Robin Griffin

Vice President, Metals and Mining Research

Wood Mackenzie

Robin joined Wood Mackenzie in 2003 and has spent considerable time in both consulting and research roles. Consulting assignments included project due diligence, market assessments, price forecasting and coal procurement. An integral part of the research team since 2007, Robin has undertaken global mine cost estimation and supply analysis for both coal and base metals. Robin joined the coal markets team in 2012 and until 2021 was responsible for metallurgical coal markets analysis. ​ Robin has now broadened his role to act as subject matter expert across metals and mining markets. The role include undertaking cross-commodity analysis across base metals, battery raw materials, bulk commodities, and steel alloys.​ Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie Robin spent 7 years in the power and coal industries in Hong Kong, India, Indonesia and Australia undertaking coal procurement, coal exploration, project development geological and engineering roles. Robin also worked as a coal marketer selling thermal coal in Asia.​ Robin holds a BSc (Hons) in Geology and an MSc in Mining Engineering, from Camborne School of Mines, UK​

Tom Metcalfe

CEO

CleanCo Queensland

Appointed CleanCo CEO in July 2022, Tom Metcalfe is at the helm of Queensland’s publicly owned dedicated low-emission and renewable energy generator, retailer and developer. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the global energy sector and is using this experience to guide CleanCo to achieve its ambitious goals and support decarbonisation across Queensland.     As CEO of CleanCo Tom oversees more than 1,100MW of low-emission generation assets including Queensland’s only pumped hydro, with the portfolio set to grow exponentially over the next decade to help propel Queensland’s energy transformation forward.   In his previous role as President of both We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service in the United States, Tom oversaw the delivery of gas and electricity to approximately 3 million customers. Tom’s wide-ranging experience includes renewable and non-renewable generation where he has had responsibility for development, construction, operations and maintenance. Tom has successfully delivered more than 5000MW of new generation in the United Kingdom, Asia, Australia and the United States.

Bob McKerrow

Senior Executive

THIESS

Viktor Tanevski

Principal Consultant, APAC Metals & Mining Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Viktor Tanevski is a senior resources industry professional with over 14 years' experience. Viktor joined Wood Mackenzie’s Metals & Mining Consulting practice in 2022. Viktor is responsible for providing tailored commodity analytics solutions and strategic advice to a range of clients including miners, banks, government, and service providers.  Previously, Viktor joined Wood Mackenzie’s Metals & Mining Research team in Sydney, Australia in 2011 with coverage of the coal sector. He subsequently helped establish supply and valuation models and products for iron ore, before moving back to coal, covering the entire value chain, including assets, infrastructure, market demand, international trade, pricing, emissions, M&A, corporate strategy and regulatory impact assessments. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Viktor worked in Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)’s Mining & Metals investment banking team in Sydney undertaking Australian and cross-border M&A advisory and corporate financing transactions and valuations for projects and companies across precious and base metals, bulk and industrial mined commodities and Oil & Gas. Viktor has a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in Finance and Accounting) and a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Sydney.  In 2018, Viktor completed the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program (CFA Institute) and remains an active charter holder. Viktor has a wide-ranging interest in financial and commodity markets, corporate strategy, financial analysis, innovation and technology.

Chris Davis

GM Corporate Development

New Hope Group

Brent Spalding

Principal Analyst - Coal Research

Wood Mackenzie

Brent joined Wood Mackenzie in 2007, following the acquisition of Barlow Jonker. He has been an integral part of the coal research team covering cost estimation and supply analysis for APAC and Southern Africa. He is based in Brisbane with primary responsibility for APAC metallurgical coal research. ​ Brent has been involved in coal research and publications since 1994. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, he was the editor of the South African Coal Report.​ Brent has a Masters degree in Energy Studies, which he obtained from the University of Johannesburg in 2000.

