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Date of birth: 17 November 1967 Address: 14 St Johns Well Court
Nationality: British St Johns Well Lane,
Marital Status: Single Berkhamsted, Herts. HP4 1JQ
SKILLS
• Project management background;
• Proficient numerical solution solving ability;
• Mine engineering and mine geology trained;
• Team oriented, communicative and innovative.
• Experienced phone-based negotiator;
• Client focused, deadline driven;
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
June 01 - present. OPERIS GROUP PLC, Business Engineering Division, 8 City Road, London (ISO 9000); www.operis.com
Consultant financial modeller for a company specialising in project cashflow estimations; bespoke model building, auditing, PFI advisory, training and development of Excel auditing tools (eg OAK).
• Manage audits to financial close;
• Design & construct models, built to specific bid requirements, often to critical bid deadlines;
• Provide clear solutions to unique modelling problems;
• Modelling experience in PFI, oil & gas and retail banking (credit card);
• Capital values of projects range from £20m to £350m covering infrastructure, MOD, resources, healthcare, property, education and utility sectors.
• Example project work includes: SASOL Mozambique Natural Gas Project (audit), privatisation of the Bulgaria Telecommunications Company (audit), Dana Petroleum Ltd UK oil & gas projects (audit), HSE HQ PFI (audit), Renfrewshire Schools PFI (model build);
• Familiarity with model styles written by Jarvis, Amey, KPMG, PwC, E&Y, Abn Amro, Investec, RBC European Capital, Credit Agricole Indosuez and SCMB.
Feb 96 – Jan 01. EXPLORATION & MINING CONSULTANTS (ISO9001), Perth, Western Australia.
A company providing resource modelling expertise, GIS solutions and geological staffing.
• Resource geologist responsible for 3d ore deposit modelling, resource estimation, mine design and data management necessary for due diligence and resource reporting purposes. Long term projects focused on gold, nickel and iron ore deposits with significant modelling undertaken for Sons of Gwalia Ltd, Kingstream Steel Ltd, Uranium Australia NL and Gindalbie Gold Ltd. Progressed a system for high turn-around resource estimations and property valuations;
• Seconded to over 20 West Australian companies managing site staff and drilling programmes operating as exploration or project geologist ranging from grass-roots to deposit extensions;
• Underground production geologist on secondment to Western Mining Corporation, Lanfranchi Nickel (Helmut & Schmitz) and Sons of Gwalia Ltd, Gwalia underground development phase;
• Subcontracted to Hyder Consulting (Australia) Pty Ltd to undertake environmental assessment of Wesfarmers CSBP contaminated industrial grade sites in Perth city, providing remedial recommendations to ANZECC guidelines.
Sep 95 – Feb 96. BAR MINING Pty Ltd, Far North Queensland Australia.
Director/operations manager for alluvial gold mining company.
• Capital raising, procurement, mine development, payroll and company taxation.
Oct 94 – Sep 95. PROFILE/HAYS RECRUITMENT, Hertfordshire UK
ASHRIDGE MANAGEMENT COLLEGE and DANKA BUSINESS SYSTEMS Plc.
Credit Controller and IT support.
• Debt chasing, age debt reporting, monthly reconciliation.
Apr 94 – Sep 94. CANNIZARO CONSULTING, registered in Dublin Ireland, operating from Wimbledon.
Productivity Analyst for Management Consultancy.
• Operational reviews of south UK based FORTE Little Chef restaurants;
• Devised measurement concepts for productivity and staff motivation. Targeted areas of inefficiency, trial and implement new management, rostering and forecasting strategies.
Jan 93 – Mar 94. TECHTRADE (UK) Ltd, Hertfordshire UK
Computer hardware broker for small IBM/Compaq trading company.
• Forecasting component shortfalls, cornering market with import / export strategies. Order filling, global component sourcing. Computerisation of order / invoice system in Excel.
Jun 92 – Oct 92. JOHANNESBURG CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT Co Ltd, Randfontein South Africa
MSc project assignment; Geotechnical Engineer, Rock Mechanics Department.
• Computer simulated rock stress analyses using finite and boundary element software. Performed sensitivity analyses of simulated rock displacement and shaft frame buckling;
• Designed shaft pillar pre-extraction prior to primary shaft sinking to 1.8km depth, Doornkop.
Apr 91 – Sep 91. CONOCO (UK) Ltd, London UK
Technical Assistant, Central North Sea team.
• Seismic data interpretation, correlation with wireline logs, compiled team presentations;
• Geological reporting for North Sea block bidding negotiations and joint venture agreements.
Dec 90 – April 91. MINERAL EXPLORATION Ltd, Nottingham UK
Resource Geologist, roadstone, limestone and dimension stone.
• Project tendering, planning, drill programme supervision, reserve estimation and reporting;
• Identified potential quarries and quarry extensions in the North of England.
Jun 89 – Oct 89. ASARCO AUSTRALIA Ltd, Perth Western Australia
Undergraduate work experience as an Exploration Geologist.
• Supervision of drilling projects, budget monitoring, camp management.
Jun – Sep 86 & 87. MOWLEM MANAGEMENT Ltd, Hertfordshire UK
Engineering Surveyor (Vacational Employment).
• Survey audits on concrete structures, negotiated design tolerance discrepancies.
GENERAL
Professional courses: London Business School Corporate Finance Evening Programme, Operis Systematic Financial Modelling courses, Medsystem Advanced Geostatistics series.
Achievements: Duke of Edinburgh gold and silver.
Interests: Skiing, sailing, painting and motorcycling.
Computer Literacy: MS Office and mining software: Medsystem, Micromine, AcQuire, Whittle, ArcView.
References: Personal, academic and work references available on request.
EDUCATION
Sep 91 – Sep 92 UNIVERSITY OF EXETER, CAMBORNE SCHOOL OF MINES, UK
MSc in Mine Engineering and Finance.
Mine related aspects of engineering and finance geared to human and financial risk. Extensive geotechnical analyses of excavation effects integrated with the economics of orebody evaluation, cost accounting, cost estimation, financial appraisal, feasibility and risk simulation, realistically tackled with a thorough understanding of project management and the legal framework of company law. Additional studies in operational research.
Sep 87 - Jun 90 UNIVERSITY OF WALES, CARDIFF
BSc 2ii (Hons.) Exploration and Mining Geology.
Applied geology encompassed grass-roots exploration, ore deposit evaluation through to pit optimisation and mine design. Additional studies undertaken in material science and computer programming. Thesis comprised fluid inclusion study of brines from stratiform lead zinc ores.
Sep 78 – Jun 86 BERKHAMSTED SCHOOL
4 A levels, 11 O levels, sergeant CCF, house prefect, house athletics and rugby captain.
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