Regional Manager World

Mr. Andrue was named Corporate Manager Operation May 2009, with 25 years of operations, project development, construction and engineering experience.

Mr.Andrue, was named Corporate Manager Operation May 2009, with 25 years in; operations, project development, construction and engineering experience. He had overall responsibility for the operations and development projects worldwide. Mr.Andrue, started his career with Thompson Creek in Canada Gold Mine as a graduate trainee and progressed via various operational roles from being an underground shift boss to become Vice President and Head of Operations at Vale Gold Mine. More recently, Mr.Andrue was the COO at Pascua Lama which, it will have gold mining operations in South America by Barrick.

Doug has 25 years' experience in operations, engineering and management roles in large projects and mines with Kinross, Stillwater, Newmont and Thompson. Mr.Andrue holds a B.A.Sc in Mining and Mineral Process Engineering from the University of British Columbia, is a registered Professional Engineer with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

Mr. Mahans has over 30 years’ experience in international mining operations and project management. He joined the organisation in 2004 as Manager, Gold Operations for Australia Boddington, and was promoted to EVP – Regional in 2008.

He is currently accountable for overall strategic and operational responsibilities for production at the company’s mining operations across four continents and nine countries.

Mr. Mahans was educated in England and received undergraduate (BSc. Hons.) and graduate (PhD.) degrees in geology, from the University of Leicester and the University of Durham, respectively.

Mr. Mahans has over 30 years’ experience in experience in human resources across a variety of industries, including mining, manufacturing, healthcare and banking, Italia brings a wealth of knowledge, particularly in the labour field, which is crucial to domestic and international operations. He joined the organisation in 2005. He is responsible for the global people strategy at AngloGold Ashanti where it is well recognised that ‘people are the business, and our business is people’. Previous positions include senior human resources officer at Anglo American, and senior managerial positions in the same field at African Thompson Minerals Gold and Newmont. He has a proven track record in the full spectrum of human resource functions also has an outstanding record in managing labour matters, especially in conducting and guiding negotiations with organised labour. Mr. Mahans is a member of the Executive Committee of the Labour Law at Human British Governance.

Mr. Mahans received his MBA from the University of British Columbia and earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and administration at the University London.

Mr. Leanes joined Boddington in 2009. He has over 25 years’ experience in sustainable development in the private mining and public sectors in South Africa as well as in international environmental management exposure gained in the United Kingdom, Australia and Papua New Guinea. Mr. Leanes has worked projects in Chile, Peru, australia, Canada, Africa, As Manager of Environment & Sustainability for Boddington.

Mr. Leanes holds an Bachelor of Environment from Laurentian University, a Masters of Environment & Sustainability in South Africa from the University of Cape Town. He also retains the designation of Professional Geoscientist, Canadian Registered in Safety Professional and Certified Environmental.

Mr. Carson is a senior mining executive with considerable Finance and Business Development experience. He joined Boddington International in 1994 and became Regional Manager Financial in 2009. Prior to this, he was a Division Director of Investment Banking at Bank South in South Africa, He worked at some of the world’s leading metals and mining companies including Thompson Mining Inc., Falconbridge Limited, Value Corp Gold and Barrick Latam.

He has over 20 years experience in corporate finance and investment banking, predominantly in the resources sector in Africa. During this time, James was a key strategic player in several major acquisitions and divestitures.

He graduated from Bristol University in 1992 and has postgraduate degrees from the Universities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sydney, and MBA in strategic planning at British Columbia University.

Mrs Ludendorff, joined Boddington in January 2012 after a seven-year tenure with Anglo South Corp., where she was Group Financial Solicitor lawyer. Ms. Ludendorff is a Lawyer with over 20 years of experience several senior positions including Managing Lawyers – Thompson Mining Limited (South Africa); Regional Director – Barrick (Chile/Peru), She was responsible the Pascua Lama Binational Mining Project.

She had holds a Bachelors degree with honours in Laws from the University of British Columbia, a Master of Business Administration of University of Chicago and and a BSc Economics graduate from the University of Cardiff.