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Senior Management

Peter Johnston

BA, FAusIMM, FAICD

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer since 28 November 2001. Mr Johnston is Chairman of the Minerals Council of Australia, an Executive Council member and past President of the Chamber of Minerals & Energy (WA), a director and past chairman of the Nickel Institute and Vice President of the Australian Mines and Metals Association.

Mr Johnston is currently a director of Emeco Holdings limited and Silver Lake Resources Limited.

Mr Johnston was formerly employed by WMC Ltd from 1993 to 2001 . During that period he held the position of Executive General Manager and at various times was responsible for the nickel and gold operations, Olympic Dam Operations, Queensland Fertilizers Ltd and human resources. He has also held senior positions with Lion Nathan Australia and Alcoa of Australia limited. 

Wayne Ashworth

General Manager Operations

B. Eng (Mechanical)

Wayne Ashworth is General Manager - Operations for Minara's Murrin Murrin Operations. He first joined Minara in January 2005 in the role of Mechanical Engineering and Maintanence Manager.

Mr Ashworth has spent 10 years working in similar process plants to Murrin Murrin, previously having been employed as Technical Consultant and Commissioning Manager for the Rio Tuba Nickel HPAL project located in the southern Philippines for JGC and Sumitomo, and at Bulong Nickel Operation as Maintenance Manager.

Jason Cooke

General Manager Corporate Development
BE, MBA, F Fin

Jason Cooke joined Minara in 2001 as Business Development Manager. Prior to his current role he was employed by a subsidiary of Glencore International where he evaluated acquisitions and managed investments in base metal producers within Australia and offshore. Mr Cooke has 15 years experience in the mining and minerals industry having worked in both technical and financial roles.

Cynthia Sargent 

General Counsel & Company Secretary
BSL, JD

Cynthia Sargent was appointed General Counsel and Company Secretary on 10 January 2008. Prior to joining the company Ms Sargent was a partner in the litigation department at Clayton Utz. Ms Sargent has extensive legal experience in Australia, South Africa and the USA.

Andrew Bantock

Chief Financial Officer
B.Com, ACA

Andrew Bantock joined Minara as the Chief Financial Officer in April 2010. Mr Bantock is a Chartered Accountant with extensive professional, corporate and commercial experience predominantly in the areas of resource and infrastructure development.