Inspirational Women In Mining 2020

100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020IBM FOREWORDSONIA VAN BALLAERTGlobal Client DirectorIBM Global MarketsI am 14, why study science?I am 18, why enrol in engineering?I am 22, why work in a mine?I am 30, why run mining operations?I am 43, why serve as CEO for a mining company?These are not simple questions to answer, nor are they easy.Nor will all talented women become a CEO, but some will. Whenyoung girls and women find answers to these questions a greatersocietal purpose for the mining industry is achieved. Here is why.Once their needs for fair pay and equal treatment have beenmet, women stay employed because their work is interesting, itprovides a sense of accomplishment and it enables an adequatework-life balance. The digital mine of the future will usher in newopportunities for women while the corporate sustainability agendawill attract new generations to the mining industry.Imagine a future where at 14, the maths teacher explains to girlsin the classroom that you need to learn very complex maths toreduce CO2 emissions that drive global warming.14

WOMEN ARETHE FUTUREFOR SUSTAINABLEMININGAt 22, the job description that triggers this young woman to applyat a mining company says: “we are searching for an experiencedresearcher to help us drive innovation and cutting-edge technologyacross our tailings recycling programme in order to eliminate ourenvironmental impact.”At 43, this woman will move into a leadership role at the miningcompany to work in a mine that is a fundamental builder ofsocietal, sustainable and economic value. Experience will havetaught her to balance these different imperatives.Women will make up a large part of the mining workforce ofthe future and create new societal value, harnessing digitaltechnologies and innovation.IBM is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplaceand in society and is a proud supporter of women in mining.Congratulations to all the exceptionally talented, empoweringand inspirational WIM100 nominees.15

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100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020TIMJENSENPrincipal & MiningSector Leader, AmericasSIBONGILEKUHLANEPartner, Miningand Metals PracticeVICTORIAREESEPartner & Head, Legal, Risk,Compliance & GovernmentAffairs Practice and Leader,Diversity & InclusionADAMBADENOCHPartner & GlobalLeader, Mining &Metals PracticeHEIDRICK & STRUGGLES IS DELIGHTED TO SEESUCH A DIVERSE GROUP OF TRAILBLAZINGLEADERS RECOGNIZED IN THIS YEAR'S WIM100,REMINDING US THAT THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT. THEDESTINY OF THE MINING INDUSTRY IS IN THEHANDS OF ITS LEADERS. WE ARE EXCITED TO BEPART OF THE FUTURE YOU WILL CREATE.For millennia the mining industry has underpinned humanprogress, enabling the technological advances that have propelledcivilization. Today, however, mining finds itself at a crossroads.18

HEIDRICK & STRUGGLESFOREWORDAs we transition to a low carbon economy, mining has a pivotalrole to play in providing the materials necessary to transform ourlives. At the same time, a paradigm shift to a fairer, more sustainablesocial model is imperative to the success of the industry.However, the industry faces significant reputational challenges asit competes for the ideas, capital and people that will drive thistransformation. With this in mind, we believe there are a few keytraits future leaders should focus on developing to succeed inthis environment.Advocacy: In a crowded market, the ability to cut throughthe noise and advocate for your business will only increase inimportance. While it is a relatively underdeveloped skill in themining industry, compelling story telling, tying the “what” to the“why” for an increasingly diverse group of stakeholders, will bean essential skill for future leaders.Agility: Over the next decade and beyond, our technologyplatforms will mature significantly, with the pace of change poisedto accelerate. With geopolitical uncertainty also intensifying,leaders will be challenged to develop agile organisations,equipped to harness diverse perspectives with the intellectualsafety to learn from mistakes and pivot quickly.Strategic Thinking: Technology advances including automation,robotics and AI will reduce the level of human interaction withmining systems and concentrate fewer decisions with fewerindividuals. The importance of decision-making quality willsubsequently increase, as will the importance of developing a criticalunderstanding of the entire ecosystem, to drive value creation.19

