Newmont Management

Alex Bates was appointed to Senior Vice President of Workplace Responsibility in July of 2022. Alex joined Newmont in 2015 as General Manager of Newmont Boddington Gold and was appointed Regional Senior Vice President of Newmont Australia in April 2017. Prior to joining Newmont, Alex was General Manager of Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Brockman Region. He started in iron ore as General Manager Yandicoogina Operations in February 2011 after many years of experience in leadership roles across the resources industry all over the world including Phalaborwa, Cape Town, London, Montreal and Brisbane. Alex has 25 years of experience in the resources industry and served as a Director on the Board of the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation. Alex is a member of the Board of the Minerals Council of Australia. Raised in Wales and Namibia, Alex studied Engineering in Cape Town and moved to Australia in 2004.

Luis Canepari was appointed Chief Information Officer in 2019. As CIO, Luis leads Newmont’s Information Technology organization and is responsible for driving and overseeing enterprise-wide plans to further realize value from Newmont’s strategic business and technology investments. In his role, Luis has accountability for the digitalization, modernization and standardization of Newmont’s systems and applications.

Luis has over 20 years of experience in senior IT leadership roles and a history of leading major transformation and innovation initiatives. Before joining Newmont, Luis held various leadership roles at AES and ExxonMobil Corporation. In 2017, he was awarded a CIO 100 Award for Business and Technology Innovation and was a recipient of the 2014 Business in Vancouver Forty Under 40 Award. Luis holds an MBA from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering from Universidad Metropolitana in Venezuela. He is also a Certified Information Security Manager and Information Security Auditor.

Mark Casper joined Newmont in 2019 as Group Executive, Strategic Resource Development and now holds the role of Vice President Resource Evaluation and Mine Planning. Mark has more than 29 years of experience in the resource sector and brings technical, operating, project and corporate experience from a variety of global roles with multiple major mining companies. This experience spanned various commodities, geographies, and cultures, including development and leadership of multi-disciplinary teams. Prior to joining Newmont, Mark spent 25 years with Rio Tinto and more recently served as the General Manager for Strategic Production Planning. In that role, Mark was instrumental in developing and deploying an industry-leading methodology on advanced optimization, planning, modelling and evaluation. Mark holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mine Engineering from the University of Utah.

Rebecca joined Newmont in July 2019 as the Regional Chief Financial Officer for the South America region. She has held a variety of finance roles in the Mining & Metals sector, most recently, Senior VP & CFO (based in the US) for CMOC's International operations in Australia, Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to this, she worked for more than 10 years with Anglo American (both in the UK and Brasil) including as CFO at Anglo's nickel, niobium and phosphates businesses in Brazil.  Rebecca started her career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Australia and then London providing audit & assurance services to companies in the mining, extractive and utilities sectors. 

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Western Australia and is a Chartered Accountant, registered in Australia. 

Nick Cotts was promoted to Senior Vice President, External Relations in June 2019 after serving as Vice President, External Relations and Social Responsibility since February 2016. Prior to these roles, he served as Group Executive – External Relations and Group Executive – Environment and Social Responsibility. He began his career at Newmont as Manager of Environmental Affairs in Newmont’s South America region in 1994. Throughout his over 20-year career with Newmont, he has served in various roles in the areas of environmental affairs, communications, external affairs, social responsibility, stakeholder engagement and sustainability. Nick has worked at numerous Newmont operations across the globe, with over 17 years of experience working at our Peru and Ghana operations. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy – Soil Conservation and a Master of Science degree in Range Science – Restoration Ecology, both from Colorado State University.

Francois Hardy was promoted to Regional Senior Vice President, Africa in June 2019. Prior to this role, he served as Regional Project Director for Newmont's Australia and as the General Manager of Newmont's Tanami gold mine where he led a team responsible for improving the operation into a Tier 1 asset. He joined Newmont in 2002 and over his tenure has held a number of roles in Global Program Management, Business Excellence, Technical Services and Senior Site leadership roles at a number of Newmont's assets in Australia. Before joining Newmont, Francois held positions at Avmin Ltd and De Beers Consolidated Mines. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mine Engineering from Technikon Witwatersrand, as well as Management Certificates of Competencies for Western Australia and South Africa.

Daniel Horton has over 16 years of finance experience including 12 years at Newmont Corporation. At Newmont, Daniel has held various leadership positions in Finance and Accounting including overseeing the various system implementations, leading External and Internal Financial Reporting, directing the Investor Relations team and most recently being appointed Vice President, Finance, Treasurer and Investor Relations. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant. 

