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We represent a group of senior professionals who
jointly have over 750 years of experience in
the upstream aluminium industry (bauxite, alumina, smelting and power). Many are world-renowned and the names will speak for
themselves.
Follow the links below for a brief résumé of the consultants.
- A Michael Barr, Alumina
Process Engineer
- Alistair G. Beck, Principal
Bauxite Consultant
- Lynn Blankenship, Senior
Chemist
- Dr. Neil Bliss, Consulting Geologist
- Anton Brooks, Power Station Management
- Marjorie Brooks, Health Risk Management
- Douglas Burns, International
Legal Consultant
- Dr. David R. Chinloy,
Process Consultant
- Bernard L. Cousineau, Gen. Mgmt.
Bauxite & Alumina Operations
- Puneet Dhanda, Business
Development
- Paul H. Dixon, Bayer Process
Design
- David C.W. Donaldson, Shipping Co. Mgmt. & Chartering
- B.J. Foster, Alumina Technology
& Engineering
- Phillip Fournet,
Environmental - Aluminum & Chemicals
- Brian Gallagher, Supply Chain Management
- Richard C. Gayle, ISO
Implementation & Technical Mgmt.
- Frans Maas Geesteranus,
Maintenance Management
- Chris Hendriks, Process
Design & Operations
- Bryan Hiscox, Bayer Process Design
- Richard K. Holzwarth, Industrial Process
Modelling
- Michael Kawczak, Project & Engineering
Services
- Clermont Le Breton, Human
Resources Advisor
- Frank McGravie, Smelter
Technology & Management
- John D. McLean, M&A,
Marketing, Management, Strategy
- Dr. W.B. O'Callaghan, Scientist /
Technical Consultant
- Bryan S. Osborne, Consulting Geologist
- Ian W. Porteous, Technology &
Operations Management
- Brian Sawyer, Strategic Planning &
Operations Mgmt (smelters, alumina & bauxite)
- Eduardo Spalding,
Management Consultant, Project Director
- Dr. Kwat The, Bayer Process Research Chemist
- John Warringer, Power Generation Consultant
Short-Form Resumes
A. Michael Barr - Alumina Process Engineer
Career Profile: Broad international involvement for 31 years in the alumina industry with emphasis on process engineering. Positions include technical specialist, technical manager, process control superintendent, senior process engineer, production superintendent and process engineer. Expertise spans bauxite resources, digestion, clarification, filtration, and precipitation areas of alumina refining.
Major Accomplishments:
| Assisted with the startup of Gramercy Double Digest process and new precipitation unit at Kaiser's Gramercy refinery |
| Participated in and expansion and quality improvement study for Alpart Precipitation. |
| Completed an expansion study for Gramercy Precipitation |
| Technical Manager for the Bayer Plant responsible for process control and environmental sections |
| Technical Manager of the plant producing active aluminas, specialty calcines, tabular alumina, and pseudo
boehmite
aluminas. |
| Process Control Superintendent for the Bayer Plant, overseeing the process engineers and the control lab. |
Employment History:
| 2003- Consultant, associate of Aluminpro |
| 2000-2002 Technical Specialist, Kaiser Aluminum Gramercy, LA |
| 1995-2000 Process Engineering, Kaiser Alumina Technical Services |
| 1993-1995 Technical Manager, Alpart Alumina Plant, Jamaica W.I. |
| 1989-1993 Senior Process Engineer, Alpart Alumina Plant. |
| 1987-1989 Technical Manager, Kaiser Specialty Alumina Plant |
| 1983-1987 Senior Process Engineer,Specialty Alumina Plant. |
| 1976-1983 Process Control Superintendent , Gramercy Alumina |
| 1973-1976 Senior Process Engineer, Alpart Alumina Plant |
| 1970-1973 Process Engineer, Kaiser Aluminium Fluoride Plant |
Education:
| BS Chemical Engineering, University of Texas (1964) |
| Various management development courses. |
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Alistair G. Beck - Principal
Bauxite Consultant
Career Profile: With 36 years in the industry, he has wide experience as managing director, operations
manager and mine planner of various bauxite operations, including negotiation
of: ore sales and key purchases; environmental and operating approvals from
government, NGOs and labour unions.
Major Accomplishments:
| Development of a new 2.5 million tonne per year bauxite mine |
| Obtained environmental, operations and mine planning approvals from
Government and environmental groups for that mine. |
| As Director General, increased CBG bauxite production 15% while reducing
costs 30%. |
| Chairman of CBG Commercial Committee responsible for negotiating new terms
between Government and consortium members for 20 year bauxite contract
extension. |
| As Managing Director of Johore Mining, doubled revenues with a 50% cost
reduction, while developing new markets and refractory products. |
Employment History:
| 1999- Consultant |
| 1995-1998 General Manager Operations & External Relations, Alcan
South Pacific |
| 1990-1995 Senior Consultant, Alcan Aluminium Ltd. |
| 1987-1989 Director General, Compagnie des Bauxites de Guineé |
| 1984-1986 Planning Officer, Raw Materials, Alcan |
| 1977-1983 Managing Director, Johore Mining & Stevedoring |
| 1973-1976 Senior Project Engineer, Alcan Smelters & Chemicals |
| 1971-1972 Mine & Quarry Supt., Alcan Jamaica |
| 1963-1970 Deputy Manager from Project Engineer, Demerara Bauxite
Co., Guyana |
Education:
| AMP Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard
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| B.Eng. (Civil) Canterbury College, University of New Zealand |
| English - fluent, French - fair |
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Lynn Blankenship - Senior
Chemist
Career Profile: More than 26 years laboratory experience "on the bench" as well as supervising/directing. Over 25 years of experience in the alumina industry with Kaiser Aluminum in Gramercy and Baton Rouge including short term assignments at Alpart - Jamaica, Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company (KJBC), Queensland Alumina (QAL) and Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI). Last position held prior to retirement was Senior Development Chemist of Kaiser's Development Laboratory in
Gramercy. At one time held the position of QA/QC Laboratory Supervisor at Gramercy. Started alumina career in 1977 and progressed through the ranks from Laboratory Technician to Senior Development Chemist.
Major Accomplishments:
| Responsible for analytical portion of Kaiser's "40-year mining plan" which began in 1977. This included training and supervising lab techs in "wet" and instrumental analysis, day-to-day management of project, and data-basing/reporting results. |
| Responsible for on-site lab testing of "Double Digest" design prior to Gramercy rebuild/restart. This included "mono" and "tri" digest schemes, red mud settling, product quality expectations, wet oxidation, extraction efficiency, etc. |
| Acted as liaison between domestic and foreign laboratories including Alpart, KJBC, QAL and JBI. Also audited laboratories for sampling, analytical method compliance, training and
cross-training, as well as scheduled round robin audits. |
| Responsible for preparation of documentation and training for Gramercy QA/QC Laboratory's ISO 9002 certification in 1994. |
| Responsible for the development, training and documentation of new methods of analysis employing state-of-the-art instrumentation such as Flame AAS, UV/Vis, Auto-titrators, Carbon Analyzers, Particle Size Analyzers, BET Surface Area Analyzers and Stirred High-temperature/High Pressure Reactors. |
| Worked on numerous projects over the years to solve production and quality problems. Examples: oxygen injection into liquor stream (wet oxidation), humate removal, liquor purity by control of trace metals, desilication, etc |
| Developed and implemented method to remove color from aluminum sulfate solutions for Kaiser customers.
