Separation Team

He has been based in Australia for the past 25 years, and previously spent 12 years in Africa and an equal time in Europe. A period outside mining for Pilkington in Corporate Planning following his full-time MBA at London Business School gave him exposure to financial modelling and strategic planning across an international group. For the past two decades he has managed, and consulted on, numerous studies covering a wide range of commodities. A former Chair of the Perth AusIMM Branch, he wrote the first Chapter of the AusIMM “Cost Estimation Handbook, 2^nd Edition” drawing on his passion for developing Feasibility Studies. At Pensana, he has supported the metallurgical flowsheet development and helped push Value Engineering initiatives and Capital Cost interrogation on their behalf with their engineer, Wood.

Mike has a unique breadth of sector involvement and extensive depth of experience in the delivery of capital investments, from large scale urban regeneration through to the nuclear and defense sectors.

In Southern Africa, he worked predominantly with the major mining companies on development of new mining and beneficiation plant ventures and major upgrades.

Mike has held senior leadership and management roles in large scale complex programs, such as the London 2012 Olympics and the multibillion-Pound Palace of Westminster Restoration and renewals Program.

Specialisms are in framing client objectives into a focused and measurable delivery strategy, aligning delivery team’s goals to these objectives and managing client and stakeholder expectations as the delivery progresses.

A Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, Nigel has held senior project management positions with international engineering organisations, managing large white collar and blue collar delivery teams here in the UK and in Asia Pacific.

Project portfolios range from six figure brownfield modifications to upwards of $1B complex industrial capital investment schemes. Since returning to the UK from a five year assignment as SVP Australia in 2020, Nigel has been supporting Pensana Plc Salt End Rare Earth processing development through the early phases including site enabling works.

Leading project delivery teams in excess of 350 people, Mark has delivered a portfolio of chemical related projects with a specific emphasis on the fabrication, construction and commissioning phases of the scopes, including the day-to-day management of the contractor and associated sub-contractors to meet the projects metrics of safety, cost, schedule and quality.