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Anglo American

James Church

First Name: 
James
Last Name: 
Church

Senior Controls Leader with global experience at a project and portfolio management level

Professional Since: 
Nov-1993 (30.5 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Nov 1993 (30.5 yrs experience)
Years Experience: 
26
Guild Accreditation: 
GPC Member

Senior DBA, Anglo American, De Beers Group, Convert 14 mines IT systems to a central on demand profit centre

START Date: 
January, 1989
END Date: 
August, 1989

Senior DBA

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
400
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
400
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
400

Fitter & Turner / Mechanical Foreman /Quality Co-ordinator, Anglo American, Various

START Date: 
January, 1983
END Date: 
December, 2000
Started as Apprentice Fitter & Turner. Worked & studied through the ranks to be promoted to Engineering Senior Foreman and then to Quality Coordinator of the Engineering Department.
  • Experiences: Plants, Crushers, Reactors, Pressure Vessels, Auto Claves, PVC, Heat Exchangers, Glass
  • Equipment – Piping, Evaporators.

Buks Beukes

First Name: 
Buks
Last Name: 
Beukes

Experienced in Mining operations Gold platinum and gold deep remnant ming, Was a production shift overseer and mine overseer as well as contracts manager.  I got my certificate in Purchasing and Procurement management through UNISA and worked as Commercial manager for ARM gold and Freegold as well as Modikwa BEE procurement. I worked as the project controlls manager (Chief technical officer JIC) and did project planning in detail from fre feas to execution.

Professional Since: 
Jan-1990 (34.3 yrs experience)
Oldest experience: 
Jan 1990 (34.3 yrs experience)
Years Experience: 
44

Gustavo de la Piedra

First Name: 
Gustavo
Last Name: 
de la Piedra

I am  a Chilean  management engineer consultant located in Valparaiso Region.

Have 40 years international proffesional experience in:  Mechanical Engineering Design, Project Management, Metallurgical plant operations, Mining operations (gold, Coal, Coper) -engineering-. I have lived and worked in:  Chile, Brazil, Rep. Of S. Africa, Australia, USA, Mexico, Colombia.

Professional Since: 
Sep-1976 (47.7 yrs experience)
Years Experience: 
0

Senior planner, Anglo American, Minas Rio

START Date: 
October, 2010
END Date: 
November, 2011

My international work includes Minas Rio mine in Brazil in the programme management office; and the engineering R&D of largest offshore wind turbines in Denmark.

Trademan, Anglo American, Sishen

START Date: 
January, 1995
END Date: 
December, 1999

Tradesman Boilermaker at Sishen for Anlo American working in maintenace.

Senior Planner - P6 Admin, Anglo American, Minas-Rio mining project

START Date: 
May, 2010
END Date: 
July, 2011

- Responsible to validate and control changes; provide consolidating and integration of schedules and manage the interfaces; report weekly, monthly and quarterly dashboards; analyze the schedules looking for risks and opportunities. Project Manager supporting, and elaborating Project Execution Plan for the Minas-Rio System.

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
3000

Global Director, Planning & Schedule Control, Anglo American, All Major Projects

START Date: 
March, 2017

Global Function Director of Planning & Schedule Control of Major Capital Projects.

Experience Hours (Planning & Scheduling): 
500
Experience Hours (Cost Management): 
200
Experience Hours (Forensic Analysis): 
100

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