Thomas (Tom) Penny Email & Phone Number

Over 35 years of world-wide investment evaluation, strategic investment portfolio decision-making, project management, corporate team leadership and consulting experience with capital-intensive major mining, infrastructure & transport investments.Track record in engineering, feasibility studies, project delivery, asset operation & maintenance, corporate finance team leadership & providing independent consulting advice globally - worked & lived in 7 countries on 5 continents.Led independent peer reviews of over 50 major mining projects / resource sector investments in multiple commodities around the globe for multiple senior mining/resource companies.Experience with a variety of project delivery strategies, project environments, commodities and challenges. Combined application of a unique blend of education in engineering, economics, languages, business management and corporate governance to a globally successful career.Managing Director of Pennywise Advisory Pty Ltd providing independent management consulting advice to the mining and resources sector. Principal Consultant leading independent investment/project reviews and providing executive decision-making advice assisted by a team of associated mining sector specialists.Example consulting assignments:1. Design & implementation of major change to organisational models, governance structures, capital investment processes and value assurance reviews for one of world’s major miners.2. Implementing industry leading investment evaluation standards & valuation processes for a global miner.3. Structured & managed process for strategic investment assessment & project configuration for a leading commodity producer’s portfolio of projects in ‘high-risk’ developing countries.4. Independent multi-disciplinary expert team review of all strategic, technical & commercial / valuation aspects of proposed major >$1B green-field underground base-metals mine.5. Detailed review of investment evaluation, as well as independent opinion for executive decision-makers regarding investment proposal, for major green-field mining projects.6. Providing one of world’s leading mining companies with corrective actions plans after a detailed independent assessment of project management and control effectiveness, capital cost estimating & forecasting performance of a mega >$4B green-field mine development under construction.7. Delivered courses on the Governance of Major Capital Investment for University of Sydney.

Listed skills include Mining, Coal, Minerals, Change Management, and 38 others.

• Independent Mining Sector Consultant

  Self Employed Consultant (Management)

  Apr 2011 - Present - Melbourne, Australia

  Providing management consulting advisory services (Pennywise Advisory Pty Ltd), including teams of independent experts, to help mining / resource sector clients:1. Establish organisational models, governance structures & business processes for capital investment definition, approval & delivery to assure successful shareholder value creation.2. Choose & advance the ‘best’ capital investment opportunities in their investment portfolio.3. Make the ‘right’ fully informed investment decisions based on analytical investment evaluation & truly independent peer reviews4. Keep projects on track to success while managing risks & assuring value.