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Employment History:
| 2003- Consultant, associate of Aluminpro |
| 1996-2002 Senior Development Chemist, Kaiser, Gramercy |
| 1994-1996 QA/QC Laboratory Supervisor - Gramercy |
| 1986-1994 Development Chemist - Gramercy |
| 1977-1986 Laboratory Technician, Development Lab - Baton Rouge Alumina |
Education:
| B.Sc. Industrial Technology, Louisiana State University |
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Dr. Neil Bliss - Consulting Geologist
Career Profile: Consulting geologist with 40 years of experience,
predominantly with bauxite. Familiar with almost every economic bauxite deposit
in the world. He has worked closely with research staff on bauxite
characterization, and with counterparts in many companies to provide technical
advice to major export bauxite mines. He has been responsible for defining
exploration programmes.
Major Accomplishments:
| In conjunction with research centres, established programmes to
investigate the geology, mineralogy and behaviour of bauxite (particularly
in relation to the Bayer process) in what came to be known as bauxite
characterization. |
| Aided MRN at Trombetas to establish the validity of changing the
exploration method from pitting to auger drilling while ensuring
compatibility of results. |
| Key member of MRN technical committee for 12 years. |
| Key member of CBG technical committee for many years, including chairman
for 4 years and Halco rep more recently. Continually involved for 20 years
in this the most complicated bauxite mine in the world: floor definition,
grade control, reserve and resource definition with different analytical
data populations as exploration and analytical methods changed. |
| Responsible, in conjunction with Comalco, for defining the technical side
of the Ely exploration programme in Cape York. |
| Has worked with or visited bauxite deposits in many parts of the world,
including Guyana, Ghana, India (east & west coasts), Surinam, China,
Vietnam and Russia. |
Employment History:
| 1997- Consulting
Geologist. |
| 1978-1997 Chief Geologist, Alcan International |
| 1973-1978 Geologist, Alcan International |
| 1969-1973 McGill University |
| 1959-1969 Field, Regional & Economic Geologist, Rhodesia |
| 1956-1959 Cominco, Sullivan Mine B.C., Con Mine N.W.T |
Education:
| Ph.D Geology, McGill |
| MSc. Geology, McGill |
| MA (Cantab) |
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Anton Brooks - Power Station Management
Career Profile: 45 years experience in engineering, primarily in power
station maintenance, operations and construction. His specialty is as a
trouble shooter investigating major equipment failures and plant shortfall problems. The period with Rolls Royce gave him valuable experience
controlling a large global work force and managing a £400 million project budget successfully. He has expertise in
fossil fuel supply and electricity contract negotiations.
Major Accomplishments:
| Responsible for all aspects and profitability of a 390MW coal
fired power station that supplied electricity to Lynemouth Smelter. Developed a profitable business selling electricity to the local area board. Negotiated electricity purchases for all Alcan UK
downstream companies. |
| Audit leader for the Aughinish, Vaudreuil and QAL Power Stations. |
| Clean Coal technology, pre-feasibility study carried out for TNEI. |
| Organized an International Power Station technology conference. |
| Due diligence of a large UK surplus power plant for
Coal Pro. |
| Lead technical consultant for the Élan straw burning Power Station in UK. |
| Advised a number of companies on electricity supply tariffs. |
| Management of major projects in Singapore, Indonesia,
India and Pakistan, ranging from conventional steam turbines to combined cycle gas
turbines. |
Employment History:
| 1997- Partner, Brooks Associates. Consulting Engineer
to the electricity industry. |
| 1996-1997
Director Power Station construction, Rolls Royce (Parsons) Power Generation Systems Ltd. |
| 1984-1996 Power Station Director and previous, including Maintenance Manager,
Alcan Lynemouth. |
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1970-1984 Recruited for the initial commissioning of Lynemouth Power,
British Alcan. |
| 1961-1970 Head of Control and Instrumentation Dept. at the 2000 Mw
Ferrybridge Power Station, and worked at other power stations, Central
Electricity Generating Board. |
Education:
| Chartered Engineer. |
| Fellow of the Institute of Measurement and Control. |
| BSc (Hons.) Electronics & Maths, Post HNC control systems, HNC Electrical. |
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Marjorie Brooks - Health Risk Management
Career Profile: 36 years experience in Health and Environment, initially
with the Military, moving into the public and private sectors, including 21 years experience in high risk, continuous process industries with British
and International Companies. Her expertise is in Environmental Health and Safety
Management within the Aluminium, Chemical and Energy sectors. Special
interest in small business management.
Major Accomplishments:
| Report coordinator for QAL Power plant audit and various projects. |
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Due diligence team for large UK surplus power plant for CoalPro. |
| Professional Development Director for AOHNP and member of working group producing a Quality document endorsed by
British Department of Health. |
| Developed own consultancy and established a client list inc.; Proctor and Gamble, Synpac
Pharmaceuticals, BT, GD Searle, British Alcan. |
| Team member of AOHNP working group producing a Quality document endorsed by
British Department of Health. |
| Planned targets for Health and Safety legislation for specific business at
reduced costs. |
| Transformed Lynemouth's traditional Occupational Health department into proactive
service. |
Employment History:
| 1997- Brooks Associates Partner
responsible for, Environmental Health and Safety Management advice to clients. |
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1996-2000 AOHNP Professional Development Director |
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1983-1997 Atkinson Brooks Cares. Developed own consultancy service. |
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1979-1983 British Alcan, providing Occupational Health to 1150 employees. |
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1977-1979 BNA Occupational Health Nursing and seconded to Pharmacia [GB],
gaining marketing & advertising experience |
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1969-1976 NHS, Newcastle upon Tyne, included positions in the Community, Operating Theatres, A/E Department and finally Clinical Teacher [Surgical]. |
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1965-1969 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corp. Student Nurse training in England, Singapore and Germany. |
Education:
| BSc. (Hons.) Technology and Environment |
| Occupational Health Nurse Certificate, |
| Registered Clinical Nurse Tutor, Registered General Nurse. |
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Douglas Burns - International Legal
Consultant
Career Profile: A lawyer with 31 years experience in government and corporate international law, including 25 years in the aluminium industry as counsel to a major bauxite mining consortium associating most of the principal North American and European aluminium producers and operating in sub-Saharan Africa. Also served as Financial Vice President and Treasurer of this consortium. Carried out various international consulting assignments in the developing world.
Major Accomplishments:
| Negotiated and drafted consortium agreements, concession agreements, off-take contracts, engineering and supply contracts. |
| Managed litigation involving the mining venture, including successful arbitrations before the ICC and the
LCIA. |
| Negotiated tax controversies, revenue splits and infrastructure use agreements with the Government of Guinea. |
| Negotiated financing agreements, including a $US 180 million credit agreement with an international consortium of lenders and a $US 112 million concessional financing with the African Development Bank. |
| Completed legal consulting assignments in Francophone Africa under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development. |
Employment History:
| 2001- Associate, Aluminpro |
| 1998-2001 Contract Director, Cohen & Grigsby, P.C., Pittsburgh |
| 1991-1998 Private International Legal Consultant, Pittsburgh |
| 1976-1990 General Counsel, Halco (Mining) Inc., Pittsburgh (Vice President, 1982-1990; Treasurer, 1982-1985) |
| 1974-1976 International Attorney, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh |
| 1970-1974 Deputy Assistant Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Washington |
| 1965-1970 Associate Attorney, Barnes, Hickam, Pantzer & Boyd, Indianapolis
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Education:
| J.D., Harvard Law School (1965) |
| Diplôme des Hautes Etudes Européennes, Univ. de Strasbourg (1962) |
| English/French - fluent; |
| Spanish - good; Portuguese/German/Russian - fair
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Colin J. Campbell - Refinery Operations Improvement &
Commissioning
Career Profile: Extensive, hands-on operational experience in alumina
refineries. Played a leading role in both the start-up of a new refinery and the
largest refinery expansion to date. Responsible for the debottlenecking of existing facilities. Achieves a constant high refinery operating-factor through
personnel training and the re-engineering of maintenance management practices. Works alongside operators, process engineers and front line
supervisors to improve plant reliability and reach production targets.