Chris Graham

Vice President – Energy Consulting, Asia Pacific

Wood Mackenzie

Chris leads business development for our Asia Pacific energy consulting practice. He has been with Wood Mackenzie for over ten years in a variety of analytical, leadership and commercial roles, across upstream oil and gas, LNG and energy markets research. Chris previously led our Australasia upstream oil and gas team in Perth, before relocating to Singapore in 2014 to head up our Asia Pacific fuel fundamentals research. Here, his teams were responsible for all market, supply, demand and pricing intelligence for the region’s energy sector. In 2017, he moved into a commercial director role with global responsibility for our gas and LNG business. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Chris worked for KPMG in Madrid, supporting the audit and risk advisory departments.

Michael Wright

Executive Chair and CEO

Thiess

Michael has over 30 years’ experience across the resources & industrial industries in Australia, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Prior to being appointed to the joint role of Executive Chair and CEO of Thiess, Michael was the CEO of ASX listed CIMIC Group, responsible for leading Sedgman, UGL, CPB Contractors, Leighton Asia and Thiess. He joined Thiess in 1998, starting as a Project Manager, and has held leadership and operational roles in the mining, construction and services sector, giving him expertise across operations, technical, commercial and strategy.   Michael is a highly regarded and innovative leader focused on delivering value to clients and inspiring operational excellence by building strong, safe and performance-driven teams. He serves as a Director of the Minerals Council of Australia and the Sustainable Minerals Institute and is Chair of the International RiverFoundation Board. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering Civil from the University of Sydney and a Master of Engineering Science from the University of New South Wales.

Antoine Gaudin

Senior Consultant

Wood Mackenzie

Antoine works within the Power and Renewables Consulting team in Singapore. Antoine's experience spans from advisory for energy utilities and regulators to market design, power market modelling, price forecast and strategy. His work involves reviews of electricity markets and corporate practices at various stages of market liberalisation. He recently worked with stakeholders in Australia, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, the USA and others. He specialises in market analysis policy, renewable policies and regulatory matters at a global scale. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Antoine worked in the energy market advisory practice of DNV Singapore. He covered the APAC region.

Min(Jenny) Li

Coal Market Analyst

Wood Mackenzie

Min Li is a research analyst with over fifteen years experience in international coal mining industry. She joined Wood Mackenzie in 2016 and is currently based in Singapore with responsibility for Asia Pacific metallurgical coal market research. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Min worked with Peabody in business development and investment analysis for ten years. Min also has over several years of experience in sales and marketing in FedEx. Min Li is a CFA Level III candidate with an MBA from the University of Missouri in St. Louis.

Erik Isokangas

Research Director

Mining3

Erik Isokangas is a Research Director at Mining3, a leading research organisation directed by the global mining industry to develop and deliver transformational technology to improve the productivity, sustainability, and safety of the mining industry. Erik leads a multi-million-dollar research portfolio encompassing a wide range of projects, such as: developing new approaches to energy efficient haulage, mining simulation and value modelling tools, new sensor technologies, and data analytics. Erik is also the Technical Lead for the Hydra Consortium, a project that has been testing a hydrogen fuel cell and battery powertrain on a mine site in Chile, with the aim to further understand the performance, business case, challenges, and appropriate applications for the technology in mining. The Consortium is also developing recommendations for standards, regulations, and best practices for using hydrogen on mine sites. Erik has a passion for practical research towards net zero emissions, seeking ways to improve the value, efficiency, and sustainability of mining through battery-electric and hybrid mobile equipment, dynamic wireless power transfer, energy management, automation, conveying systems, and mine design approaches. Erik has worked for over 30 years in the mining industry in technology development with companies such as BHP, Thiess, Metso, and CSIRO. He holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering and a Doctorate in Mineral Processing from the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre at the University of Queensland.

