SKIPP WILLIAMSON - Managing Director

Operations leadership in metals (steel, aluminium, zinc, lead), mining, pulp & paper and light manufacturing McKinsey & Company; 14 years leading performance improvement work Expertise in performance & cultural turnaround Delivered substantial results in North America, Europe, Africa & Australasia BE Civil (Hons), MPhil Mgt. (Organisational Behaviour) (Oxford), MSc. Geotechnical Engineering (MIT)

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North America

KEITH RUSSELL

Operations expertise in pulp and paper, aluminium and alumina refining, oil and gas and telecommunications 20 years consulting experience including BCG and Booz Allen Hamilton Global experience in Europe, America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand Master of Business Administration (Stanford University), Arjay Miller Scholar (top 10%) and a Harkness Fellow

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JOSEPH SOCOLOF

Expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, MOS, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and business development Two years strategic consulting; six years performance and operational improvement experience; and five years corporate finance / private equity experience Master of Business Administration (Duke University); Bachelor of Economics (University of Illinois)

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NIGEL SUTHERLAND

Experience as Chairman of a major metal refining company; Board member of seven major mining companies in South Africa; Corporate Advisory; Senior Management roles for global resource company, including Senior Divisional Marketing Manager, Treasurer Delivered results in South Africa, Australia, UK, USA, India & Namibia BSc Engineering (Metallurgy) (University of Witwatersrand), Master of Business Administration (Cape Town) Speaks English and Afrikaans

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Europe / Commonwealth of Independent States

MATTI KARINEN

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SERGIO GONZÁLEZ ANDIÓN

Delivered results in energy, steel, cement and petrochemicals and consumer goods and retailing 20 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company Global board level and senior management experience in industrial and retailing sectors Bachelor of Science in Electro-Mechanical engineering (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico) and Master of Business Administration (Louvain University, Belgium) Speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese and French

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Asia

IAN WOODS

Joined Partners in Performance in 2005 10 years consulting experience including 5 years with McKinsey & Company 10 years in senior management  roles in Consumer Electronics, Telecommunications Equipment and Telecommunications Services Extensive experience in Australia, Asia, North & South America MBA from Australian Graduate School of Management; Bachelor of Business – Queensland Institute of Technology.

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MICHAEL SPENCE

10 years line management in North America, Europe and Asia starting up new plants and turning around underperforming businesses 12 years consulting delivering bottom line results through operational improvement in capex-intensive industries across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia Former Head, S. E. Asian Operations Practice at McKinsey (won 2006 competition to launch new service line with “McKinsey Execution Services”) Expertise in automotive, construction, maintenance, mining, petrochemicals, and offshore oil & gas BA Economics with honors (Harvard) and MBA (Wharton)

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South Africa

STEVE BROWN

Head of South African Operations 20 years experience in line management, including CEO and GM positions in manufacturing. Delivered substantial results in open cut and underground operations including coal, nickel and iron ore.  Also metals refining, port operations and planned shutdowns. Deep expertise in mining turnarounds in Australia and South Africa. Masters in Business Administration from Cranfield UK,  Diploma in Marketing,  and a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours, Chemical).

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NIGEL SUTHERLAND

Experience as Chairman of a major metal refining company; Board member of seven major mining companies in South Africa; Corporate Advisory; Senior Management roles for global resource company, including Senior Divisional Marketing Manager, Treasurer Delivered results in South Africa, Australia, UK, USA, India & Namibia BSc Engineering (Metallurgy) (University of Witwatersrand), Master of Business Administration (Cape Town) Speaks English and Afrikaans

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GARETH HUCKLE

15 years in the mining industry holding various operations management and senior executive positions A partner with Monitor Group, consulting to blue-chip clients across a variety of international markets, industry sectors and business challenges B.Eng (Hons) in Mining Engineering (Leeds, UK) and MBA (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

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Australia, New Zealand and Oceania

