SKIPP WILLIAMSON - Managing Director

Operations leadership in metals (steel, aluminium, zinc, lead), mining, pulp & paper and light manufacturing McKinsey & Company; 14 years leading performance improvement work Expertise in performance & cultural turnaround Delivered substantial results in North America, Europe, Africa & Australasia BE Civil (Hons), MPhil Mgt. (Organisational Behaviour) (Oxford), MSc. Geotechnical Engineering (MIT)

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North America

KEITH RUSSELL

Operations expertise in pulp and paper, aluminium and alumina refining, oil and gas and telecommunications 20 years consulting experience including BCG and Booz Allen Hamilton Global experience in Europe, America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand Master in Business Administration (Stanford University), Arjay Miller Scholar (top 10%) and a Harkness Fellow

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JOSEPH SOCOLOF

Expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, MOS, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and business development Two years strategic consulting; six years performance and operational improvement experience; and five years corporate finance / private equity experience Master of Business Administration (Duke University); Bachelor of Economics (University of Illinois)

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NIGEL SUTHERLAND

Experience as Chairman of a major metal refining company; Board member of seven major mining companies in South Africa; Corporate Advisory; Senior Management roles for global resource company, including Senior Divisional Marketing Manager, Treasurer Delivered results in South Africa, Australia, UK, USA, India & Namibia BSc Engineering (Metallurgy) (University of Witwatersrand), Master of Business Administration (Cape Town) Speaks English and Afrikaans

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Europe / Commonwealth of Independent States

MATTI KARINEN

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SERGIO GONZÁLEZ ANDIÓN

Delivered results in energy, steel, cement and petrochemicals and consumer goods and retailing 20 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company Global board level and senior management experience in industrial and retailing sectors Bachelor of Science in Electro-Mechanical engineering (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico) and Master of Business Administration (Louvain University, Belgium) Speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and French

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Asia

IAN WOODS

Joined Partners in Performance in 2005 10 years consulting experience including 5 years with McKinsey & Company 10 years in senior management  roles in Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications Equipment and Telecommunications Services Extensive experience in Australia, Asia, North & South America MBA from Australian Graduate School of Management; Bachelor of Business – Queensland Institute of Technology.

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South Africa

SIMON DAVIES

Led major business improvement projects in coal, chemicals, smelting as well as turnarounds in financial services and airlines Senior executive roles in banks and airlines 15 years consulting experience with PIP, Booz Allen and McKinsey & Company Commerce (Marketing major) (University on NSW); Master of Business Administration (Bond University)

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NIGEL SUTHERLAND

Experience as Chairman of a major metal refining company; Board member of seven major mining companies in South Africa; Corporate Advisory; Senior Management roles for global resource company, including Senior Divisional Marketing Manager, Treasurer Delivered results in South Africa, Australia, UK, USA, India & Namibia BSc Engineering (Metallurgy) (University of Witwatersrand), Master of Business Administration (Cape Town) Speaks English and Afrikaans

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Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

NEIL SYLVESTER

23 years consulting and general management Led substantial and diverse projects for McKinsey, Mitchell Madison Tripled Everest Group's Asian consultancy business Delivered results throughout Asia, Europe and North America BSc Chemical Engineering  - University of Natal, MBA (distinction) - University of  Witwatersrand Speaks English and Afrikaans

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MICHAEL HUGGINS

10 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company Led major turnarounds in manufacturing, resources, industrial goods, logistics and services companies. Deep expertise in commercial due diligence and working with private equity firms. Delivered results in UK, Canada, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand BE (1st Hons) (Manufacturing & Material Engineering) (Uni of QLD), PPE (Oxford)

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ALASDAIR JOHNSTON

Delivered results in private equity, outsourced solutions, banking, manufacturing, mining and packaging industries Expertise in integration, cost reduction, restructuring, due diligence and capital raising 6 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company; 4 years investment banking; 4 years army officer experience in the UK Masters degree in Economics from Cambridge University, MBA cum laude from l’Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan

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IAN WOODS

Experience in electronics, telecommunications and mining 3 years independent financial consulting, 4 years strategic and management consulting, 5 years senior management experience and 7 years as a chartered accountant. Detailed corporate and consulting experience in the US, South East Asia and Australia markets Master of Business Administration (University of New South Wales) and Bachelor of Business Accountancy (Queensland Institute of Technology)

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JAMES BRIDGERS

15 years consulting experience in the United States, Europe, South America and Australia. Expertise in cost reduction and restructuring Delivered results in banking, insurance, manufacturing, publishing and mining industries Duel Bachelor degrees in Economics and Business Administration from Trinity University, United States

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DAVID DAY

18 years Commercial and Investment Banking 3 years McKinsey & Company, 10 years performance improvement work Delivered results in steel, zinc, wood products, pulp& paper, coal Expertise in banking, operations throughput and sustainability of change Delivered results in Australasia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Europe, USA MBA (AGSM), Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia.

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JULIAN DOLBY

12 years experience as an operational and change manager within blue-chip and medium sized businesses within Australasia, Asia, North and South America and the UK. 5 spent five years in the role as General Manager of Operations of the international consulting company  “The Jamieson Group” . Lead in change programmes from the analysis to successful delivery in the Utility, Mining, Manufacturing and Construction industries in the Asia Pacific region, North and South America and the United Kingdom. Bachelor in Education and a Diploma in Teaching from the University of Otago.

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STEVE BROWN

20 years experience in line management, including CEO and GM positions in manufacturing. Delivered substantial results in open cut and underground operations including coal, nickel and iron ore.  Also metals refining, port operations and planned shutdowns. Deep expertise in mining turnarounds in Australia and South Africa. Masters in Business Administration from Cranfield UK,  Diploma in Marketing,  and a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours, Chemical).

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South America

PABLO SPINADEL

20 years experience in Management and Operations as well as in Consulting and Coaching delivering results throughout North and South America and Europe Experience in Technology, Telecommunications, Finance, Manufacturing, Services, Utilities, and Governmental sectors 18 years consulting including McKinsey and Co; UNIDO and IBM; Worldwide Responsible of the Wholesale Distributors segment at IBM Corporation Professor (Operations, Project Mgmt) at the MBA, Universidad de San Andres PhD in Technical Sciences (Maximum Honors - Tech University of Vienna), MBA (McKinsey), Bachelor of Electronic Engineering (Universidad de Buenos Aires) Speaks Spanish, German, English, Italian and Portuguese

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ANUJ ARYA

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IGNACIO DI BARTOLO

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PIP CENTRAL

KRIS BRUCKNER

Expertise in operations improvement, organisation performance systems, strategy development, corporate finance and business building Industry experience in minerals processing, oil and gas, banking, funds management, insurance, reinsurance, mining, manufacturing, rail and logistics 10 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company and PIP; 6 years line management experience in financial services Bachelor of Commerce (finance) with Merit (University of NSW); Bachelor of Laws (University of NSW)

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