Mining
10 tailings management experts
These ten professionals have held tailings and dam management roles at mining companies, up to head and vice president level. A reader can learn how tailings leaders oversee tailings storage facilities and build and run their teams.
Professionals to explore
01—10Christopher James
LinkedInExperience: Tailings & Governance Manager · Glencore Australia
Tailings & Governance Manager at Glencore Australia since 2024. Former Rehabilitation & Tailings Manager (2022–2024) and Manager Closure & Civil Planning (2021–2022) at Glencore Australia, and Area Manager Eastern Margin Expansion (Self-Delivery) at Hail Creek Mine (2019–2020).
Johan Boshoff
LinkedInExperience: VP Global Tailings Management · GOLD FIELDS
VP Global Tailings Management at GOLD FIELDS since 2023 and former Group Head of Tailings at GOLD FIELDS (2019–2023). The profile says this person's expertise includes detailed design, monitoring and project management of tailings storage facilities. Former Associate, Principal Tailings Engineer at Golder (2013–2019).
John Plunkett
LinkedInExperience: Head of Tailings & Water · MMG Limited
Head of Tailings & Water at MMG Limited since 2024. Former Group Principal - Tailings and Water at Newmont Corporation (2023–2024) and Superintendent Engineering Tailings & Dams at Rio Tinto (2021–2023), where the profile describes responsibility for the technical delivery of all tailings studies across closure, sustaining capital and expansion sites.
Jonah Akorli
LinkedInExperience: Head of Dams and Tailings Storage Facilities · KAZ Minerals
Head of Dams and Tailings Storage Facilities at KAZ Minerals since 2023, where the profile says this person leads the Dams and Tailings Facilities Division. Former TSF Technical Manager at KAZ Minerals (2022–2023) and Senior Tailings Engineer - Mine Waste Lead Ghana at Golder (2020–2022).
Kate Brand
LinkedInExperience: Group Manager Tailings and Water · Newmont Corporation
Former Group Manager Tailings and Water (2023–2024) and Group Manager - Tailings and Water (Newcrest) (2022–2023) at Newmont Corporation, and Practice Lead Tailings - Aus at Glencore since 2025. Former Superintendent Dams - BMA Projects at BHP (2019–2022). The profile describes 15+ years of experience in dam safety, water resources and mine waste projects.
Mafalda Oliveira
LinkedInExperience: Head of Department of Dams, Tailings, Waste Rock and Water · Boliden Somincor
Head of Department of Dams, Tailings, Waste Rock and Water at Boliden Somincor since 2005, and former Engineering Geologist - Dams Department at Boliden Somincor (1993–2004). The profile also describes this person as RTFE at Boliden Somincor - Neves Corvo Mine.
Marco Pavez
LinkedInExperience: Tailings & Water Manager · Anglo American
Tailings & Water Manager at Anglo American since 2025. Former Lead of Tailings And Water Anglo American Copper Chile (2023–2025), Superintendente Tranques de Relaves (2021–2023) and Jefe de Operaciones Tranque LT (2019–2021) at Anglo American. The profile describes management of tailings facilities applying GISTM and Chilean tailings and water regulations.
Peter Jenner
LinkedInExperience: Head of Tailings · Hindustan Zinc
Head of Tailings at Hindustan Zinc since 2025. Former Head of Tailings Lead and Zinc at Glencore (2022–2025), Group Principal Tailings Engineer (2021–2022) and TSF Manager (2019–2020) at PanAust, and Head of Water, Geotech and Tailings Management at ArcelorMittal (2020–2021). The profile describes experience in corporate governance for TSFs, including auditing and preparation of tailings standards.
Travis Bowser
LinkedInExperience: Director, Tailings and Water Management · Wesdome Gold Mines
Director, Tailings and Water Management at Wesdome Gold Mines since 2023. Former Senior Geotechnical Engineer at Klohn Crippen Berger (2019–2023) and Geotechnical Engineer at Stantec (2015–2019). The profile describes 15 years of experience in mine closure, mine waste management and dam safety.
Trent Collins
LinkedInExperience: Head of Dams and Tailings Storage Facilities · KAZ Minerals
Former Head of Dams and Tailings Storage Facilities at KAZ Minerals (2019–2023), a role the profile describes as providing direction and technical advice on tailings and mine waste. Tailings Lead - Africa Middle East at Barrick Mining Corporation since 2025, and former Engineering Lead - Waste Management (Tailings) at Rio Tinto (2023–2025).
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's scope to your question, since running the tailings facilities at one site and setting tailings governance across a portfolio of mines call for different experience. Also consider the type of facility and the regulatory setting you operate in, and pick someone whose roles covered similar facilities and rules.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you set up tailings governance roles such as the accountable executive and responsible facility engineer under GISTM?
- 02What monitoring and review practices give you the earliest warning that a tailings dam needs attention?
- 03How do you weigh options such as filtered or dry stack tailings against conventional storage for a new or expanding facility?
Reaching tailings management experts
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