Senior Management
Executive Management Team
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Rod Hanson
— BE (Min) (Hons), MBA, FAusIMM
Mr Hanson has 35 years experience in mine development, operations, project evaluation and corporate management roles, principally in gold and base metals. He commenced his career as a mining engineer with the EZ Company of Australasia in Rosebery, Tasmania. Subsequent roles included project evaluation and development with Elders Resources NZFP and General Manager Operations for Plutonic Resources with corporate responsibility for up to five gold mines. Rod has also acquired significant international experience with positions as General Manager of the Gold Ridge Mine in the Solomon Islands with Ross Mining/Delta Gold and General Manager for Sino Gold at its Jianchaling Mine in China. He joined Bendigo Mining as Chief Operating Officer in January 2005 and was appointed to the position of Managing Director & CEO in January 2007.
Chief Financial Officer
Tim Churcher
— BSc, MSc, DIC, MBA (Cranfield, UK)
Tim has 20 years experience in the resource and finance sectors, working initially for North Limited and Gold Mines of Kalgoorlie Ltd. For the past 15 years he has operated in the finance sector; working as a financial analyst in London (Mining Journal Ltd) and in Australia for JB Were & Son Limited and in private equity investment with Renaissance Capital Limited. He joined the Company in January 2005 as General Manager Corporate Development and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in January 2007.