Major Accomplishments:
| Conceptual design, detailed engineering, construction project management and commissioning of the Bauxite Grinding, Desilication, Digestion & Lime-Slaking facilities for Worsley's recent $1 billion refinery expansion. |
| Leadership of the Operations Interface Team responsible for executing all piping, mechanical and electrical tie-ins between existing units and the new
units of the Worsley expansion project. This task was executed with no production losses. |
| Participation in the commissioning team for the Worsley refinery in 1984. As
Production Superintendent of bauxite grinding and digestion, increased the throughput of these facilities by more than 50%. |
| Development of operator training programs and the improvement of maintenance management procedures. |
| Participation in a senior management team that re-engineered the financial
management system, integrating refinery capital works, budgeting and cash flow
requirements. |
Employment History:
| 2001- Associate, Aluminpro |
| 1983-2000 Team Leader expansion start-up, Expansion Design Engineer and Production Superintendent, WAPL (Reynolds), Worsley, Australia. |
| 1981-1982 Production Superintendent, Rio Algom, Canada |
| 1979-1980 Production Supervisor, Nabalco (Alusuisse), Gove, Australia |
| 1970-1978 Crushing & Ship-loading Foreman, BHP, Australia |
Education:
| BA (Honours) The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada |
| Project design, quality management and computer courses |
| English – fluent, French – was fluent, needs refresher course
(Prepared to learn new languages as demanded by specific assignments)
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Interested in 3-month to 3-year assignments
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Dr. David R. Chinloy - Process
Consultant
Career Profile: With over twenty years in the bauxite-alumina industry, Dr. David Chinloy has wide experience in plant operations, process control, cost
minimization strategies, energy reduction and computer applications. Having spent one-half of his career in research and development and the other half in operations, David has a deep understanding of the Bayer process technology, particularly bauxite extraction, desilication, lime chemistry, heat exchange, solid-liquid
separation and impurity removal systems.
Major Accomplishments:
| Worsley expansion. Start-up and commissioning of organics removal system. |
| QAL expansion. Led process engineering conceptual design of red-side. |
| Kirkvine, Jamaica. Led technical team which successfully debottlenecked
the process, resulting in production increases of 3 % / year coupled with
20% manpower reduction. |
| Start-up of dry mud stacking at Ewarton, Jamaica. |
| Development of wet mud stacking technology for Kirkvine Works for tailing disposal, including deep thickeners, disposal pumps and lines, pond water return, and water balance. |
| Development of oxalate removal system from bench through pilot and on to
industrial scale. |
| Conceived and demonstrated pressure decantation of digested mud slurries using synthetic flocculants. |
| Co-author of double digest patent, based on pressure decanter, to minimize bauxite and energy consumption. |
| Author or co-author of 4 US patents. |
Employment History:
| 2001 Associate, Aluminpro |
| 2000 Process Consultant, T
& R / Worley Limited, Australia |
| 1999 Process Consultant, Queensland Alumina Ltd., Australia |
| 1996-1999 Refinery Co-Manager Technical, Kirkvine, Jamaica |
| 1993-1996 Senior Scientist, Alcan International Ltd. |
| 1990-1993 Chief Chemist, Alcan Jamaica Company |
| 1984-1990 Process Consultant, Alcan Jamaica Company |
| 1981-1984 Scientist, Alcan International Ltd. |
| 1976-1981 Senior Engineer/Process Engineer, Alcan Jamaica |
Education:
| Ph. D. - Chemical Engineering, Princeton |
| M. A. - Chemical Engineering, Princeton |
| B. Sc. (1st Class Honours) - Chemical Engineering, Birmingham |
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Bernard L. Cousineau - Gen.
Mngt. Bauxite & Alumina Operations
Career Profile: Chief Executive Officer / General Manager with a
consistent record of major step change improvements . International experience
in mining and manufacturing, with strong focus on government and customer
relations gained over a 30 year career in the industry.
Major Accomplishments:
| Developed and led the implementation of a comprehensive Business Plan,
resulting in a 20% reduction in labour costs. Major improvements made to key
success factors such as safety performance, environmental compliance,
product quality and overall production cost. |
| Brought government leaders, union leaders and heads of industry together
to develop and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the objective of
making the bauxite and alumina industry of Jamaica a world class competitor. |
| Restructured the organization, removing two layers while increasing plant
output beyond design capacity (a 70% productivity improvement over 4 years). |
Employment History:
| 2000- Vice President and
Director of Aluminpro |
| 1994-1999 President & Chief Executive Officer, Alcan Jamaica |
| 1993-1994 President & Chief Operating Officer, Alcan Jamaica |
| 1987-1993 Plant Manager, Aughinish Alumina Ltd. |
| 1984-1987 Director of Operations, Vaudreuil Alumina, Alcan |
| 1981-1984 Alumina Plant Superintendant |
| 1978-1981 Alumina Plant Asst. Superintendant |
| 1970-1978 Various Engineering positions, Vaudreuil & Jamaica |
Education:
| Honours B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Queens University |
| Management Development, AMA North America, CEI Geneva, CMD Caribbean. |
| English/French - fluent. |
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Puneet Dhanda - Business
Development
Career Profile: Broad involvement in the upstream aluminium business, with an emphasis on the Middle East region. Experience is primarily related to business development and includes marketing, trading and business financing. Acquired an in-depth knowledge of alumina and aluminium trade flows in Asia and the Middle East.
Major Accomplishments:
| Developed a significant role in facilitating trade in the upstream aluminium business of the Middle East region. Activities included alumina and aluminium marketing and trading, Goa Carbon's first export of Calcined petroleum coke to Iran and a large alumina contract between Russia and India. |
| Established a significant position in facilitating trade financing. Activities include Clearing Rupee payment to Goa Carbon for Calcined Petroleum Coke export to Russia and to Nalco for alumina export also to Russia. Also facilitated India's first Escrow Dollar payment to Hindalco for metal exports. |
| Negotiated and executed first, and subsequently numerous LME Aluminium Option contracts both for Nalco and Hindalco - "Calls" bought in conjunction with fixed price contracts so as to increase premium on the physical leg. |
| Coordinated and assisted in execution of counter-trade between Government of India (State Trading Corporation Ltd.) and United Technologies U.S.A. against supply of Pratt & Whitney engines supplied with Airbus Industries aircraft to Air India. |
| Provided for Billiton over a 5-year period the local co-ordination of an extensive business development activity, involving a bauxite mining / alumina refining project in India. |
Employment History:
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2002-
Associate, Aluminpro
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1996-
Representative of Hydro Aluminium for Asia and the Middle East. |
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1992-
Representative of Greficomex-Eurogrefi S.A., Paris |
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1996-2001 Representative of Billiton Aluminium for India. |
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1994-1996 Representative of Billiton Marketing & Trading for India. |
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1991-1994 Representative of Trans-World Aluminium for Asia. |
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1986-1991 Representative for Exsud Limited, London and Sural C.A., Venezuela for Asia.
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Education:
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Bachelor of Commerce, University of Delhi. |
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Various Metal Hedging and management development courses. |
| English/Hindi-
fluent |
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Paul H. Dixon - Bayer Process
Design
Career Profile: Paul has over 30 years experience in the alumina business, having worked with Alcan Group companies in Jamaica, Ireland, Australia and Canada until his retirement in December 2001. His expertise is in Bayer process technology. He has particular experience in the selection of technology and the choice of equipment to bring about optimization of the process plant. He also has much experience reviewing the options for brownfield and greenfield project opportunities.
