporting cycle.- Treasury Department: London lead on the $3-4bn project financing of the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia, one of the largest project financing transaction in metals.

Reading, Berkshire, GB

Completed strategic project examining shared services model and making recommendations for improving service provision and incentivising usage by product groups.

Houston, Texas, US

Worked in the corporate venture capital programme, carrying out valuation work to make recommendations on investment values to the portfolio manager as well as assisting in the development of metrics for portfolio management.

Edinburgh, GB

Specialised in equity capital market and M&A transactions alongside broader corporate advisory work. Advised on over a dozen IPOs and secondary issues on the London Stock Exchange and advised listed clients on legal and regulatory issues as well as providing general corporate advice.

Edinburgh, GB

During my training contract I gained broad legal experience across three areas by completing four 6 month rotations in Commercial Property, Commercial Contracts and Corporate (x2).

Mba With Distinction, Business

Llb Hons, Law

Mba Exchange, Business

Diploma, Legal Practice

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Exchange Semester