Jeff Gerard

Executive Chairman
Appointed 21 January 2025

Mr Jeff Gerard has over 40 years’ experience in the resources industry, both domestically and abroad in North and South America, China, Mongolia and Africa, in various technical, operational, commercial and executive management roles. An extensive and wide-ranging career, some of the work Jeff has undertaken includes,

• Chief Development Officer for Xstrata Coal and Glencore focusing on acquisitions and business integration and improvement.
• Co-ordination of Xstrata’s greenfield and brownfield project developments, feasibility studies, approvals and construction, delivering a broad range of mining and processing projects safely, on time and within budget.
• Operational integrity and performance reviews for MacArthur River Zinc (Australia), Katanga and Mutanda Copper / Cobalt Assets (DRC) and Kazzinc (Kazakhstan).
• Chief Operating Officer role for Xstrata Coal South Africa, Xstrata Coal Americas and Mongolia.
• Development of the Glencore performance improvement process and lead the reviews of the coal.
• MD of Katanga and Mutanda Copper / Cobalt operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Jeff retired from Glencore in 2020 and established a management/consulting business providing services to domestic and international companies in the areas of business strategy, technical evaluations, funding, investment and divestments.