Copper Mine WA, Mine Copper WA, Australian Copper
The Board of Directors
Mr. Debu Bhattacharya
(Non-Executive Chairman)
Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee
Qualifications: Bachelor of Technology with Honours in Chemical Engineering
Mr Bhattacharya heads Aditya Birla Group's metals business and is the Managing Director of Hindalco Industries, the flagship company of Aditya Birla Group, with consolidated revenues of over US$14 billion. He is also the Vice Chairman of Novelis, the global leader in FRP aluminium space, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited.
Prior to assuming charge as the Managing Director of Hindalco Industries Limited, Mr Bhattacharya was the Managing Director of Indo Gulf Corporation Limited. Mr Bhattacharya is also the Chairman of Utkal Alumina International Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited; as well as director of Aditya Birla Management Corporation Limited, Birla Management Centre Services Limited, Dahej Harbour and Infrastructure Limited, another wholly owned subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, Minerals and Minerals Limited, Aditya Birla Power Company Limited and Aditya Birla Science and Technology Company Limited.
Prior to joining the Aditya Birla Group, Mr Bhattacharya spent close to 30 years with Unilever, where he held several key responsibilities and worked in several key roles for its Indian and overseas operations. He led the chemical business of Unilever in India before moving to the Aditya Birla Group in 1998.
Mr Bhattacharya is the recipient of the prestigious "India Business Leader of the Year Award (IBLA) 2005", and the much coveted "The Asia Corporate Citizen of the Year Award (ABLA) 2005". Mr Bhattacharya is also the recipient of the LEXI Award 2007 for Strategic & Leadership Excellence.
Dr. Sunil Kulwal
(CEO & Managing Director)
Qualifications: B.Com, Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Dr Kulwal is an experienced general manager having wide ranging career of over 25 years across various industries spanning from profit centre head responsibility, new project execution, strategy development and deployment for global business growth, and head of finance and commerce. He also has experience in supply chain management, sales and marketing, information technology management, taxation management and logistics management.
Professionally Dr Kulwal is a qualified Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. Through his experience in various industries, he has acquired significant working level technical expertise. He has track record of turning around industries through a participative management culture and providing strategic direction. He has presented various papers in international conferences and is a Chevening Scholar.
Dr Kulwal was previously Executive President of Grasim Industries Limited, Chemical Division, a company within the Global Aditya Birla Group, where, amongst the general duties imposed upon a chief executive, he was responsible for developing a US$900 million new Chemical Complex.
Mr. Mysore Prasanna
(Non-Executive Director) Member of the Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee
Qualifications: Bachelor of Science, Master of Law, Member of the International Bar Association and Vice Chair of the Corporate Council Forum
Mr Prasanna commenced his career as an independent counsel and began his corporate career with General Insurance Corporation of India and worked for over 27 years with organizations including Alfa Laval, Brook Bond India Limited and Larsen & Toubro Limited. Mr Prasanna joined the Aditya Birla Group as President, Corporate Legal Cell and has been instrumental in establishing the Corporate Legal Cell for the Aditya Birla Group. Mr Prasanna has also been a director of a number of other companies, including Birla Management Centre Services Ltd and Utkal Alumina International Ltd. Mr Prasanna was the Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee and is currently an adviser to the Managing Committee of Bombay Chamber and the Co-Chairperson of the Legal Affairs Committee of Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.
He is on the Advisory Board of Corporate Law Committee of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is also appointed by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre as an Arbitrator on its panel of Indian Arbitrators.
Mr Prasanna is also the recipient of the "Best In House Counsel" award by Asia Law, Hong Kong in 2005 and 2007. In November 2006, he was conferred the prestigious "National Law Day" Award by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India.
Dr. Suresh Bhargava
(Independent Non-Executive Director) Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee
Qualifications: Doctor of Philosphy (Applied Science): D.Sc (RU) & Fellow of Royal Australian Institute of Chemistry
Dr Bhargava is Professor and Chair of Industrial Chemistry at RMIT University. He is also Director of the Integrated Victorian XRD and Materials Characterisation Facility and the RMIT Vibrational Spectroscopy Facility, unique collaborative facilities established in alliance with other Victorian universities and major industry groups and with support from the Australian Research Council.
Dr Bhargava has more than 20 years of experience working with many Australian resource companies on various aspects of mineralogy and hydrometallurgy and environmental issues including technology development. He has worked on various projects with Alcoa, BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto (Comalco). Among many distinguished awards and achievements throughout his career, Dr Bhargava has received the 2006 Vice-Chancellors highest Award for Research Excellence, R K Murphy Award - the most coveted industrial chemistry award in Australia presented by Royal Australian Chemical Institute.
