Carmen Letton

Dr Carmen Letton is a mining engineer and mineral economist with 35 years of global mining exposure, working for major and mid-tier mining houses in senior management and leadership roles in operations, corporate strategy development, engineering, asset and business development, continuous improvement, mergers and acquisitions. She also has a focus on corporate and asset strategy development, as well as extensive technical expertise in open pit and underground mines across multiple commodities and the many stages of asset development.

Dr Letton is the head of resource development and life of asset planning (asset strategy development) at Anglo American. She had previously worked at BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto, Newmont, Newcrest, and several other international mining companies.

Dr Letton was selected as one of the “100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining” in 2016 and 2018 by Women in Mining UK. She holds a PhD in Mineral Economics from the University of Queensland, and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mining (Honours) from the West Australian School of Mines in Kalgoorlie.