Major Accomplishments:
| Led in-depth review of Alcan's Canadian alumina business to identify options for bauxite sourcing, process technologies and production tonnage. |
| Led technology selection and process engineering for brownfield projects of alumina refineries in Brazil, India, Jamaica and USA. |
| Responsible for selection of process technologies and preparation of process engineering documentation for the detailed feasibility study phase of the greenfield UTKAL project, India and thereafter supported UTKAL in the review of the scope of all parts of the project in order to freeze same prior to project approval. |
| Responsible for selection of process technologies for the DFR phase of the Weipa Alumina Plant, for the preparation of process engineering documentation, estimation of operating costs and plans for training and start-up of the plant. |
| At Aughinish Alumina was responsible for process development, capital expenditure planning, project engineering, laboratory, safety and environmental groups and the establishment of an occupational health programme.
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Employment History:
| 2003- Consultant, associate of Aluminpro |
| 2001-2002 Senior alumina consultant, Alcan International Ltd. |
| 1999-2001 Process Engineering Manager, Co-operation agreement between Alcan International Ltd. & SNC-Lavalin Inc., Montreal |
| 1992-1999 Senior alumina consultant, Alcan International Ltd. |
| 1990-1992 Process Engineering Manager, Weipa Alumina Project, Australia |
| 1981-1990 Technical Manager from process consultant, Aughinish Alumina Ltd., Ireland |
| 1978-1981 Process consultant, Alcan International Ltd. |
| 1968-1978 Process consultant from process engineer, Alcan Jamaica Company |
| 1962-1968 Process engineer, B.P. Chemicals Ltd., Scotland |
Education:
| B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, King's College, University of Durham |
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David C.W. Donaldson
- Shipping Co. Management & Chartering
Career Profile: As a former president of Alcan Shipping Services, he
brings a wealth of ocean transport experience gained over 40 years,
from Senior Officer to Chartering Manager to overall responsibility for Alcan's
ice-fleet.
Major Accomplishments:
| Responsible for freight management of 8 to 10 million tonnes of raw
materials, including bauxite, alumina, caustic soda, petroleum coke, pitch
and fluorspar. |
| Responsible for management of a $75 million ocean freight budget. |
| Responsible for a fleet of ice-strengthened vessels and outsourcing of ship
management. |
| Responsible for port safety audits worldwide. |
| Provided expertise on all Alcan port studies worldwide. |
| Represented Alcan on the shipping committees of major consortia: QAL,
Aughinish, CBG and MRN. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Consultant |
| 1990-1999 President, Alcan Shipping Services Ltd. |
| 1978-1990 Chartering Manager & Broker, Alcan Shipping
Services |
| 1973-1978 Project Manager & Leader, Alcan Shipping Services |
| 1970-1973 Research Assistant, Alcan Shipping Services |
| 1960-1970 Cadet to Senior Officer, Saguenay Shipping Ltd. |
Education:
| Various management and computer courses. |
| First Class Certificate, HMS Conway, MN training College, Wales. |
| British Chief Officer's Certificate, foreign going vessels, all tonnages |
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B.J. Foster - Alumina Technology &
Engineering
Career Profile: Mr. Foster has 40 years industrial experience with proven ability in the management of production, technical and engineering units.
BJ has over 30 years experience in the alumina industry with Kaiser Aluminum in Gramercy and Alpart, most recently as VP and GM Engineering and Technology before becoming a consultant in late 2002.
He started his alumina career in 1971 and assumed many management and technical roles, including operations manager, technical manager, process development manager and engineering manager. Since 1986 he had overall Engineering and Technical responsibility for the Bauxite and Alumina group of Kaiser worldwide and added responsibility for smelters to this in 2001.
Major Accomplishments:
| Responsible for engineering management of large chemical projects throughout Kaiser system. |
| Responsible for technology and for management of R&D activities of Kaiser alumina & chemicals. |
| Responsible for technical advice and support to all Kaiser alumina and bauxite facilities: Gramercy, QAL, Alpart and Kaiser Jamaica Bauxite Company. |
| With members of his team, designed the replacement unit for the Gramercy refinery with total responsibility for its technology and its start-up. This is a state-of-the-art double-digestion unit capable of processing a variety of bauxites. |
| Acted as chief "trouble-shooter" for the bauxite and alumina plants on technical and operational issues. Recently he assumed temporary responsibility for operation of Alpart and returned it to 100% of capacity following a period when it dropped to 75%. |
Employment History:
| 2003- Consultant, associate of Aluminpro |
| 2001-2002 VP & GM, Engineering & Technology, Kaiser Aluminum
& Chemical, Global Commodities Business Unit |
| 1996-2001 VP & GM, Engineering & Technology, Kaiser Alumina
Technical Services |
| 1992-1995 Director Process Management, Alpart, Jamaica |
| 1971-1992 Operations Manager, Plant Engineering Manager and numerous
technical, engineering & management roles, Gramercy Alumina Plant,
Kaiser |
| 1962-1971 Chemist and laboratory roles at 3 chemical companies. |
Education:
| B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State U. (1971) |
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Phillip Fournet - Environmental -
Aluminum & Chemical
Career Profile: Mr. Fournet has extensive experience in bauxite refining operations, and design and operation of several chemical plants. Positions included production manager in bauxite refining operations and plant manager of chemicals plants. As a corporate environmental manager, represented Kaiser in commenting on and negotiating Federal Guidelines for NPDES permitting for all of it's point source categories, including aluminum, chemical and agricultural chemical. Provided corporate environmental oversight for all of Kaiser's domestic manufacturing facilities. Represented Kaiser's interests on PRP groups for a number of superfund sites and supported legal efforts in recovery of insurance funds for environmental remediation projects.
Major Accomplishments:
| Participated in the successful recovery from insurers of funds expended in remediation of environmentally impaired sites. |
| Participated on Kaiser's behalf with PRP groups conducting remediation of a number of Superfund sites. |
| Supervised significant manufacturing areas in two major bauxite refinery startups. |
| Managed design, startup and operation of several chemical plants |
| Negotiated NPDES guidelines, consent agreements and permits with federal and state agencies. |
| Conducted a number of studies relating to the storing and disposition of spent potliners and bauxite residue.
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Employment History:
| 2003- Consultant, associate of Aluminpro |
| 1991 - Consultant, Environmental Affairs |
| 1974 - 1990 Environmental Manager, Kaiser Corporate Environmental Affairs |
| 1955 - 1973 Operations and Plant Manager, Alumina and Chemicals, Kaiser Aluminum, Gramercy LA |
| 1952 - 1954 Operating Supervisor, Allied Chemical and Dye Corp |
| 1947 - 1951 Process Engineer, Cities Service Refining Corp |
Education:
| BS Chemistry, University of Southwest Louisiana, 1944 |
| BS Chemical Engineering, University of Southwest Louisiana,1946 |
| Continuing ed. studies in Environmental Law and Management |
| English - fluent, French/Italian - fair |
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Brian Gallagher - Supply Chain Management
Career Profile: Supply Chain Management. MBA and engineer with
20 years experience in the aluminium industry and 7 years in the computer and
financial industries. His most recent 10 years were devoted to international
logistics and commercial activities for bauxite and alumina, with expanding
responsibility for the purchase, swapping and hedging of key commodity inputs to
production including fuel oil and caustic soda. His computer systems background
includes a wide variety of design, programming & implementation using
management decision making software, with particular emphasis on financial
forecasting, production costing and logistics planning.
