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The highly experienced technical and financial team, has overseen 60+ mine builds and over US$200bn of mining sector transactions, and works in a close and collaborative manner with management teams to deliver optimal results

The Appian Team

KEIRAN WHITEFIELD

VP, Global Maintenance

DESCRIPTION

Keiran is Vice President of Global Maintenance at Appian. He is based in London and is responsible for overseeing all maintenance related matters on future and ongoing operations across Appian’s portfolio companies.

Keiran has a career spanning over 30 years across mining and resources sectors worldwide. Throughout the course of his operational and consulting career, he has gained an expertise in engineering, maintenance, project and general management while leading large, high performing teams across plant and open cut/underground mine operations in Australasia, Asia, North America and Africa.

Keiran has previously worked for BHP, Newmont, Freeport McMoran, Barrick Gold, MMG, First Quantum, as well as various small and mid-cap miners, in senior maintenance, engineering and management roles.  He recently spent several years working for an operational consulting firm carrying out site assessments, asset management improvement programs, project management of mine expansions, and training of mine site management teams.

Keiran has a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Monash University, Australia and a Master of Business Administration and Project Management from the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He has also completed the Queens Executive Program at Queens University, Canada.  He is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) with Engineers Australia and a qualified Organizational Coach with the Institute of Executive Coaching & Leadership (IECL) in Australia.  Keiran holds Australian & Canadian citizenship.

MICHAEL W. SCHERB

Founder and CEO

GUILLERMO KAELIN

Managing Partner

GRAHAM BROWN

Senior Operating Partner

PAUL HARVEY

Senior Operating Partner

WILLIAM LAMB

Senior Operating Partner

GRAEME DELL

Chief Operating Officer

MONICA PINTO

Chief Financial Officer

IGOR GONZALES

Chief Operating Officer (technical)

RICHARD JOHNSON

Global Head of Investor Relations

WINTA JARVIS

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

TIMOTHY MISTER

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ANTTI GRÖNLUND

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ALYSSA McANNEY

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IGNACIO BUSTAMANTE

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ALEX THOMPSON

COO, Base Metals

MILOS AMATI

CFO, Base Metals

SILVIO LIMA

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GEOFFREY COHEN

Senior Advisor North America

RICHY XIE

Head of China

K2 MAPASA

Head of Africa

RALPH PENNER

Director of Mining

KEN BRISEBOIS

Director, Mineral Evaluations

ADAM FISHER

Managing Director

YOHAN SANMUGAM

Principal

DAMIEN BRYANT

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

AUGUSTO CHUNG

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

PERCY CONDORI

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

TREVOR KRAWCHYK

Head of Continuous Improvement

RICHARD CLARK

Global Head of Specialty Materials and Processing

BENJAMIN MUSTON

Senior Vice President

JOSÉ MONTOYA

Senior Vice President, Latin America

JEAN LAFLEUR

Senior Consultant, North America

DAVID ALLISON

VP of Operations

CHRIS ANDERSON

VP of Tailings

KEIRAN WHITEFIELD

VP of Global Maintenance

MARCUS SCHOLZ

VP Mining

RICHARD HATCHER

Senior Geologist

DARREN PARSONS

Senior Geologist

HECTOR SALAS

Senior Geologist, Mexico

LUCAS SARTO

Project Management Officer

TIM O’DONNELL

Vice President

EMMA LEITH

Head of Sustainability, Base Metals

ANDREW TODD

Head of Communications

DEREK MARLOW

Senior Associate

JÃœRGEN UHLMANN

Senior Associate

AIMAN CHBARY

Senior Associate

STEFAN STROBELE

Senior Associate

VICTORIA TWEEDIE

Resource Geologist

MELODY DONG

Head of Commodity Research

NIKKI MIAO

Investment Associate

MAURICIO ELESPURU

Investment Associate

SEBASTIAN MACIAS BRANDES

Associate (Base Metals)

MARTIN BARAKSO

Investment Analyst

JASON SANTIXIS

Investment Analyst

NEESHAL RAO

Group Financial Controller

ABDUL OSMAN

Fund Controller

ADRIANO FAGUNDES

Director, ANRH Cooperatief U.A.

AMABELLE MORAS

Senior Finance Manager

JOSH HAYNES

Corporate Accountant

USHA SHAH

Accounts Payable Administrator

SANSKRITA MEHTA

Senior Accountant

OUTI NEVALA

Chief of Staff

MOYA WOODER

Office Manager

OLIVIA MCLAREN

Personal Assistant to the CEO

TOM DE NERT

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ROMINA ASTE

Executive Assistant

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Executive Assistant

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Executive Assistant

ALISON GORDON

Executive Assistant

SIMONA DIRVELYTE

Executive Assistant

BETHAN RICHARDS

Executive Assistant

MEGAN MAHLANGOVE

Administrative Assistant

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Executive Assistant

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Receptionist