Mr. Maurice Anghie
(Independent Non-Executive Director) Chairman of the Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee
Qualifications: Bachelor of Business, Fellow Chartered Accountant, Fellow Certified Practising Accountant, Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors
Mr Anghie is an experienced, qualified professional possessing a range of commercial and financial skills. Having worked extensively in the listed corporate environment, he possesses legal, regulatory and governance expertise.
He has been an Audit and Corporate Finance Partner in many Chartered Accounting Firms for many years. He is currently an Independent Corporate consultant and a non-executive director of Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Limited.
Mr. Narayan Krishnan
(Independent Non-Executive Director) Member of the Audit, Compliance and Risk Committee and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee
Qualifications: Master of Science – Geoscience, Bachelor of Technology – Metallurgy (First Class), Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Mr Krishnan has amassed an extensive industrial career spanning a period of over 36 years in the field of non ferrous extractive metallurgy including operations management, technical development and process design. He has worked in various capacities during his career at MIM Holdings, Pasminco and more recently
as the group advisor metallurgy at WMC Resources Ltd, where the role included operations review, operations support, strategy input, technical advice to copper, nickel and fertiliser business and the management of external research projects. Mr Krishnan established a private technical consultancy firm, OM Metals Trust Pty Ltd, in 2004 and has been involved in providing high level technical advice and strategy input to large mining companies.
Mr. DILIP SINGH GAUR
(Non-Executive Director)
Qualifications: Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering
Mr. Gaur is a chemical engineer with more than 32 years experience in leadership positions in a cross section of Industries spanning Petroleum Refining, Petro chemicals, FMCG, speciality & Industrial chemicals, Fertilisers & Agriproducts, Nonferrous metals, oils & oleochemical etc in India, Malaysia & Egypt.
He heads the Copper Business of Hindalco as a Group Executive President. Prior to joining Aditya Birla Group, Mr. Gaur has worked with Hindustan Unilever for 24 years; he was a member of HUL's Foods Management committee. He was Managing Director of Aditya Birla Group's Carbon black business in Egypt – an Indo- Egyptian JV before moving to Hindalco. Mr. Gaur has demonstrated track record of building robust businesses, turning around fledging ones & delivering exceptional results under challenging conditions in a multi cultural – multi geographic context. Mr. Gaur has been on the Board of various companies & active member of several Industry bodies in India, Malaysia , Egypt including ABY's subsidiary, Birla Mt Gordon.
The Management Team
Mr. Umesh Goel
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Umesh Goel is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Secretary with Bachelor’s degree in Commerce. Mr. Goel has over 18 years of working experience both in India and abroad. For the last 16 years Mr. Goel worked in various positions with Aditya Birla Group in metals and mining sector including last seven years with Aditya Birla Minerals in Australia.
He has extensive experience in areas as Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Contract Management, Planning and Budgeting, Project Management & Strategy development.
Peter Patrick Torre
Company Secretary
Mr Torre is the Principal of the corporate advisory firm, Prospera Corporate. Prior to establishing Prospera Corporate, Mr Torre was a partner of an internationally affiliated firm of chartered accountants, working within its corporate services division for over 9 years where he also held the position of Chairman of the National Corporate Services Committee. Mr Torre is the company secretary of other public listed companies in Australia and is a Director of Carbine Resources Limited and ORT Limited.
Mr Torre holds a Bachelor of Business and is a Chartered Accountant, a Chartered Secretary and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Paul Kennedy
Head of Human Resources
Paul is the Head of Human Resources at Aditya Birla Minerals and is responsible for enabling the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives and culture through effective execution of human resource strategies and initiatives.
Paul has a Bachelor of Business – Curtin University, and a Diploma from the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Human Resources and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His experience includes General Manager People – Capricorn Society, Regional Manager People – Qantas Airways Limited, National Human Resource Manager – Integrated Group and Human Resources Operations Manager – Burswood International Resort Casino.
Vinh Phan
Head of Engineering & Project
Vinh is a qualified Mechanical Engineer with over 15 years experience in the Mining, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure and other heavy industries. He has extensive experience in Safety Management, Risk Management, Contract Management, Asset Management, Engineering and as a Project Manager on major projects spanning diverse locations across Australia.
Prior to joining Aditya Birla Minerals he spent the last 6 years at BHP Billiton Uranium, having departmental responsibility for a portfolio of brownfield improvement projects across the Olympic Dam asset. He brings to Aditya Birla Minerals his strong technical background and record of success in delivering programs across the Maintenance, Engineering and Project Development areas of his responsibilities.
To learn more about our credible copper production, copper exploration , copper mine in WA and QLD, copper mining, underground mining or copper investment opportunities, copper operations, contact Aditya Birla Minerals.
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