Major Accomplishments:
| Planned and coordinated the international movements of 9 million tonnes of
materials in a global multi-plant environment. Designed a
simulation model to control logistics of bauxite and alumina at mines,
refineries and smelters. |
| Representative on the commercial and/or shipping committees of JV
consortia: MRN, CBG and Aughinish. |
| Developed financial models to evaluate refinery cutbacks. Designed alumina
competitive cost and conversion cost models. |
| Developed tax and financial
consolidation models and sensitivity models to interpret them. |
| Developed a product cost and plant utilization model for a multi-plant,
multi-product operation. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Consultant,
Secretary-Treasurer of Aluminpro |
| 1995-1999 Commercial & Logistics Manager, Alcan Raw Materials |
| 1989-1999 Logistics Manager, Alcan Raw Materials Group |
| 1987-1989 Financial Analyst, Alcan Raw Materials Group |
| 1980-1987 Planner, Financial Forecasting, Alcan Aluminium Ltd. |
| 1978-1980 Systems Marketing Engineer, Control Data Corporation |
| 1975-1977 Senior Business Systems Analyst, Montreal Trust |
| 1972-1975 Industrial Engineer, Bank of Montreal |
Education:
| MBA Concordia University, Montreal |
| B. Eng. (Mechanical), Sir George Williams University, Montreal |
| English - fluent, French - good |
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Richard C. Gayle - ISO Implementation & Technical
Management
Career Profile: Chemical Engineer with over 27 years of experience in the
bauxite & alumina industry in Jamaica, Canada and Brazil. Over the past 12 years he has held Senior Operations and Technical Management positions
and has spearheaded the successful introduction of many initiatives.
Specific strengths are excellent knowledge of the Bayer Process and the ISO 9002 & ISO 14001
systems, and leading teams to accomplish organizational objectives.
Major Accomplishments:
| Successfully led team to ISO 14001 accreditation for the first company in Jamaica to achieve
it. |
| Led the team which achieved and maintained ISO 9002 accreditation in
the Alcan Jamaica laboratories. |
| Successfully implemented a 'behaviour-based' safety system at the Ewarton Works
that led to a radical reduction in lost-time injuries. |
| Guided Ewarton in the re-start of idle capacity and return to full production. |
| Process audits (India, Brazil) and environmental audits (Guinea). |
| Owner's management for an engineering alliance. |
| Led the Kirkvine refinery to numerous Production records. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Senior Consultant, Alcan Jamaica Company. |
| 1995-1999 Director of Technology and Information
Services, |
|
Alcan Jamaica. |
| 1993-1994 Business Strategy Consultant, Alcan Raw Materials |
|
Group,
Montreal. |
| 1989-1992 Works Manager, Alcan Jamaica, Ewarton. |
| 1987-1988 Alumina Plant Technical Development Manager, |
|
Alcan Brazil, Saramenha. |
| 1981-1986 Production Manager, Alcan Jamaica, Kirkvine. |
| 1973-1980 Process Control and Project Engineer, Kirkvine |
|
Jamaica
and Vaudreuil, Quebec (2yrs). |
Education:
| BASc. Chemical Engineering, University of Toronto. |
| English - fluent, French - good, Portuguese - good |
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Frans Maas Geesteranus
- Maintenance Management
Career Profile: Maintenance manager with 27 years of hands-on
experience in industrial maintenance management for bauxite mining,
ore treatment, hydro-metallurgical plants and oil and gas production.
Positions include maintenance manager and project engineer. As
independent consultant successfully improved the maintenance
management of a variety of industrial plants.
Major Accomplishments:
| Participated in the planning and coordination of a major (US$ 50 M) maintenance/revamp shutdown of a large oil refinery. |
| Set up and managed the planning and cost control system for a US$500 M ore residue treatment plant. |
| Managed mechanical maintenance and controlled the maintenance
and engineering budget (US$ 30 M) for a large hydro-metallurgical
zinc plant. Introduced maintenance engineering at this plant. |
| Set up a maintenance department, implementing management
systems and procedures, training programs and personnel recruitment for a large bauxite mine, an ore beneficiation plant and a food
processing plant. |
| Managed the reconstruction of an ore beneficiation plant. Installed a new flotation and filter process for retreating the plant's tailings.
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Employment History:
| 2001 - Associate, Aluminpro, The Netherlands |
| 1998 – Independent Maintenance Management consultant |
| 1996 – 1998 Project engineer, Kvaerner Process (Netherlands) |
| 1987 – 1996 Mechanical maintenance and project engineering,
manager, Budelco zinc smelter, Netherlands |
| 1985 – 1987 Platform engineer (offshore), Shell, Aberdeen, UK |
| 1981 – 1985 Maintenance engineer, Worsley bauxite mine, Australia |
| 1979 – 1981 Chief engineer, ore beneficiation plant, UK |
| 1974 – 1979 Manager central workshop and project engineer, bauxite mine, Suriname |
Education:
| M.Sc Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Delft. |
| Various Shell courses in general and maintenance management |
| English - fluent, German - fluent , French - fair. |
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Chris Hendriks - Process
Design & Operations
Career Profile: Broad
involvement in the aluminium industry, in operations, technical and division
engineering at corporate level. Positions include production manager, senior
process engineer, and chief process engineer on major alumina plant rebuild.
Expertise spans alumina refining and bauxite mining.
Major Accomplishments:
| Chief Process Designer on rebuild of major alumina refinery |
| Developed single stream process for major alumina refinery |
| Improvements and extensions to alumina refinery technology |
| Several conceptual designs for green-field refineries, major refinery expansions and technology upgrade projects |
| Participation in several major refinery start-ups. |
Employment History:
| 2002- Consultant, associate of
Aluminpro |
| 1999-2002 Chief Process Design Engineer, Gramercy Rebuild, Kaiser Aluminum. |
| 1992-1999 Division level process engineering and development support for Kaiser Aluminum. |
| 1975-1992 Various positions in Division engineering and development, including process design for
Alpart restart and expansion, Kaiser Aluminum. |
| 1970-1975 Production Manager, Alumina Partners, Jamaica |
| 1968-1970 Senior Process engineer, operating supt., Alpart |
| 1966-1968 Technical Sales Adviser, Shell International. |
| 1960-1966 Process Engineer, Texaco, Inc. |
Education:
| Higher B.Sc. Chemistry/Physics, London University (Ext). |
| Dip. Chem. Tech., London University (Ext) |
| Various technical, financial and management development courses |
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Bryan Hiscox - Bayer Process Design
Career Profile: Bryan has 47 years experience in the operation, maintenance, development, design, procurement, construction and start-up of chemical and metallurgical process plants. Bryan is well-known in the alumina industry for the conceptual design of integrated Bayer process plants for optimum cost and efficiency, with special emphasis on liquor purification and precipitation technology. He has been a key player in the design, start-up and debottlenecking of the world's most modern greenfield refineries, such as Alunorte, San Ciprian and Aughinish. Also, he has been a significant player in the conceptual design of the proposed greenfield projects of Utkal in India, Boke in Guinea and Weipa in Australia.
Major Accomplishments:
| Conceptual and basic engineering of the 800 kt/y greenfield alumina refineries at San Ciprian
and Aughinish. Also start-up. |
| Technical advisor for the capacity increase from 800 to 1100 kt/y at the San Ciprian refinery. This capacity increased was achieved by improved operating practices and involved no capital expenditure. |
| Technical advisor for the debottlenecking of the Aughinsh refinery from 800 kt/y to 1550 kt/y at minor capital expenditure. |
| Was lead designer for the 800 kt/y greenfield Alunorte alumina refinery in Brazil and participated in the start-up. |
| Technical advisor for the capacity increase from 800 to 1550 kt/y at the Alunorte refinery. This
increase was achieved by improved operating practices and involved minor capital expenditure. |
| Participated in the start-up of the 200 kt/y alumina refinery at Ewarton in Jamaica.