Flor Lucia De la Cruz

Principal Analyst, Hydrogen & Emerging Technologies

Wood Mackenzie

Flor is a subject matter expert in hydrogen and emerging technologies for Wood Mackenzie's Energy Transition Practice. She works on modelling hydrogen markets, tracking deployments, policy, investments, technology trends, and analyzing the adoption of hydrogen in industrial processes including ammonia, methanol, heating, blending, midstream logistics and the power and storage sector. Before joining Wood Mackenzie, Flor led the innovation team at IDOM working on developing low carbon and circular economy projects for green/blue hydrogen, advanced biofuels, hydrotreated vegetable oils, plastic recycling, and carbon capture. At IDOM she also worked as a process engineer on LNG projects in Brazil, Colombia and Poland and a natural gas processing facility in Morocco. Before IDOM, Flor worked as a Health Safety & Environment engineer at Tecnicas Reunidas (TR). At TR she worked on the Al-Zour Refinery for Kuwait and a Nitric Acid plant for Yara in Norway. Flor holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). While at MIT she worked as a researcher at the Metabolic Engineering Laboratory on a project for Novogy Inc (now Total) to investigate yeast’s ability to convert low-cost feed stocks into lipids to produce inexpensive biodiesel.

Gerhard Ziems

Chief Financial & Marketing Officer

Coronado Global Resources Inc.

Gerhard joined Coronado in July 2020 as Group Chief Financial Officer. Gerhard is a well-established executive with extensive experience in listed and private equity blue-chip organisations. Before joining Coronado, Gerhard was Chief Financial Officer at Pacific National, Australia’s largest railroad company. He was also CFO of the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance, BHP’s Global Head of Coal Marketing, and has worked in various finance and commercial roles in Australia, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe. In May 2023, Gerhard took on additional responsibilities as Head of Marketing and Strategy for the Coronado Group. Born and educated in Germany, Gerhard holds a Master’s Degree in Finance & Civil Engineering from Braunschweig University of Technology, where he lectured for two years in Finance and Civil Engineering. Gerhard is also a Fellow of CPA Australia. Gerhard has held non-executive directorships with globalCOAL (UK), the Jellinbah Group, the Australian German Chamber of Commerce (both Australia), and Peace River Coal (Canada).

Julie Whitcombe

General Manager- Strategy and Development

CleanCo Queensland

Ms Whitcombe has a wealth of experience in strategy and operational leadership roles across a range of industries. Ms Whitcombe’s experience includes eight years as an executive with Australian gas developer and producer Senex Energy, as well as two years as CEO of RDO Australia, the Australian arm of the world’s largest John Deere and Vermeer dealership business. Ms Whitcombe studied engineering and is also a Chartered Accountant, having spent her early career working in strategy and advisory services with PwC and AT Kearney in Australia and the United Kingdom.

Paul Manley

Director Metals & Mining Consulting

Wood Mackenzie

Paul is a geologist by training and brings over 20 years of industry experience to our metals and mining consulting team. As a director of consulting, he leads a wide variety of fuel supply engagements in Australia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia, the Americas and Africa and has worked in both our Houston and China offices. Now based in Sydney, Paul covers metals and mining throughout Asia and the Pacific region. Paul has a deep understanding of a range of commodities, spanning metallurgical and thermal coal, iron ore and base metals. He has played an integral role in developing our emerging metals consulting offerings and has worked on a wide variety of consulting assignments, from the provision of expert advice in dispute resolution, to conducting due diligence. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Paul worked in exploration, on mine sites and for government departments in both the coal industry and mineral sands sector.

Nick Rees

Co-Founder and Managing Director

Bridgend Capital Advisory

Nick Rees is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Bridgend Capital Advisory, an independent capital advisory firm focused on the Natural Resources industry and related sectors. Nick has more than 20 years experience in Natural Resources financing and works with companies to navigate a complex capital landscape and deliver specialist advice and optimal debt capital solutions that help build lasting value for stakeholders. Most recently Nick was Chief Development Officer for a small private Australian mining company and prior to this was Global Head of Natural Resources at National Australia Bank responsible for all aspects of its Natural Resources business globally. Before joining NAB, Nick spent nearly five years in New York where Nick he helped establish and led a Metals and Mining Project Finance business in the Americas for Commonwealth Bank of Australia. This followed four years leading CBA’s Natural Resources business in Queensland. Nick holds Bachelor Degrees in Mining Engineering (First Class Honours) and Applied Geology, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment (Corporate Finance major) and has completed the Leadership Essentials Program at Columbia Business School in New York. Nick is a Member of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, a Senior Associate of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and a Signatory to The Banking and Finance Oath.

