Simon is a mining engineer with 15 years of operational and technical experience across a wide range of commodities, including base metals, gold, narrow vein deposits, sub‑level caving and covering greenfield and brownfield projects. He has led technical improvement initiatives and delivered system‑based solutions that enhance productivity and efficiency. Simon has held operational leadership roles across Australia and New Zealand, contributing to infrastructure commissioning, rapid decline development programs, mine technology, business improvement and team building and professional development of engineers.
Simon specialises in mine design, short to medium‑term scheduling, mine planning processes, and technical management, supported by strong capability in Deswik software and data‑driven problem‑solving.