Lead engineer for de-bottlenecking to 275 kt/y and then to 400 kt/y. Design engineer
for expansion to 550 kt/y |
| Managed the solid-liquid calciner project, a joint development project between Alcan,
Aughinish and San Ciprian refineries, and calciner producer FL Smidth. |
| Holds patents relating to alumina hydrate precipitation, purification of Bayer liquor and solid-liquid calcination technology. |
| Design and commissioning experience in a broad range of concentration circuits,
incorporating of environmental controls |
| Technical sales to Gove, Alumina de Grece and Hydro Aluminium. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Director of Aluminpro |
| 1996-1999 Principal Scientist, Alcan International |
| 1974-1996 Senior Engineer, Alcan International |
| 1957-1973 Technical Manager from Process Engineer, Alcan Jamaica |
| 1953-1957 Project Engineer, Commercial Solvents Inc. |
Education:
| MBA University of Geneva |
| B.Sc. University of Birmingham |
| English - fluent, French - good |
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Richard K. Holzwarth - Industrial Process Modelling
Career Profile: As a Masters in Chemical Engineering and a specialist in computer modelling of processes, he has over 40 years of experience, including 30 years in the aluminium industry with particular emphasis on the Bayer process. Richard is a pioneer in the application of computer modelling to the chemical process industry. He has championed modular flow-sheeting systems for 40 years and has developed models for petrochemical and fertilizer plants as well as alumina refineries. Starting with mainframe computers in the 60's through PC's and more recently the Internet, he developed a flexible Bayer process model to provide a steady state heat and mass balance. Richard is now working on a dynamic simulation model which can be linked directly to the alumina process.
Major Accomplishments:
| Developed a generalized steady-state Bayer Process simulation. For 20 years, versions of this model
were used by an aluminium company to simulate any proposed change to its refineries. |
| Development of unsteady-state operational models for aluminium casting
plants. |
| Development of online & offline Bayer plant statistics collecting and
reporting programs. |
| Computer system support for the engineering staffs of 2 alumina plants. |
| As Senior Technical Specialist, provided leadership in
development of technical computer applications worldwide. |
| Paper: Chinloy, D.R. and Holzwarth, R.H., "Steady State Simulation of the Bayer Process", Light Metals 1984, pp 13-26
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Employment History:
| 2000- Consultant |
| 1981-1999 Senior technical Specialist, Alcan International |
| 1970-1981 Process Systems Consultant, Alcan Jamaica |
| 1968-1970 Chemical Engineer, Haldor Topsoe Inc. |
| 1961-1968 Development Engineer, MW Kellogg Inc. |
| 1958-1961 Engineer, General Foods, Research Center |
Education:
| Master of Chemical Engineering, New York University, NY |
| B.Eng. Chemical, The Cooper Union, NY |
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Michael Kawczak - Project & Engineering Services
Career Profile: Michael Kawczak, P. Eng., M. Eng. is a civil
engineer with over 37 years international experience in the
aluminium industry with a major aluminium company. He has been involved, as part
of the Owner's team, in the many facets of the industry, including project
pre-planning, site selection, conceptual planning and design, preliminary
engineering, detail engineering, project management and post-project reviews.
His experience in this industry includes studies and projects in research and
development, alumina plant and tailings facilities, smelters and fabrication
facilities.
Major Accomplishments:
| Involved in the selection, organizing and management of a partnering arrangement with an international world-class engineering consultant. |
| Provided pre-project support to the owner's team in selecting and assessing alternatives and scenarios to assist in early definition of major alumina, smelter and other aluminium industrial facilities both domestic and international. |
| Served as the study manager in project planning, preparing conceptual scopes and estimates, evaluating alternatives and risks to develop a project definition package, sufficient for project decision making for major industrial facilities. |
| Involved in civil facilities audits of aluminium plants. |
| Served as engineering manager for several research and development projects including experimental aluminium cells and other equipment. |
| Appointed as task force member charged with assessing various reduction cell technologies on the international market. |
| Assisted in assessing pre-feasibility, feasibility and definitive capital cost estimates for accuracy and risk of scope, schedule and costs. |
| Involved in major Greenfield smelter site selections in North America. |
| Served as project manager, project and study leader on many domestic and international projects in all project phases. |
| Involved in the management and structural design of industrial facilities for the aluminium industry |
Employment History:
| 2000- Consultant |
| 1997-1999 Alliance Manager, Alcan International |
| 1985-1999 Project Consultant, Alcan International |
| 1980-1985 Engineering Manager, Alcan International |
| 1976-1979 Project Manager, Alcan |
| 1974-1977 Area Project Engineer, Grande Baie, Quebec |
| 1968-1975 Structural Engineer, Alcan |
| 1963-1967 Design Civil Engineer, Alcan |
Education:
| Master of Engineering, Civil, McGill University |
| Graduate Diploma, Civil Engineering, McGill |
| Bachelor of Engineering, Applied Mechanics, McGill |
| English - fluent, French - good |
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Career Profile: Extensive experience in all key dimensions of human resources management in the Aluminium Industry, during a 30-year career with
an aluminium major. Experience includes international assignments, involvement in a greenfield smelter project, and major restructuring programs in existing facilities. Expertise spans compensation, labour relations, staffing and development, organization development and strategic human resources management.
Major Accomplishments:
| Lead the design and implementation of a more structured & objective selection process for 1st & 2nd line supervisors across the Canadian smelters. |
| Lead the exercise of defining and implementing a state of the art, non-unionized work organization in a new greenfield smelter, in one of Canada’s most unionized areas at the time. |
| As V.P. Personnel, actively participated in a major rationalization of Alcan’s North American rolling business over a period of 4 years. |
| Provided Human Resources leadership in staffing, compensation and business strategy as a member of Alcan Pacific management team (Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand, India and Japan). |
| Managed various human resources functions across European countries, while based in Switzerland |
Employment History:
| 1999-2003 Human
Resources-Alcan Primary Metal Group,
Montreal
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| 1997-1999 Director, Organisation Development and Executive Staffing,
Alcan Corporate Office - Montreal |
| 1993-1997 VP Human Resources, Alcan Smelting and Power, Montreal |
| 1990-1993 VP Human Resources, Alcan Pacific - Montreal |
| 1987-1990 VP Personnel-Alcan Rolled Products Company, Cleveland |
| 1984-1986 Assistant to the VP Personnel, Europe, Africa and
Middle East – Geneva, Switzerland. |
| 1982-1984 Assistant to the Senior VP of Human Resources,
Alcan Canada - Montreal |
| 1979-1982 Human Resources Manager – Grande-Baie Smelter,Saguenay |
| 1973-1979 Various Human Resources roles and mandates in smelters and alumina plants, Saguenay region |
Education:
| Masters in Psychology Université de Moncton, Canada - 1968 |
| B.A. Bathurst College, N.B. Canada - 1965 |
| English - fluent, French - fluent |
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Frank McGravie - Smelter Technology
& Management
Career Profile: A broad international involvement at senior management levels in the primary aluminium industry and in alumina refineries. Very much a hands on manager, Frank is well known for his team building skills and for his negotiating experience with a wide variety of unions around the world. Frank has achieved significant production increases while improving safety performance. He has strong technology expertise to complement his broad management experience.
Major Accomplishments:
| Lead three task forces for Carbon Plant, Potroom, and Casting to identify the financial synergies created by the fusion of Alcan and Alusuisse. |
| Key player on major strategic task forces, which lead the way forward for smelting at Alcan: for technology selection; modernization of old plants; greenfield and brownfield expansion decisions and acquisitions. |
| Lead the management team that reduced the Aughinish Alumina Refinery workforce by 27% while keeping that workforce "onside" to achieve a 35% production increase during the same period. When he left Aughinish, they had gone over 3 million man-hours without a lost time accident. |
| At the Lynemouth smelter, re-energized the workforce, initiated projects with exceptionally high return and took the plant to a million man-hours accident free for the first time in its 25-year history.
