Webinar: Professional Ethics & Compliance - Why ethics matter for every AusIMM member

Matt is a London-based global mining executive and advisor with 45 years’ experience in the mining industry.

During this career he has worked for major mining companies (ArcelorMittal, BHP, Barrick and Goldfields), for smaller companies like Severin Mining, for consultancies and as a Mining Analyst on the JSE. He is a Director of Tecoma Strategies and an Executive Consultant with Snowden Optiro. Matt has operated in many countries of the World and is a Competent Person / Valuator in most major commodities.

Matt has been involved in industry structures and in resource governance in various capacities. He was President of the Geological Society of South Africa in 2008/09, Chaired the SAMREC Committee from 2004 to 2009, the SAMVAL Committee from 2007 to 2009 and the SAMCODES Standards Committee from 2017 to 2018. He is a Fellow of the AusIMM, of the GSSA, of the SAIMM and of the GSL. He is a Patron of the Natural History Museum in London

Wilma is a London based geologist and mining professional with over 16 years’ experience in the mining industry.
She spent 13 years in North America working across exploration, production geology, and resource geology, after studying geology at Queen’s University in Canada and beginning her career as an exploration geologist in Northern Ontario. Wilma has worked across a range of commodities and has led multidisciplinary technical teams throughout her career. From 2021 to 2023, she chaired the Exploration and Resource Functional Committee within the Trafigura mining group.
Wilma moved to the UK in 2023 to join Rio Tinto as a Senior Specialist Geologist, contributing to the Simandou Iron Ore project in Guinea. She is now Operations Manager for Europe, Africa, and North America within BHP’s Exploration group. Her career has spanned multiple regions and operational contexts, reflecting a broad technical grounding and leadership across global exploration activities.