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100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020CONGRATULATIONS2020 EDITIONOF 100 GLOBAL INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN IN MININGHilde Merete AasheimAna CunhaKaren HayesLoreto AcevedoKatie DayJanine HerzigFlorence AduSerpil DemirelKate HobbsSumathi AngusamyAida Diop NdiayeGay Huey EvansEva AriasSheffield DouglasKirsten HundZenzi AwasesFlorence DrummondBrooke HurtLiliya BarchukSebnem DuzgunBibi-Batima IskakovaCatriona BeadelAwa FofanaElena IvanovaKathleen BenedettoBobbie FootGabrielle IwanowAnita BertisenCarolina GarciaAmy JacobsenHelena Robin BordieMaria de Gasperindel RioMiriam Wairimu KamauHolly BridgwaterMichillay BrownLesley BryceIvy ChenKristy ChristensenAmparo Cornejo22Tara GilfillanKathryn GoodenoughSiobhan GraftonReema HakeemGeorgina HallettMarie-Chantal KanindaSinead KaufmanNatalia KaybalinaJulie KongMamaye KoumaJody Kuzenko

Elizabeth KyaloLehlogonolo MoseriNicole SmithTijana LaBiancaMametja MosheFourera Sotty MaigaAmanda LacazeRumisha MotilalMarilyn SpinkNaseem Banu LahriPatricia MuricyAmina TahiruBoipelo LekuboRosemary OklaVasilina TarabarovaEllen Lenny-PessagnoPetro du PisaniTania TchedaevaTamara Leves HamenSamantha RetallackAnne ThompsonEstelle Levin-NallyFiona RobertsonDjariatou TraoreBonnie LiuClaudia Andrea RodríguezMesaLaura TylerCarolyn Clark LoderMaria LodkinaVal MadsenJuliana MarquesMaite MaryNidia Meza MaureiraNeuma MoreiraKimberly (Finke) MorrisonConcepción RodríguezValenciaRosa Maria RojasEspinozaClaudia Uribe Lopezde MesaPhilipa VarrisAna Milena VasquezAmélie RouleauNatascha ViljoenLika Scott SowAudra WalshOlebogeng SentshoMelba WasunnaChristine (Louyan) ShenAlicia WoodsUsha SinghYiming Wu23

100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020HILDE MERETE AASHEIMCompany: HydroTitle:President and CEOCountry: NorwayI have a framed picture in my officewith the text, ‘The right man at theright place, is often a woman’. I was the firstwoman to helm Hydro, a company that wasfounded in 1905. I truly believe that we needto focus on merit, not gender. Whether it’sthe colour of your skin, your age, gender orbackground – we need to care for and takecare of each other.As a young accountant, Hilde Merete Aasheim frequentlyworked with the industrial company Elkem. At the Elkemplants, she marvelled at the might of hydropower and washumbled by the role the industry plays in local communities.Hilde joined Elkem soon afterwards and grew her career inthe hydropower industry.In 2005, Hilde joined Hydro as Executive Vice President forLeadership and Culture, covering a portfolio that includedhuman resources, health, environment, safety and corporatesocial responsibility. She became President and CEO in 2019, thepinnacle of a journey driven by the belief that Hydro will play animportant role in the global green transition. “We have among thelowest carbon footprints for aluminium production in the world,and we intend to lower it further,” she says.Hilde believes the industry needs to ‘walk the talk’ in terms ofsustainability – critically, that means educating consumers andencouraging customers to demand more information about theorigin of the materials they are buying.24

Incorporating start-ups into bigcorporations is an agile way to encouragethe changes that the industry needs, becausestart-ups were born using cutting-edgetechnology with a social impact mindset. So,we need to promote open innovation wherebig corporates collaborate with start-upscreating a win-win situation for both.LORETO ACEVEDOCompany: InDiMinTitle:Co-Founder & Chief Innovation OfficerCountry: ChileLoreto Acevedo is a serial entrepreneur specialised inon-site innovation and technological projects that improveproductivity in mining, with particular focus on women’sparticipation and empowerment.Loreto comes from a long line of miners, and her father lost hislife on the job. Although Loreto has followed in her father andgrandfather’s footsteps, her career puts a decidedly 21st centuryspin on the family tradition. She was named Mining Woman ofthe Year in Chile after solving an inclusion problem for jumbooperators: with a sexist culture inside the tunnels, women weren’tcomfortable training as jumbo operators. Loreto’s team created afully theoretical training programme so women didn’t have to gounderground, giving them a safe space to learn, and, as peopleon site opened their minds, an opportunity to start their careers.Since 2016, Loreto has led InDiMin, a mining tech start-up whoseSmart Mining Coach, a digital assistant enabled by artificialintelligence, gives real-time feedback about processes andimprovement opportunities on a mine site.25