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Employment History:
| 2003- Aluminpro Director and
consultant |
| During a 35 year career at Alcan aluminium, Frank held many Senior Management positions
in smelting & alumina, including: |
| VP & Senior Advisor, Smelting and Power |
| VP Alcan Metal Marketing & Sales |
| MD Alcan Chemicals Europe |
| VP Reduction Technology |
| MD Aughinish Alumina |
| MD Alcan UK Smelter & Power Division |
| Director of Operations, Alcan Canadian Smelters |
| GM Kurri Kurri Smelter, Australia |
| Works Manager, Shawinigan Smelter, Canada.. |
Education:
| BSc. Applied Chemistry, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh (1966) |
| English - fluent, French - fluent. |
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John D. McLean - M&A,
Marketing, Management, Strategy
Career Profile: Wide involvement in mining, refining, marketing &
acquisition assessment within the minerals industry in Australia and elsewhere. Was Vice President & General Manager of Reynolds Australia Alumina, Ltd and Reynolds Metals Inc.'s Australian
representative from 1990 to 2001, as well as a Reynolds representative on the Worsley Alumina Joint Venture Executive Committee.
Major Accomplishments:
| Construction: participation in all aspects of A$1 billion refinery
expansion. |
| Cost Reduction: sponsored multi disciplined team of specialists conducting a detailed
cost reduction review. |
| Remuneration Planning: sponsored JV participation in remuneration &
incentive bonus planning. |
| Joint Venture Relations: responsible for negotiating complex bauxite
resource rationalization. |
| Acquisitions: conducted due diligence on acquisition of aluminium wheel
casting plant. |
| Disposals: responsible for sale of major operating division initially as an IPO but converting to several trade sales in response to adverse market conditions. |
| Taxation Incentives: responsible for successful negotiation of development
allowance tax incentive for major refinery expansion under circumstances where changing project scope and JV ownership posed complex difficulties. |
Employment History:
| 2001- Associate of Aluminpro |
| 1990-2001 VP & General Manager Reynolds Australia Alumina |
| 1990-1995 MD Reynolds Australian Gold Operations Ltd |
| 1986-1990 Australian representative Arthur D. Little
West Australian representative Schroders (Aust) Pty Ltd
Operations Director Golden Valley Mining NL |
| 1981-1986 Executive Director Griffin Group, coal, gold, oil & gas,
outdoor advertising, airlines, tropical agriculture, retail etc. |
| 1981- MD of McLean Management Services Pty Ltd. |
| 1971-1980 Finance Director Sime Darby Plantation Group, Kuala Lumpur |
| 1965-1975 Senior Financial Management positions with BHP, firstly in iron ore and then oil & gas. |
| 1956-1964 Various positions with firms of Chartered Accountants in Australia, UK and USA. |
Education:
| Member of the Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants. |
| Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
| Various management development courses including Advanced Course 40, Australian Administrative Staff College. |
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Dr. W.B. O'Callaghan - Scientist / Technical Consultant
Career Profile: Brian O'Callaghan has spent over 30 years in the aluminium
industry as a scientist/technical consultant. His experience has been evenly split between the
laboratory and alumina plants. As an R&D scientist he was engaged in all aspects of the Bayer
process as well as aluminium-based fuel cells. In the plants, he was involved in techno-economic aspects of all
red-side operations, but particularly in those relating to red mud rheology, flocculation and thickening, mud washing circuit operation, valorization/utilization, tailings disposal and disposal site rehabilitation. His
red mud disposal experience includes all modern technologies practiced globally
Major Accomplishments:
| Author/co-author of 23 external publications and 12 patents |
| Developed/implemented first conductivity system for A/C ratio monitoring in Alcan plants. |
| Discovered interaction between flocculant anionicity and Bayer liquor components. |
| US Patent for an aluminium fuel-cell design that won the 1988 Gold Award for Invention in the annual Canada Awards for Business Excellence series. |
| Led an international corporate group in negotiating an alliance for sole supply of chemicals. |
| Developed several mathematical models for optimization of Bayer process operating economics. |
| Authored a state-of-the-art conceptual design for mud disposal in a future
alumina plant in India. |
| Led the development of a topsoil-free vegetative cover for recently filled red mud disposal sites. |
| Served as private consultant, on red mud utilization, in negotiations with
the Indian Government. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Consultant |
| 1997-1999 R&D Coordinator, Alcan International Ltd. |
| 1993-1997 Senior Technical Consultant, Alcan Jamaica Company |
| 1990-1993 Manager, Red Mud Utilization & Disposal, Alcanint |
| 1983-1990 Project Leader: Aluminum Batteries, Alcan R&D |
| 1978-1983 Process Consultant, Alcan Jamaica Company |
| 1975-1978 Senior Scientist, Alcan R&D Ltd, Arvida, Quebec |
| 1972-1975 Chief Scientist, Steiner (Galway) Ltd., Ireland |
| 1969-1972 Scientist, Alcan R&D Ltd, Arvida, Quebec |
Education:
| Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton |
| M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry, National University of Ireland (Galway) |
| B.Sc. (1st Class Honours) Chemistry, Nat. University of Ireland
. |
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Bryan S. Osborne - Consulting Geologist
Career Profile: Consulting geologist with worldwide experience in
exploration, deposit evaluation and mine development. As well as bauxite, during
his 30 year career in the mining industry he has gained a depth of experience in
conducting resource and reserve evaluations for a range of metal and industrial
mineral deposits.
Major Accomplishments:
| Has worked as a consulting geologist for clients worldwide, doing
technical audits and feasibility studies for a range of metal deposits in
Canada, South America, West Africa, Asia and Australia. |
| Responsible for monitoring exploration and development projects in 6
countries where Alcan has bauxite mines and for participation on the
technical committees of the worlds 2 largest export bauxite mines (CBG &
MRN) |
| At SNC was responsible for a team of geologists involved in the planning
and management of exploration and mine evaluation studies. |
| Played a key role in bringing projects from initial exploration to the
development stage, such as the Omai gold mine in the Guyana shield and the
Sungun copper mine in the Caucasus mountains. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Consulting Geologist |
| 1998-2000 Chief Geologist, Alcan International |
| 1987-1998 Consulting Geologist |
| 1978-1987 Director of Geology, SNC Group, Montreal |
| 1977-1978 Consultant, Rio Tinto services Ltd., Montreal |
| 1972-1977 Project Geologist, Brinco Ltd., Montreal |
| 1967-1972 Staff Geologist, Asbestos Corporation Ltd., Quebec |
Education:
| M.Sc. Mineral Exploration, Imperial College of Science & Technology,
London |
| B.Sc. Honours Geology, Kingston College of Technology, U.K. |
| English/French - fluent, Spanish - fair. |
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Ian W. Porteous - Technology & Operations Management
Career Profile: VP Technology for worldwide bauxite and alumina
operations for the past 10 years. He has 40 years experience in the operation,
maintenance, development, design and construction in the alumina industry.
Major Accomplishments:
| Provided technical leadership to grow Alcan's bauxite and alumina
technology, as demonstrated by: the successful Alunorte alumina refinery;
feasibility studies for Utkal; commercialization of salt-cake calciner
technology and significant increases in technology sales. |
| Obtained considerable international experience in Australia, Brazil,
Ireland, India and Jamaica while acting on the boards and technical
committees of joint ventures as well as overseeing technology projects. |
| Worked for Alcan Jamaica in various roles, culminating as VP Operations
responsible for all operations, maintenance and technology at mines, port
and two alumina plants. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Chairman and
President of Aluminpro |
| 1989-1999 VP, Director Technology, Raw Materials, Alcan
International |
| 1985-1989 Director of Operations & Technology, Alcan Raw
Materials Group |
| 1960-1985 VP Operations from various other roles, Alcan Jamaica |
| 1958-1960 Process Engineer, Fawley Refinery, Esso Petroleum, U.K. |
Education:
| PMD Harvard |
| B.Sc. & Diploma Chemical Engineering, Manchester University |
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Brian Sawyer - Strategic Planning & Operations
Management
Career Profile: Over 40 years of experience in all phases of the aluminium industry (
bauxite, alumina, smelting, casting, power generation and recycling). In addition to
many years as a line manager he has been responsible for strategic planning and
involved in sales and acquisitions and implementing mergers. He also has extensive experience with joint ventures and negotiating with governments.
