Senior Executive specializing in strategy development and implementation with key skills in technology transformation, innovation, leadership and cultural change for turnarounds, acquisitions and mergers. She values building relationships with all stakeholders to enable people to achieve outstanding results. Specialties: Innovation strategy and development, technology and digital transformation, mining and manufacturing with experience in iron ore, base metals, coal and gold mining, paper manufacturing and conversion, PVC manufacturing and conversion plus insights into FMCG and logistics. Strategy, Operations, Organisational Change, Leadership, Engineering, Asset Management, Project Development, Management and Delivery, Employee Relations, Stakeholder Relationship Development.

Alex was appointed as a non-executive director on July 14, 2018. Alex has over 25 years experience in the mining industry, including as a Geologist for Australian Consolidated Minerals, Mining Engineer for Mt Isa Mines Ltd, Underground/Airleg Miner for Plutonic Resources, Geotechnical Engineer for Placer Dome, Mining Engineer for Murchison United, Construction Project Engineer at Cairns Regional Council, Senior Mining Engineer for AMC Consultants, a District Inspector of Mines for the WA Department of Mines & Petroleum, Principal Mining Consultant for Optiro, Chief Advisor at Sustainability and Chief Operating Officer at PETRA Data Science. Alex is the founder of her own consultancy firm, Alex Atkins & Associates, which is focused on conformance (board assurance of technical and operational risk, mine approvals and compliance) and performance (digital transformation of mining). Alex holds two Bachelor of Engineering Degrees, from the University of Queensland and WA School of Mines, qualifying her as a Mining Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer and Geologist. She holds First Class Mine Manager’s Certificates for Western Australia and Queensland, has an MBA (Finance) from the Australian Institute of Business, is a graduate of the AICD and Chartered Professional Fellow of The AusIMM. Alex was one of 2018’s 100 Global Influential Women In Mining (WIMUK) and was inducted into the Western Australia Women’s Hall of Fame in 2019.

Kalev Ruberg has been active in the information systems arena for more than 40 years. As a BSc and Masters graduate from MIT, he studied at the Architecture Machine Lab (now the Media Lab). He continued his digital simulation research; first at the National Bureau of Standards (now NIST) in Washington DC and University of California Berkeley Labs, then at Georgia Tech as an assistant professor. In 1982 he joined Canada’s National Research Council in Ottawa as a Senior Research Scientist where he developed a number of machine learning algorithms in the artificial intelligence field. Joining IBM Global Services, he designed large machine learning and control systems for IBM Manufacturing and for clients worldwide. In 1998 he was appointed the CIO and Deputy Minister to the Finance Minister at the Government of Manitoba where he was responsible for the government’s Information Services. Subsequently, he led development at a B2B e-commerce company. and then as a VP at TELUS, he was responsible for Application Development and Business Development and for developing the IT strategy and offerings for TELUS’ Healthcare vertical. As the CIO and Executive General Manager for Information Services at Placer Dome, formerly the largest gold mining enterprise in the world, he led the restructuring of technology services worldwide. Kalev joined Teck in 2006 as Chief Information Officer and was appointed Vice President, Teck Digital Systems (TDS) in 2017. Kalev has been integral to the success of numerous important initiatives, including the consolidation of all digital systems into a single One Teck environment; the integration of information systems and operations technology; the introduction a new company-wide information systems and technology governance structure; and the operational deployment of machine learning and analytics. Most recently, he has been appointed Vice President, Future, and Chief Innovation Officer where he is responsible for building an innovation pipeline, leading Ideas at Work and continuing to manage important technology partnerships. Kalev has published more than 30 papers in proceedings and journals.

Jon is a renowned international mining and operational excellence leader, respected for his deep resources know-how and expertise, as well as his passion for positive change in the industry. Jon has led Proudfoot’s Global Natural Resources practice for the past three decades. Like all Proudfoot senior executives, he is hands-on and client-facing. From Canada, Chile, Mongolia and Kazakhstan to Australia, Jon works with our clients’ teams in Mining and Metals, Building and Construction Materials, Energy, and Oil and Gas. In all corners of the world, Jon helps companies to develop and deliver value across the price and lifecycle of their commodities and assets. Jon is a thought leader and sought-after speaker in operational excellence, productivity and change management, as well as a subject matter expert in the global resources industry.