Board of Directors
John Richards
Appointed as Chair 30 April 2022
Qualifications
B.Econ (Hons)
Experience
John Richards is an economist with 40 years’ experience in the resources industry. He has held strategy and business development positions across several mining companies and has worked extensively in the investment banking and private equity industries. He has been involved in a wide range of significant mining M&A transactions on a global scale. His previous positions include Group Executive – Strategy & Business Development at Normandy Mining Ltd; Head of Mining & Metals Advisory (Australia) at Standard Bank; Managing Director at Buka Minerals Ltd and Operating Partner at Global Natural Resources Investments (GNRI). He holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from the University of Queensland.
External appointments
John is a Lead Independent Director of mineral sands company Sheffield Resources Ltd (since August 2019).
Special responsibilities
- Chair of the Board of Directors
- Chair of the Nominations Committee
- Member of the People and Performance Committee
Brendan Harris
Qualifications
BSc (Geology and Geophysics), CPA
Experience
Brendan Harris is an experienced mining executive with a broad range of leadership, commercial and technical skills, particularly in the management and operation of a diversified international mining business.
Before joining Sandfire, Brendan was a member of South32’s inaugural senior executive management team and played a key role in the company’s establishment as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Sandfire, he held the role of Chief Human Resources and Commercial Officer at South32, with responsibility for global commodity marketing, procurement, and human resources.
During his career, he has also served as BHP’s Global Head of Investor Relations and, prior to joining BHP in 2010, held various roles in investment banking including Executive Director, Macquarie Securities, where he led the Metals & Mining Research team.
External appointments
Executive Council for The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia, CEOs for Gender Equity.
Robert Edwards
Qualifications
BE (Hons) Mining, Member of the IOM
Experience
Robert Edwards brings 30 years’ of experience in the natural resource sector from production mining, new business development, equity research, investment banking and board level experience. After graduating from the Camborne School of Mines, he started his career in South Africa working in production mining and new business roles before joining HSBC as a precious metals equities analyst as part of the award winning HSBC Global Mining team. Thereafter he moved to Russia and was instrumental in transforming Renaissance Capital (RenCap) from a niche single country investment bank into a successful boutique resource focused investment bank operating across the CIS, Africa and Asia. His final role at RenCap was serving as Chairman, Mining and Metals providing oversight over investment banking and principal investment activity in the mining, metals and fertiliser sectors. After leaving Renaissance he has worked as a Senior Advisor to the Royal Bank of Canada (Europe) Investment Banking Division working on mergers and acquisitions and senior client coverage.
Robert also served as an Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Sierra Rutile until its sale to Iluka Resources in 2016 as well as an Independent Non-Executive Director of GB Minerals until its sale in 2017 to Itafos. He served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of MMC Norilsk Nickel (June 2013 – March 2022), the world’s biggest producer of nickel and palladium as well as major producer of copper and platinum and is former Executive Chair of Bluejay Mining PLC (October 2022 – December 2023).
External appointments
NYSE listed: Robert is a Lead Independent Director of Lifezone Metals (since July 2023).
In addition, Robert is a Director of Sandfire UK based subsidiaries
and Sandfire (ES) S.L.U.
Special responsibilities
- Chair of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Member of the Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Nominations Committee
Paul Harvey
Qualifications
B.Eng (Mining), GAICD, FAusIMM
Experience
Paul Harvey is a mining engineer and a highly experienced global executive with over 35 years of international experience across the commodities value chain. Paul has led complex international businesses including as Chief Operating Officer at South32 with accountability for the fully integrated global manganese business, base metals and metallurgical coal operations spanning mining to smelting and refining, and all supporting technical and project functions.
Paul has deep project development experience having led large scale development projects in Canada and Australia and is a recognised safety and sustainability leader with extensive cross cultural leadership experience in Australia, Canada and across Africa. Paul was a founding Executive Committee member with the South32 demerger from BHP, following 25 years with BHP with prior senior executive roles including President Nickel West and President & COO BHP Billiton Diamonds.