David Fry joined Newmont as Senior Vice President, Projects in 2023. Prior to joining Newmont, David held the role of Managing Director – Projects at Rio Tinto with accountability for a $14 billion pipeline of projects in the Asia-Pacific Region across a multi-commodity portfolio, including iron ore and copper. Prior to Rio Tinto, David spent nearly 15 years in the oil and gas industry in a variety of engineering, project and operational roles, holding project leadership positions with UGL and Origin Energy, both in Australia. David holds two master’s degrees – a Master of Business in Applied Finance from Queensland University of Technology and a Master of Project Management from University of Southern Queensland.

Ramsey Musa serves as Senior Vice President, Supply Chain after having been elected Vice President, Global Supply Management in November 2014 and serving as interim head of Global Supply Chain Management since July 2014. He previously served as Group Executive, Supply Chain Operations and Capital Projects since 2012 and Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Operations since 2009 when he joined Newmont. Prior to joining Newmont, Mr. Musa was a Strategic Category Team Manager at Freeport McMoran and Senior Manager, Supply Chain Materials Commodity Management at Intel Corporation. Mr. Musa received his Bachelor of Science degree in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University.

Bernard Wessels assumed the role of Senior Vice President, South America in October 2022, most recently serving as the General Manager at Newmont's Peñasquito mine. Prior to this, Bernard served as Vice President of Productivity for Newmont's Africa region in 2020 was the General Manager of the Ahafo mine from 2017 to 2020. As part of his role at Ahafo, he was responsible for the integration of both the Subika Underground and the Ahafo Mill Expansion projects into the Ahafo operations, reaching commercial production in 2018 and 2019. Before joining Newmont in 2017, he served as Vice President (2014–2017) for the Burnstone Underground Gold Project (Sibanye Stillwater) in South Africa. He also led two gold projects to the feasibility phase with Witsgold as the COO (2012–2014). From 2005 to 2012, he was General Manager with Harmony Gold and Anglo Platinum/Atlatsa, where he led deep-level underground gold and platinum mines as well as an open pit mine for Harmony Gold.

Suzy Retallack joined Newmont in 2019 as Vice President of Health, Safety and Security and brings 18 years of experience to the role having held several senior Health, Safety, Environment and Security roles within Rio Tinto. Her experience includes leading large and geographically diverse teams across Australasia and Africa, while driving strong health and safety performance. This includes building strong partnerships with operations and contractors, improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the function she has led, and building industry leading practices and globally adopted critical lessons, fatigue and mental wellbeing programs. Suzy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the University of Western Australia, a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy and a Master of Business Administration also from Curtin University in Australia.

Mark Rodgers assumed the role of Senior Vice President, South America in October 2022 after previously serving as Newmont's Senior Vice President, North America. Mark is a seasoned senior executive with 30 years of experience in the resources industry, including working with both BHP and Rio Tinto. The last 15 years have been in senior operational and project roles at both the general manager and vice president/COO levels. Mark has developed a strong reputation for delivering positive business outcomes while serving on multiple boards and executive committees. He has been a Director of the Gumala Aboriginal Corporation, an Executive Director of the Iron Ore Company of Canada, a board member of the Quebec & Labrador North Shore Railway and also as an executive member of the NSW Minerals Council. Raised in Scotland, he also studied in Australia, gaining a B.Sc. in mineral processing (extractive metallurgy) and post-graduate qualifications in mineral economics.

Mark Ebel was promoted to VP & Associate General Counsel in June 2019. He previously served as Associate General Counsel from October 2011 to May 2019. He is responsible for M&A, financing, and a variety of additional transactional and compliance activities. Prior to Newmont, Mark was CFO and General Counsel at Eyeris Inc., and Partner at Holland & Hart, LLP. He earned his J.D. degree from Stanford University and his B.A. in Mathematics and Political Science from Duke University.

Melissa Gustafson has been with Newmont for 13 years, holding various roles in Human Resources, and currently serves as the Vice President Talent Management. She previously held the position of Group Executive for Human Resources, where her responsibilities included leading the Business Partner team; she is also a member of the Integrations Management team for Newmont focused on Change Management and Communications and Organizational Design. During her tenure at Newmont, Melissa completed an assignment leading the Business Process Full Potential project focused on outsourcing select processes and improving the operating model for Finance, IT and Supply Chain. Prior to joining Newmont, Melissa served in Leadership Development roles at Frontier Airlines and Time Warner Telecom. She holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Communications from Villanova University in Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Denver in Colorado.

Logan Hennessey was elected Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in March 2015. Ms. Hennessey previously served as Assistant Corporate Secretary to the Board since 2010 and as Associate General Counsel from 2011 to 2015 and Senior Counsel, Corporate Securities from 2010 to 2011, working in the substantive areas of federal securities law, financing, M&A and transactions, on-going corporate reporting, corporate governance, general corporate matters and support of the Board of Directors and its Committees. Logan also currently serves as the Chair of Newmont’s Disclosure Committee. Prior to joining Newmont, Logan worked in private practice in the New York office of White & Case LLP. She holds a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College.