Major Accomplishments:
| Alcan board representative for many significant bauxite and alumina
operations: QAL and Alspac in Australia; CBG and Friguia in Guinea; Ghana
Bauxite; Indal and Utkal in India; Chaguaramas Terminals in Trinidad; Alcan
Jamaica and Aughinish in Ireland. |
| Responsible for planning, including start-up, acquisition and sales of
companies. |
| Responsible for managing 3 smelters and their associated power stations in
the UK, as well as 3 recycling plants and an interest in a Norwegian
super-purity smelter. |
| Led group responsible for developing long range plans to rebuild 1 million
tonnes of smelter capacity to meet long term environmental needs, power
availability and to improve competitive position. |
| Extensive experience working with and negotiating with World Bank, Sysmin,
EIB and many financial institutions. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Director of Aluminpro |
| 1988-1999 Associate Director of Raw Materials, Alcan Aluminium |
| 1978-1988 Managing Director of Smelting, Power & Raw Materials,
British Alcan |
| 1971-1978 Planning Officer, Smelting Division, Alcan Aluminium |
| 1969-1971 Logistics Officer, Smelting Division, Alcan Aluminium |
| 1966-1969 Production Control Superintendent, Kitimat, BC |
| 1960-1966 Export Sales, Ingot Products, Alcan Aluminium |
| 1956-1960 Process Engineer, Arvida, Quebec |
Education:
| B.Sc. Metallurgy, Leeds University, UK |
| English/French - fluent. |
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Eduardo Spalding - Management Consultant, Project Director
Career Profile: With 32 years in the aluminium industry, both in operations and at corporate level, he has wide experience in many areas, including bauxite, alumina, smelter, power generation and management and recycling, as well as in engineering and in directing major capital projects.
His responsibilities ranged from line management in raw materials, smelting and energy, to broad involvement with joint venture and the direction of expansion and energy projects. In addition, he has extensive experience with the Brazilian energy sector and Government, gained over 14 years directing ABRACE, the largest national association for major industrial energy consumers.
Major Accomplishments:
| Director of the US$ 370 MM Pinda Rolling Expansion Project, completed in 1999 ahead of schedule, on budget and with zero lost time accidents. |
| Responsible for the doubling the capacity of two smelters and an alumina
refinery, incorporating new technology. |
| Board representative in MRN and Alumar, and member of their technical and operations committees for 8 years; key
negotiator for the multi-pronged deal involving Alcan joining Alumar, Alcoa entering MRN, the merging of MRN and Billiton Amazon bauxite reserves and MRN partnership in Alunorte, instrumental for its restart. |
| Management of two smelters, alumina refinery and hydro power plants, reducing cash costs and manpower substantially while streamlining their organization. |
Employment History:
| 1999- Partner of BRASC Associates and A&C Consultants. |
| 1995-1999 Project Director, Pinda Rolling Expansion, Alcan Brasil. |
| 1984-1995 Primary Aluminum and Energy Director, Alcan Brasil |
| 1984-1985 Works Manager, Aratu Smelter, Alcan Brasil |
| 1982-1984 Assistant to VP's of Reduction and Smelting, Montreal. |
| 1975-1982 Head, Engineering/Project Mngt. Division, Alcan Brasil. |
| 1969-1975 Senior Project Manager, Chemical and Petrochemicals, Promon Engineering,
São Paulo. Head, Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer Dept, São Paulo State University -
UNESP. |
Education:
| PMD, Harvard Business School |
| Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering |
| M.Sc. and B.Sc. Chemical Engineering |
| English/Portuguese - fluent. |
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Dr. Kwat The - Bayer Process Research Chemist
Career Profile: Dr. The has a Ph.D in inorganic/organometallic
chemistry, an M.Sc. in analytical chemistry and a B.Sc. in industrial
chemistry. His academic research in synthetic organic chemistry has given
him insight into the scientific basis of the Bayer process, essential for
successful trouble-shooting and mentoring of younger workers. His
expertise extends to almost every aspect of the Bayer process, including
the effects of impurities and specialty chemicals. His 38 year career
includes 18 years devoted to Bayer process chemistry.
Major Accomplishments:
| Holds 5 US Patents and a number of international patent applications, some
of which are:
- Process for producing agglomerates from dust.
- Process for the alkaline biodegradation of organic impurities.
- Process for the preparation of oxalic acid and sodium hydrogen oxalate
from crude sodium oxalate.
- Desilication of Bayer process solutions. |
| Hold 15 Alcan invention records. These relate to the Bayer process and
transformation of unwanted byproducts into industrially useful or
environmentally acceptable materials. |
| Recent publications include:
- Contaminant control in Bayer process.
- Control and disposal of Organics from Bayer process.
- Alcan ESP dust micro-granulation technology.
- The disposal of sodium oxalate from the Bayer process. |
Employment History:
| 2000- Consultant |
| 1996-1999 Senior Consultant, Alcan International |
| 1992-1996 Principal R&D Consultant, Queensland Alumina,
Australia |
| 1981-1992 Consultant/Senior Scientist, Alcan International |
| 1976-1981 Professor of Chemistry, Universidade Federal de Paraiba,
Brasil |
| 1970-1975 Research Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of
Alberta; Simon Fraser University , British Columbia |
| 1962-1964 Science Master, St. Stephen's College, Hong Kong |
Education:
| Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia |
| M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry, University of New South Wales, Australia |
| B.Sc. Applied Industrial Chemistry, University of New South Wales |
| English/Indonesian - fluent; French/Portuguese/Dutch - good. |
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John Warringer - Power Generation Consultant
Career Profile: An international power generation consultant with 40
years experience in oil and coal fired power stations: Project work and
technical problem solving in public sector and industry powerhouses; leads plant
audits and due diligence studies; staff development & training programs are
a specialty.
Major Accomplishments:
| Prepared an Operational Staff Training scheme that is currently in use in
the Jamaica Public Service and also at Alcan Jamaica Ltd. It is easily
adaptable to any conventional power house. |
| On time and on budget completion of two major boiler re-tubing projects at
Aughinish Alumina Ltd. |
| Resolution of boiler problems at Alunorte. |
| Provided engineering support to three Alcan powerhouses: solving
combustion problems; audits; turbine protection scheme; staff
development |
| Provided technical inputs to major plant rehabilitation programme and
retrofitting of plant controls and instrumentation with D.C.S. |
Employment History:
| 1997- Power Generation Consultant |
| 1995-1997 Generation Consultant, Aljam & Jamaica Public Service |
| 1993-1995 Operations Engineer, Jamaica Public Service |
| 1990-1993 Generation Consultant, Jamaica Public Service |
| 1985-1989 Charge Engineer, Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority |
| 1983-1985 Training & Technical Coordinator, Jamaica Public
Service |
| 1980-1983 Power Generation Consultant, Alcan Jamaica Ltd. |
| 1964-1980 Several power stations, Central Electricity Generating
Board, U.K. |
| 1960-1964 Marine Engineering Officer, British India Steam Navigation
Co., India |
Education:
| Higher National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Portsmouth University |
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