100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020I accepted the challenge of leadingthe Women and Allies Network (W&A),Newmont’s first business resource groupin Africa. I had an opportunity to supportdiversity and inclusion initiatives and to reachout beyond the mine into the community. TheW&A collectively institutes projects in deprivedcommunities to help other women and children.The inner fulfilment this has broughtme is indescribable.FLORENCE ADUCompany: Newmont CorporationTitle:Senior GeologistCountry: GhanaAs a child, Florence Adu knew she wasn’t keen on a regularoffice job. Geology offered the versatility she craved, withroles in exploration, mining geology and consulting beforeher current role in near-mine exploration.“I loved being part of the team that made a ground-breakingdiscovery or extended the ounce delivery of the deposit. Theadrenaline rush of going out and targeting the next best find wasall I thought of,” says Florence. But that satisfaction was matchedwhen Florence found what she refers to as her “new calling”: givingback to her community.As the first Chairperson of the Women and Allies Network,Florence played a key role in setting up two lactating facilities forbreastfeeding mothers returning to work. She also spearheadedan outreach project to get more children reading in localcommunities. Her work and character have been noticed: Florencewas appointed one of two Ethical Advocates for Newmont AhafoMine where she promotes values such as trust, good behaviour,impartiality, fairness, and respect in the workplace.26

SUMATHI ANGUSAMYCompany: VedantaTitle: Global Head – Environment, Health& SustainabilityCountry: IndiaSumathi Angusamy is an innovation and sustainabilityspecialist with two decades of experience spanning a rangeof operational and strategic functions including operationalexcellence, HSE and asset optimisation, energy managementand environmental compliance.At Vedanta, Sumathi has been instrumental in bringing ininnovative best practices in the environment and sustainabilitydomain. Her managerial style stands out: Sumathi is a supportive,engaged leader who was named one of the country’s top 50managers, and won the Economic Times’ Great Managers Award.Sumathi joined the industry to make a difference – she citesNelson Mandela’s famous exhortation to ‘Be the change you wishto see in the world’ as one of her drivers to push past barriers andexcel in this industry. She notes that diversity has a way of movingupstream: “What is important for younger women in the industryis to have more than one role model to look up to, so that theywill find the success story that resonates with them and aspire tobecome a leader.”A chance to play a critical rolein contributing towards a largerpurpose, a greener world by promotingsustainable mining through innovativepractices, is what overwhelms me the most inmy current profile, leading HSE and innovation.In a nutshell, I often feel that I am part of thecompany I work for, treat it as my own andfeel like a member of one big family andtend to make that extra effort for thebenefit of the company.27

100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020EVA ARIASCompany: Compañía Minera PoderosaTitle:Executive President (Board and Company)Country: PeruWherever mining comes, it turns on alight that allows people who host usbe visible to the region and the country.Mining has the magic of transforming, forthe better, the economic and social dynamicsof the people who welcome us. I am not justtalking about money, but about hope,future and sustainable development.As Eva Arias puts it, she didn’t join mining, but had miningin her DNA. Eva’s paternal grandfather and father wereminers, and after achieving early-career success as anarchitect, Eva joined the family business.As a leader, Eva focuses on preparing her company, workforceand industry for several challenges that are rapidly converging.These include social challenges around the mine’s relationship withcommunity, government and workers; the challenge of operationalefficiency with minimal environmental impact and the highestsafety standards; the technological challenges highlighted by thepandemic, where ways of working and living were transformedfrom one day to the next.The most challenging moment of Eva’s mining life was drivingPoderosa's recovery from a crisis. “It was not easy, but I had thesupport and commitment of our people who were not afraid tomake many sacrifices. In less than three five-year periods wewent from a bankrupt company to, in 2019, the most profitablecompany in Peru – not just in the mining sector, but in all sectors.”28

