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EXECUTIVE TEAM

EXECUTIVE TEAM

Keren Paterson

CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR

Keren is a mining engineer from the Western Australian School of Mines and INSEAD Alumni and is an internationally recognised leader with over 25 years’ experience across the global mining value chain, having held senior executive positions for some of the world’s leading mineral companies.

Steve Payne

GENERAL MANAGER - MINERAL DRILLING

Steve is a founding director of JSW and has been integral in building a leadership position for the business through efficient, safe and innovative operations.

What Steve enjoys most about working at JSW:

The freedom to dream, to think of solutions, pursue ideas and the trust and patience given to try and fail on the journey to success. The people, the long-term associations with both employees and suppliers and the friendships formed.

Guy Mola

GENERAL MANAGER - DRILL & BLAST

Guy has over 30 years’ of experience in the mining industry, with extensive knowledge in contract and operations management.

What do you enjoy most about working at JSW?

The people you meet and the relationships you build with these people, whether they are clients, suppliers, or work colleagues. The challenges our industry presents us and working with a great team to resolve these challenges.

Chris Parkinson

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Chris has more than 20 years’ experience as a senior finance professional, both as an advisor and CFO. Chris leads JSW’s finance function, with the objectives of supporting the financial performance and growth of the business, and managing risk.

Simone Woolston

TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

Simone specialises in information technology and business systems, and has a strong background in database management and BI analysis.

What Simone enjoys most about working at JSW:

Working with a great team, enjoying the challenges and the need to learn new technologies in order to provide state of the art systems for everybody.

Michael Kostarelas

PLANT MANAGER

Michael has over 30 years’ of experience in the contract mining and civil sectors, developing benchmark plant and maintenance processes and streamlining operations for business improvement.

What is Michael passionate about:

Being respectful, good planning, robust systems and a focussed team, always challenging the status quo through continuous improvement and developing individuals to achieve results.

Josh Mason

HSEQ MANAGER

Josh plays a critical role in maintaining the health and well-being of our teams, managing incident investigation, audits, injury management, and ensuring that our systems, processes, and training are in place to protect our people and performance.

What are you passionate about?

Creating meaningful safety changes in our workplaces that help and not hinder our ability to work, fostering teamwork and participation in resolving issues, and developing ownership of safety.

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