Hamish Bohannan is a mining engineer with over 35 years of corporate and operational experience in public companies within the resources industry.
Mr Bohannan started as a miner with Gold Fields in South Africa before completing a degree at the Royal School of Mines. Whilst much of his experience has been in underground mining, he has been actively involved in many areas of the industry including dredging and open cut mining, processing and smelting having worked around the globe in various metals from copper and gold to nickel and mineral sands.
Previously chief executive of Braemore Resources, Mr Bohannan has also held executive positions with Cyprus Minerals, WMC, Iluka Resources and IAMGold.
Mr Bohannan is a director of Straterra, the New Zealand resource sector industry association and of the Coal Association of New Zealand.