Mr Andrew Michelmore, Chief Executive Officer
Mr Michelmore commenced with MMG as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on 17 June 2009 after his tenure as CEO of Zinifex and then OZ Minerals. Prior to this he spent two years working in London and Russia as Chief Executive Officer of EN+ Group. Mr Michelmore has more than 28 years experience in the metals and mining industry. He spent 12 years at WMC where he was CEO and prior to that, held senior roles in the company's nickel, gold, alumina, coppers, uranium, and fertilizer businesses.
Mr Michelmore 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 Chairman of The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health and Chairman of the Council of Ormond College at The University of Melbourne. He is also a member of the Minerals Council of Australia and a member of the Business Council of Australia.
Mr Mark Liu, Executive Director
Mark Liu joined the China Minmetals group in 2001 and has held various senior management positions in Australia and the USA. In August 2008, Mark was appointed a Vice President of Minmetals Resources Ltd, a Hong Kong listed company, and has also served as a director of two subsidiaries and one jointly-controlled company.
Mark has extensive experience in banking and finance, international business, and project development and management. Mark has held senior management positions in both commercial and investment banking in Australia from 1981 - 1995.
Mr David Lamont, Chief Financial Officer
David Lamont joined MMG on its formation in June 2009, he had previously joined OZ Minerals in October 2008. Mr Lamont is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants 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, David was appointed Chief Financial Officer at Incitec Limited in 1999.
David joined BHP Billiton in 2001 where he held a number of senior roles including Chief Financial Officer of BHP Billiton’s Energy Coal and Carbon Steel Materials Groups. David joined OZ Minerals from PaperlinX Ltd, where he served as Chief Financial Officer since 2006 and was appointed an Executive Director in February 2008.
Mr Brett Fletcher, Chief Operating Officer
Brett Fletcher joined MMG on its formation in June 2009, and he was previously appointed Chief Operating Officer of Zinifex in April 2007. Mr Fletcher commenced his career in the mining industry in 1989 at Broken Hill, New South Wales where as a qualified mining engineer he held various technical and management roles. For the last seven years Mr Fletcher has held general manager positions at Rosebery Mine, Century Mine and Hobart Smelter.
Mr Mike Nossal, Executive General Manager - Business Development
Mike Nossal joined MMG in January 2010. Prior to joining MMG, Mr Nossal was 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. Before joining the resources industry Mr Nossal was 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.
Mr Steve Ryan, Executive General Manager - Exploration
Steve Ryan has over 20 years international experience in the mineral exploration industry. Mr Ryan worked for the CRA / Rio Tinto Group, including in Country Exploration Manager positions in India, Papua New Guinea and Fiji and geologist positions in Russia, Australia and other countries. Mr Ryan worked for Oxiana in Asia Exploration General Manager and China Country Exploration Manager positions and also had three years in the venture capital industry as an Investment & Business Development Manager for an international venture capital group. Mr Ryan has degrees in Geology and an MBA in international business.
Mr Tim Scully, Executive General Manager - Business Support
Tim Scully joined MMG on its formation in June 2009, and had previously joined OZ Minerals in November 2008. Mr Scully has experience in leadership development, talent management and succession planning and HR systems and processes. Prior to joining OZ Minerals Mr Scully was General Manager Organisation Development at Intrepid Mines where he was responsible for the development and roll out of the HR merger implementation plan through the merger of Emperor and Intrepid to achieve the benefits attributed to the merger. Prior to that he was General Manager Organisation Development and Human Resources at Atlas Group Holdings and before that General Manager – Human Resources at WMC Resources Ltd where he worked from 1989 to 2005.