Tim Peirce

Chief Commercial Officer

M Resources

M Resources is an independent marketing, trading and investment company with a production base in Australia, and global market operations. Since joining in 2021, Tim has supported development of the groups growth and execution of marketing, logistics and trading operations. Prior to joining M Resources Tim lead the sales and marketing function for the Curragh mine, including all aspects of maximising the value of the Curragh resource in the market and accountability for all offsite infrastructure. Before leading sales for Curragh mine, Tim held various positions within Wesfarmers (as the prior owner of the Curragh asset), predominantly focussed on business development and major investment decisions. Tim’s background is an engineer, holding positions with WorleyParsons Australia in the Minerals and Metals Division and with BHP Billiton at the Boodarie Hot Briquetted Iron project in Western Australia. Tim holds a Bachelor of Science (Chemistry), Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, and a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment.

Henry Titchen

General Manager and Company Secretary

J-Power Australia Pty Ltd

Henry Titchen is a Mining Engineer with 30 years of experience in mining. He was worked with a variety of commodities including Nickel, Iron and Coal. In addition to engineering, Henry holds formal qualifications in both business and law. Henry has held roles with Western Mining Corporation, BHP, Rio Tinto and Mitsubishi Development. Henry currently holds the role of Company Director and General Manager for J-Power Australia. J-Power Australia is the Australian subsidiary of the large Japanese power utility, J-Power, which is one of the largest Japanese importers of coal.

Melvin Chen

Head of Power & Renewables Consulting APAC

Wood Mackenzie

Melvin leads the Power & Renewables Consulting Practice for the Asia Pacific region. Together with a team of consultants, his focus is to address the strategic needs of companies and governments in the areas of Power & Renewable and Energy Transition. The Energy Transition Practice is a key part of Wood Mackenzie’s business that drives the thought leadership in the energy industry as it navigate the challenges of the Energy Transition. Melvin has been with the Asia Pacific consulting team based in Singapore for the past 11 years taking on a variety of roles including the roles of Head of Greater China Consulting and Regional Consulting Group Manager. Since joining Wood Mackenzie, he has led projects across the Power & Renewables, Upstream, Gas & LNG, Downstream/Petrochemicals and Metals & Mining sectors for clients which included companies across the energy value chain, financials and governments. In this time, his work have been focused on strategy formulation, market entry, due diligence, valuation and modelling across the Energy and Mining industry. Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, he co-founded a company that was at the forefront in driving sustainable development in Singapore which was co-funded by Enterprise Singapore. During this time, he was involved in developing best practises for the residential, private and public sectors in the field of sustainable development including areas such as the implementation of solar systems and demand side management. Melvin graduated from Nanyang Technological University with a First Class Honours Degree in Aerospace Engineering.

Rory Simington

Principal Analyst APAC Thermal Coal Research​

Wood Mackenzie

Rory Simington is a research analyst with more than 20 years of experience in the Australian mining industry. He is currently based in Sydney with primary responsibility for Wood Mackenzie’s Asia Pacific thermal coal research. ​ He analyses the coal market, with a focus on supply, demand, and price. He also analyses mining assets, collecting physical, logistical, and financial information and building models to produce valuations. His analyses are delivered in reports and presentations to clients and prospective clients to help them understand the coal market and inform their decision-making.​ Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie in 2014, Rory worked with major multinational mining corporations and consulting companies providing supply and demand analysis, cost analysis, price forecasting, and product marketability assessments. ​ He also has more than ten years of experience in operational management and technical roles in the coal industry, including longwall operations and mine planning. He is an experienced project manager with expertise in design, manufacture, and delivery of longwall systems.​ Rory’s expertise in the coal industry is evident in the frequency with which he’s quoted in the media regarding the coal market.​ Rory Simington holds an MBA and a BEng in mining, both from the University of Wollongong. ​