MICHAEL HUGGINS

15 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company Led major turnarounds in manufacturing, resources, industrial goods, logistics and services companies. Deep expertise in commercial due diligence and working with private equity firms. Delivered results in UK, Canada, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand BE (1st Hons) (Manufacturing & Material Engineering) (Uni of QLD), PPE (Oxford)

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IAN WOODS

Experience in electronics, telecommunications and mining 3 years independent financial consulting, 4 years strategic and management consulting, 5 years senior management experience and 7 years as a chartered accountant. Detailed corporate and consulting experience in the US, South East Asia and Australia markets Master of Business Administration (University of New South Wales) and Bachelor of Business Accountancy (Queensland Institute of Technology)

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JAMES BRIDGERS

15 years consulting experience in the United States, Europe, South America and Australia. Expertise in cost reduction and restructuring Delivered results in banking, insurance, manufacturing, publishing and mining industries Duel Bachelor degrees in Economics and Business Administration from Trinity University, United States

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DAVID DAY

18 years Commercial and Investment Banking 3 years McKinsey & Company, 10 years performance improvement work Delivered results in steel, zinc, wood products, pulp& paper, coal Expertise in banking, operations throughput and sustainability of change Delivered results in Australasia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Europe, USA MBA (AGSM), Diploma in Applied Finance from the Securities Institute of Australia.

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MICHAEL SPENCE

10 years line management in North America, Europe and Asia starting up new plants and turning around underperforming businesses 12 years consulting delivering bottom line results through operational improvement in capex-intensive industries across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia Former Head, S. E. Asian Operations Practice at McKinsey (won 2006 competition to launch new service line with “McKinsey Execution Services”) Expertise in automotive, construction, maintenance, mining, petrochemicals, and offshore oil & gas BA Economics with honors (Harvard) and MBA (Wharton)

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ANTHONY PURSEY

25 years consulting and operations experience Consulting experience includes McKinsey and Co industry expertise includes automotive manufacturing, food products, IT services, telecoms and heavy manufacturing. Led OE automotive business through challenging cyclical downturn Rapidly grew bus body business following acquisition MBA from Wharton (Thuron Scholarship), with Distinction (1985) and a Bachelor of Science at the University of Sheffield (1980)

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South America

PABLO SPINADEL

20 years experience in Management and Operations as well as in Consulting and Coaching delivering results throughout North and South America and Europe Experience in Technology, Telecommunications, Finance, Manufacturing, Services, Utilities, and Governmental sectors 18 years consulting including McKinsey and Co; UNIDO and IBM; Worldwide Responsible of the Wholesale Distributors segment at IBM Corporation Professor (Operations, Project Mgmt) at the MBA, Universidad de San Andres PhD in Technical Sciences (Maximum Honors - Tech University of Vienna), MBA (McKinsey), Bachelor of Electronic Engineering (Universidad de Buenos Aires) Speaks Spanish, German, English, Italian and Portuguese

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IGNACIO DI BARTOLO

Delivered results in mining, energy, steel, and financial sector 17 years consulting experience including McKinsey & Company and Accenture General Manager of Unisys for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay Industrial Engineer from the Universidad de Buenos Aires. Speaks English, Spanish and Portuguese

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SERGIO MENEZES

Delivered results in steel, retail, mining and several PMI and privatization projects More than 15 years of top management consulting experience including in Booz Allen Hamilton Senior management experience in the mining sector Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Master of Science in Management (MIT Sloan School of Management, United States) Speaks English and Portuguese;

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PIP CENTRAL

IAN WOODS

Experience in electronics, telecommunications and mining 3 years independent financial consulting, 4 years strategic and management consulting, 5 years senior management experience and 7 years as a chartered accountant. Detailed corporate and consulting experience in the US, South East Asia and Australia markets Master of Business Administration (University of New South Wales) and Bachelor of Business Accountancy (Queensland Institute of Technology)

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