First Quantum Announces Senior Leadership Appointments
01 Septiembre 2022 - 5:00AM
First Quantum Announces Senior Leadership Appointments
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum” or “the Company”)
(TSX: FM) announced today the appointment of Ryan MacWilliam as
Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and Rudi Badenhorst as Chief
Operating Officer (“COO”), effective September 1, 2022.
Mr. MacWilliam joined First Quantum in 2019 and
has been leading the business development and investor relations
functions. Prior to joining First Quantum, Mr. MacWilliam was the
CFO of Nevsun Resources, a Canadian base metals company, until its
acquisition by Zijin Mining. He was previously a founding member of
X2 Resources, a mining private equity fund. He has also held
finance and corporate development roles at Anglo American in the
copper, iron ore, and platinum divisions. Mr. MacWilliam holds a
Bachelor of Business Science with honors in Finance from the
University of Cape Town, a Chartered Financial Analyst designation,
and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business
School where he was a Baker Scholar.
Mr. Badenhorst joined First Quantum in 1996 for
the design, construction and commissioning of the Bwana Mkubwa
tailings project in Zambia. Since 2004, Mr. Badenhorst has held
General Manager positions at several of the Company’s operations,
including the Lonshi mine and Kolwezi tailings project in the
Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ravensthorpe nickel mine in
Australia, and the Sentinel and Kansanshi mines in Zambia. In 2019,
Mr. Badenhorst was promoted to Director, Operations where he has
been responsible for all Zambian operations and representing First
Quantum in discussions with the Government of Zambia. Mr.
Badenhorst holds a Higher Diploma of Extractive Metallurgy from the
Technicon Witwatersrand, now the University of Johannesburg, and
has completed the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD.
Tristan Pascall, Chief Executive Officer,
commented, “I am excited about the new senior leadership at First
Quantum. I have worked with Rudi for over 15 years and he embodies
much that is important in First Quantum’s culture and approach.
Over his 25 years at First Quantum, Rudi has led operations for us
all over the world, successfully tackling any number of operational
and stakeholder challenges. He is very well placed to provide
significant impetus to our production and optimization efforts in
the current challenging environment.”
Mr. Pascall further added, “Ryan brings a wealth
of capability to the CFO role. His breadth of mining industry
experience and proven track record means he is very well qualified
to help the Company achieve its ambitious targets and make the
right capital allocation decisions in the years ahead. I look
forward to working closely with Ryan and Rudi as we have the right
team in place to oversee the next stage of the Company’s
growth.”
After serving as First Quantum’s CFO for the
last 11 years, Hannes Meyer will remain with the Company to
continue to support the business.
“I want to thank Hannes for his leadership,
commitment and support,” said Mr. Pascall. “I am very grateful for
his sound financial management and considered leadership at First
Quantum for more than a decade. He has stewarded the Company’s
finances through challenging times and it is a reflection of his
efforts that he leaves the balance sheet in a much improved
position.”
For further information, visit our website at
www.first-quantum.com or contact:
Bonita To, Director, Investor Relations (416)
361-6400 Toll-free: 1 (888) 688-6577E-Mail: info@fqml.com
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