Unconscious bias, encouragedand influenced by deeply entrenchedsocietal and cultural norms, is the industry’sbiggest barrier to unlocking the full benefitsof diversity and inclusion. To meet thischallenge, we need inclusive leaders, we needto train people in seeing and checking theirunconscious bias, and we need morereciprocal mentorship.ZENZI AWASESCompany: Women in Mining Association of NamibiaTitle:PresidentCountry: NamibiaZenzi Natasha Awases is a geologist with 15 years’experience exploring and mining a paleo-placer diamonddeposit along the southwestern-coast of Namibia. Zenzientered the mining industry by accident, having dreamedof becoming a lawyer, and has found her purpose inreshaping the industry to be more diverse and inclusive.Once a novice to public speaking, Zenzi is now a vocal leader,mentor and advocate. She works enormously hard to attract andretain female talent to the industry. Zenzi was named foundingpresident for the Women in Mining Association of Namibia(WiMAN) in April 2017, and in November 2019, was elected tothe Board of the Association of Women in Mining Africa (AWIMA)as the representative for Southern Africa.“Besides braving the strong winds of the Namib Sand Sea whileexploring for deflation diamonds and being the only female at anexploration camp with 20 males, I consider being the foundingpresident of the Women in Mining Association of Namibia to be mybravest, most meaningful moment in the mining sector,” she says.29

100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020LILIYA BARCHUKCompany: Standard Chartered BankTitle: Director, Financial Crime Compliance,Commodity in Financial MarketsCountry: SingaporeLiliya Barchuk is responsible for the financial crimecompliance programme in the commodity business withStandard Chartered Bank. Liliya’s goal is to highlight thestrong commercial benefit of diversity and the need fortransformative leaders with typically female traits – empathy,care, communication skills – to get the mining industry andadjacent industries, such as financial services, through thesecomplex times.She is an advocate for inclusion and diversity in the miningindustry. “Mentoring is part of my own leadership purpose.I have witnessed many great examples of both individual andorganisational improvements, and I think we have changed thedial in gender diversity targets,” she says.“Mining companies need to enhance their social brand right now,which goes beyond compliance to demonstrating their commitmentto communities. Investors want proof of what companies doin the ESG and SDG space – for example, the ESG aspect ofdecarbonisation makes a strong business case from the operational,strategic, and financial risk management standpoints, especially indistressed post-COVID-19 and US-China war economies,” she says.I would like to inspire women to seetheir gender as a strength. The femaleleadership, known as caring, empatheticand nurturing, has many benefits, especiallyin times of transformation. It helps to enhancemotivation and morale, improve work-lifebalance and job satisfaction. Therefore,women should see their power and abilityto bring success to the company.30

Our social licence tooperate and acceptance by thecommunities in which we conductour business are major challenges thatwill continue to affect the industry. I thinkthe biggest change we can make is to embed infuture leaders an appreciation of the necessityto understand local communities and theirviewpoints. Mining can deliver an incrediblypositive impact on people, but it mustbe done in the right way, withmore listening.CATRIONA BEADELCompany: Rio TintoTitle:Mining ExecutiveCountry: United KingdomCatriona Beadel has worked in the mining industry since thestart of her career in 2010, holding positions in explorationand resource geology, transitioning to investment analystroles with asset managers and private equity funds, andworking in Australia, the UK and Africa.In 2017, Catriona founded the first international chapter of YoungMining Professionals, YMP UK. This branch of the tree has grownto become a global network of over 4,000 young professionals,and as Director, Catriona leads an offering of networking events,scholarships, awards and knowledge sharing. “What drives me isgetting direct feedback on how YMP has helped people developtheir career, contacts and identify job opportunities,” she says.Catriona’s pep talk for the mining newbie is likely to resonatewith even the most experienced mining hands. “Confidence,confidence, confidence. You are absolutely needed and wanted.You can affect change, because you will come with a new mindset.In an industry that is pretty archaic, you can bring so much freshthinking. Let nothing hold you back.”31

100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining 2020KATHLEEN BENEDETTOCompany: Department of the Interior Bureau of Land ManagementTitle:Advisor to the DirectorCountry: United StatesOur industry predecessorshad no idea what the frameworkof environmental and o

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