Paul previously advised a large London based private equity firm on investments across the resources sector globally.
External appointments
ASX Listed: Paul serves as a Non-Executive Director of gold explorer and project development company in the Pilbara region, De Grey Mining (July 2022). In addition, Paul is an Advisory Committee Member on the private company Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd.
Special responsibilities
- Member of the Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Member of the Nominations Committee
Sally Langer
Qualifications
B.Com, CA, GAICD
Experience
Sally Langer has more than 25 years’ experience in professional services including as founder and Managing Partner of the management consulting and executive recruitment firm Derwent Executive, where she set up and led the growth of the Perth office servicing a wide range of clients both local and national and led the Mining and Industrial Practice.
Prior to that, she was a Director at international recruitment firm Michael Page and a Chartered Accountant at accounting and consulting firm Arthur Andersen. During her career, Sally has been responsible for strategy development and execution with a strong focus on profitable business growth, supervising and coordinating large teams and other management functions including strategy, business development, budgeting and human resources.
Sally was a Non-Executive Director of Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd (May 2020 to February 2021).
External appointments
ASX Listed: Sally is a Non-Executive Director of Northern Star Resources Limited (since February 2021) and Jupiter Mines (since 13 September 2024).
In addition to her listed company directorships, Ms Langer also holds board roles for Federation Mining, The Gold Corporation, Ronald McDonald House Foundation and Hale School (not-for-profit).
Special responsibilities
- Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee
- Member of the People and Performance Committee
- Member of the Nominations Committee
Sally Martin
Qualifications
B.Eng (Elec), GAICD
Experience
Sally Martin is a former senior executive who held various roles at Shell over a period of 34 years. She has extensive operational and business team leadership experience in complex industrial environments including refining and trading. She also has deep working knowledge of stimulating and leading transformational change, most recently as General Manager, Trading and Supply Operations, Europe & Africa. Sally has strong ESG credentials, including in energy transition strategy development as Vice President Health, Safety, Security, Environment & Social Performance at Shell. At Porvair, she has a particular focus on safety management, project delivery and managing large and dispersed teams and is appointed as the designated Board member for employee engagement.
Sally holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from University College Cork in Ireland and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
External appointments
ASX Listed: Sally is Non-Executive Director of Beach Energy (March 2024) and is also Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of LSE listed specialist filtration and environmental technology company, Porvair Plc (since October 2016).
Special responsibilities
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Member of the People and Performance Committee
- Member of the Nominations Committee
Jenn Morris OAM
Qualifications
B.Arts, MAICD, Finance for Executives (INSEAD)
Experience
Jenn Morris brings more than 20 years’ experience in executive and non executive roles, advising government entities and corporations on human capital areas including remuneration matters, strategy development, governance controls, business transformation, ESG, leadership development, and high-performance environments.
Jenn is an Olympian, winning gold medals as part of the Australian women’s hockey teams at the 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney Olympics. In 1997, she was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).
She is a former Partner at Deloitte, working for over ten years across the mining, government and transport sectors. Following her time in consulting, she joined Walk Free as CEO, leading the Minderoo Foundation’s global initiative against slavery. She is previously a Non-Executive Director of Fortescue Metals Group (November 2016 to June 2023) and has sat on the Boards of the Fremantle Dockers and Western Australian Institute of Sport and the Australian Sports Commission as a Commissioner.
Jenn holds a Bachelor of Arts (Psychology and Journalism) from Curtin University and has completed Finance for Executives at INSEAD. She is also a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
External appointments
ASX Listed: Jenn is a Non-Executive Director of Lithium miner Liontown Resources Limited (since November 2021).
In addition, Jenn is a director of investment bank and stockbroking firm Argonaut, and The Leisure Collective, a surfing and lifestyle company. In 2024 she also joined the Advisory Board of Derwent Recruitment.
Special responsibilities
- Chair of the People and Performance Committee
- Member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee
- Member of the Nominations Committee