Ms. Huff joined Newmont in January 2006 as Director, Tax Compliance in the corporate office, and was promoted to Group Executive in 2009 and then Vice President, Tax in June 2017. She is responsible for leading the Company’s corporate tax group and working collaboratively across the organization to ensure coordination and governance oversight of the regional tax teams. Ms. Huff brings more than 25 years of corporate and international tax experience to her role. Prior to joining Newmont, she spent the first half of her career working at Arthur Andersen. Ms. Huff holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the states of Colorado and Nevada.

Lara Bruhns currently holds the position of Group Executive, Value Assurance and is serving as the Interim Vice President, Value Assurance.

Sebastian Soria is Vice President, Total Rewards for Newmont, overseeing $1.5B of annual investment in employee Compensation and Benefits programs. He is located in Denver, Colorado, USA, and reports to Jennifer Cmil, Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Sebastian is a member of the Global HR Leadership Team. Soria joined Newmont in 2021, after a 27-year career with Dow. He joined Dow in 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as an Accounts Payable Specialist within the Controller’s function. In 1996, he moved to payroll and in 1997, he joined Dow AgroSciences HR supporting the business in Argentina. In 2001, he accepted a geographic compensation and benefits role supporting all of Dow’s businesses, initially for the South Latin America region and later expanding to support all of Latin America. In January of 2009, he moved to Midland, Michigan, to become the Global HR Business Partner for the Basic Chemicals division. In 2010 he assumed the role of Global Compensation Director for Dow, which he held until June 2012, when he moved to Indianapolis, Indiana, to take the role of Global Human Resources Director for Dow AgroSciences. From 2015 until early 2018, Sebastian was the HR Director for Dow Latin America, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He moved back to Midland in March 2018 to take on the Head of Global Rewards role. Soria received a bachelor's degree in labor relations from the University of Buenos Aires and a master's degree in business administration from IAE Business School.

Scott Sullivan joined Newmont’s Legal Leadership Team as Chief Compliance Officer in August 2019. Scott oversees the global Business Integrity & Compliance program and reports regularly to the Audit Committee. Prior to joining Newmont, Scott most recently served as the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer at Flowserve Corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas, where he led the vision, strategy and execution for all facets of ethics and compliance. Scott previously worked in private practice in the Dallas office of Strasburger & Price, LLP. Scott holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Vermont, as well as a Master of Arts degree in International Relations & Comparative Politics from Simon Fraser University, and a Master of Business Administration degree and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Connecticut.

Josh Cage assumed the role of Acting Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer in October 2022. Josh has more than 18 years of service with Newmont in the Finance organization in roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Assistant Controller, a position he has held since 2014. Previously he served as Senior Director, Business Planning, Site Controller – Indonesia and Director, Technical Accounting and External Reporting. Prior to joining Newmont, Josh worked in audit at both Ernst & Young and KPMG, respectively.

Mr. Teets joined Newmont as Vice President Internal Audit in April 2018 bringing more than 20 years of Audit and Accounting experience to the role. Prior to Newmont, he spent 11 years at MPLX as the Vice President, Internal Audit and Compliance. Mr. Teets also held several leadership roles at First Data Corp in the Audit, Compliance and Accounting departments. He started his career at Coopers and Lybrand. Mr. Teets holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Denver and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Colorado.

Mr. Wundenberg has over 20 years of experience in mining and has held various leadership positions within Newmont . He has been associated with Newmont since 1998 working at the Batu Hijau and Yanacocha operations and in the Australia region. He worked for BHP Billiton on the Olympic Dam Expansion project for two years and held the position of Manager, Mining prior to rejoining Newmont. Mr. Wundenberg successfully introduced the Full Potential program in 2013, and was appointed to lead the Asset Management function in 2015. He provided oversight on digital work conducted over 2017, including internal and external benchmarking work, digital assessments and other advancements in innovation and technology and was appointed Vice President, Operational Technology and Innovation in 2018 to define and realize the value proposition of Newmont’s technology and digital strategy and roadmap.

Mia Gous was appointed to Senior Vice President, Australia in July 2022. Mia joined Newmont in May 2021 as General Manager of Boddington and has more than 25 years of operational experience in the mining industry, mainly working for Anglo American and BHP across different commodities, including heavy minerals, zinc, nickel and copper. She was born and raised in South Africa, where she studied chemical engineering at the University of Stellenbosch. Her last 11 years were spent working in Chile, where she became the country’s first female to be appointed as General Manager of large-scale mining operations in 2018 at BHP`s Spence mine. Her passion is the development of young professionals and formation of top-performing teams through a diverse and inclusive culture.