Evolution’s Mark Boon: “You can’t fall in love with a project – you’ve got to be clear about what you want to get out of it”. Image: Matt Ogg/Aspermont This was the message from Mark Boon, general manager of transformation and effectiveness at leading gold miner Evolution Mining, who emphasised purpose and effectiveness should be […]
Glen has more than 25 years’ experience within the gold sector and has held senior technical and management roles both in Australia and internationally. He has held previous roles of Executive Director, Geology and Corporate Development for Beadell Resources and Senior Vice President, Exploration and Chief Geoscientist at Kinross Gold. During Glen’s time at Kinross he led a workforce in excess of 200 people and built a world class exploration team across four continents. Glen and his team were responsible for a number of significant near-mine discoveries in Russia and Chile. Prior to Kinross, Glen was the General Manager Exploration for Bolnisi Gold where he became the lead geologist in the discovery and development of the Palmarejo silver-gold deposit in Mexico.
Fiona Murfitt is an accomplished senior executive and change agent who delivers operational experience with deep technical competency to lead change and improve business outcomes. She currently reports to the Executive Chair – Jake Klein at Evolution Mining as the Vice President of Sustainability overseeing the Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Social Responsibility portfolio.
Her career has focused on working within high-risk operations mainly within Oil & Gas and Mining, leading transformations for organisations such as Shell, DuPont and Viva Energy. She is passionate about Sustainability, underpinned by a genuine care for people and the communities in which they live. Fiona is known for creating trusted relationships and connects strategy with delivery to help unlock potential.
Fiona’s personal ambition is to help people go home better from work than how they arrived. This is anchored in her personal experience of a workplace fatality in her family – so her role is also a deeply personal one.
Fiona’s operational experience is supported by a comprehensive academic background which includes a Masters in Risk and Technology, Post grad qualification in Leadership and Transformation, and she has most recently qualified as an Executive Coach. She is also a published author in the areas of operational risk, contractor management and leadership.
Bob is a highly experienced mining engineer with more than 33 years industry experience in the minerals industry with the majority of these in the safe management of significant operations. Bob has experience across Australia and Africa in strategic leadership through corporate and operational roles, currently as the COO for Evolution Mining. Recent roles have included: COO of a major Australian Copper producer, CEO of a junior African Copper producer and as Asset President of the BHP Billiton Cannington Silver Lead Zinc operation.
Throughout his career Bob has traversed the Australian continent with periods in Africa and South America, his strive to continuous improvements operating and company performance through innovative solutions in safety, operations and profitability have delivered results across many minerals sectors.
Kirron joined Evolution in 2015 and is the General Manager of Business Development with responsibility for optimising Evolution’s portfolio of assets through mergers, acquisitions, partnerships and divestments. Since joining Evolution, Kirron has played a key role in the numerous transactions the company has completed to continuously improve the quality of its portfolio.
Kirron has over 15 years of experience in both investment banking and in-house corporate development roles for mining companies. Prior to joining Evolution, Kirron was in the corporate development team at ASX listed Lynas Corporation, one of the world’s only significant producers of rare earths outside of China. Kirron started his career in investment banking working at leading global independent investment bank Greenhill & Co as well as at Wilson HTM, a leading boutique corporate advisory firm in Australia.
Mr Freestone has more than 45 years’ experience in the petroleum and natural resources industry. He has a broad finance, corporate and commercial background obtained in Australia and internationally through senior finance positions with the Shell Group, Acacia Resources Limited and AngloGold Ashanti Limited.
Mr Freestone was the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary of Acacia Resources Limited from 1994 until 2001. From 2001 to 2009 he was a Non-Executive director of Lion Selection Limited, and from 2009 to 2011 he was a Non-Executive director of Catalpa Resources Limited, and Chaired their Audit Committees during that period.
Mr Freestone is a Non-Executive Director of Kasbah Resources Limited (appointed February 2017) a company with a tin project in Morocco, and Chairs its Remuneration and Audit Committees.
Mr Freestone was Chair of the Audit Committee from 2011 until June 2018 and remains a member of the Audit Committee and is a Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
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