THE MINING EXECUTIVE MAGAZINE JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2020 EDITION

The
MINING EXECUTIVE
Magazine FEBRUARY 2020
AFRICA /
MIDDLE EAST
Slabbert joined Maptek in 2017 as BlastLogic
Product Manager and quickly demonstrated
strong leadership, and an intimate
understanding of customer requirements and
challenges in the region. Having built the
Blastlogic team into a successful operation,
Slabbert proved the natural successor to Nick
Venter, who leaves Maptek's South Africa
operations in very good health.
EUROPE
Johan Coetzee
Managing Director -
Rössing Uranium Limited
Mr Johan Coetzee has been appointed
as the Managing Director of
Rössing Uranium Limited
beginning in October 2019. He is currently
the Chief Operating Officer for Desert Lion
Energy Namibia. Prior to this role he was
Managing Director of QKR Navachab Mine.
His extensive mining career also includes
various leadership roles at Skorpion Zinc and
Ghana Manganese Company. He also held
leadership positions at Rössing Uranium,
amongst other as Operations Manager.
Gideon Slabbert
General Manager Africa, Maptek
Maptek has recently announced the
appointment of Gideon Slabbert to
the role of General Manager of
Maptek-Africa. Slabbert replaces Nick Venter
who will join Maptek’s North American
operations as Director of Sales and Technical
Sales Support.
Evgeny Agureev
Deputy CEO- ALROSA
From being director of the United Selling
Organization of ALROSA (USO) since
2017, Evgeny Agureev has now been
appointed Deputy CEO. Evgeny Agureev has
been a member of the ALROSA's Executive
Committee from 2017. In his new position,
Mr. Agureev will continue to develop sales,
improve their efficiency and transparency, and
strengthen ties with long-term clients. Evgeny
Agureev has more than 15 years of experience
in financial management in commercial banks.
From 2009 to 2017, he held different positions
in Sberbank – from Head of International
Reporting to Vice President, Director of
Finance Department. Prior to that, he worked
in Russian Standard Bank, MDM Bank,
Raiffeisen Bank Austria, Absolut Bank, and
Renaissance Credit Bank. He is a graduate of
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty
of Economics, specializing in Accounting,
Analysis and Audit, holder of a Master's
degree in Financial Management. In 2016, he
completed the Executive Development
Program of London Business School and
Sberbank Corporate University.
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Dmitry Kolesov
Deputy CEO- ALROSA
ALROSA has also appointed Dmitry
Kolesov as its Deputy CEO. He will
oversee the company's maintenance
activities and will lead the implementation of
the program on maintenance reengineering to
build a modern high-tech and highly efficient
repair service of ALROSA. Prior to joining
ALROSA, Dmitry Kolesov headed NLMK's
maintenance service for three years. Earlier
on, he held senior positions in the United
Aircraft Corporation, companies associated
with Severstal and the Almaty Heavy
Machinery Plant. In 1996, he graduated from
the Cherepovets State Industrial Institute with
a degree in Mechanical engineering. He also
holds a Diploma of Economist-Manager of
the St. Petersburg Technical University,
specializing in "management".
Paul Sohlberg
EVP, President of
Minerals Processing
Mr. Paul Sohlberg (M.Sc. Law), 42,
has been appointed interim EVP,
President of Minerals Processing
business unit and member of Outotec's
Executive Board as of November 11, 2019.
Paul Sohlberg joined Outotec in 2011 and has
since 2014 worked as the President of Market
Area North & Central America. The current
EVP, President of Mineral Processing
Business Unit, Kimmo Kontola, has decided
to continue his career outside Outotec.
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