Sonia Scarselli

Executive Vice President, Exploration and Growth, Endeavour

Sonia Scarselli joined Endeavour in January 2025 as Executive Vice President, Exploration.

Prior to joining Endeavour, Sonia Scarselli led BHP’s Metals Exploration division and BHP’s innovative accelerator program, BHP Xplor, with a focus on creating transformative and collaborative approaches to further expand the company’s future growth options. She was appointed VP of BHP Xplor in June 2022 and her remit was expanded through this new role to include leadership of the Exploration organisation in September 2023.

After joining BHP in 2012, Sonia held several leadership positions through her tenure within BHP Petroleum, including: VP of Exploration and Appraisal, Head of Algeria, and Exploration Manager for Trinidad and Tobago. As part of the BHP Xplor Team, Sonia was recognised with the 2024 AME Murray Pezim Award for their success through the BHP Xplor program for initiating an innovative way to finance and support mineral exploration. Sonia was recognised as one of the 100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining for 2024. Sonia started her career at ExxonMobil UK.

Sonia holds two board seats on Koulou Gold Corporation and East Star Resources plc as a representative of Endeavour Mining group.

Sonia is a panellist at the Critical Minerals Forum during Australian Mining Week 2026.