St Barbara has appointed three new independent non-executive directors to its board, effective from September 7.
Mark Hine, Joanne Palmer and Warren Hallam have all been appointed and each will stand for election at St Barbara’s annual general meeting on October 25.
Mark Hine
Hine is a mining engineer and experienced non-executive director who has global mining experience with over 30 years of senior management roles in both surface and underground mining operations across Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, and China.
He has previously held senior positions such as chief operating officer (COO) of Griffin Mining, Focus Minerals and Golden West Resources.
Hine is currently a non-executive director at Perenti.
Joanne Palmer
Palmer has over 26 years of industry experience in providing audit and assurance services on company listings, mergers, acquisitions and takeovers, as well as auditing international resource companies.
Her international experience includes serving as an equity partner at Ernst & Young where she provided external auditor and advisory services to Australian and UK companies operating in in Africa, Europe, America and Australia.
Palmer is currently a non-executive director of Paladin Energy, Sierra Rutile and NextOre, as well as a councillor and treasurer of the Association of Australian Mining and Exploration Companies.
Warren Hallam
Hallam is a metallurgist and a mineral economist who has over 35 years experience and has considerable technical, managerial and financial experience across a range of commodities.
He has previously held board positions with Westgold Resources, Aziana, Nelson Resources, Nico Resources and formerly served as the managing director of Metals Exploration, Metals X, Capricorn Metals and Millennium Minerals.
Hallam is currently non-executive chair of Kingfisher Mining and a non-executive director of Essential Metals and Poseidon Nickel.
As part of St Barbara’s board renewal process, its longest serving non-executive director David Moroney will retire from the board on December 31.
“Together with the recent appointment of Andrew Strelein as managing director and chief executive officer in July 2023, the appointment of three new independent non-executive directors and the retirement of one existing director represents a significant level of board renewal and sets the company up well for the future,” St Barbara non-executive chair Kerry Gleeson said.
“Mark, Joanne and Warren bring appropriate skills and complementary experience to St Barbara’s board and I look forward to working with them all.
“On behalf of the board, I would like to thank David for his contribution to St Barbara over the last eight years, including as chair of the audit and risk committee.”
St Barbara anticipates further board changes during 2024.