Key People
Glen Weir
Chief Executive Officer
Glen has more than 40 years’ experience in the minerals resources sector, covering all aspects from operations, design and project management to commissioning and handover of operations. Glen’s operational experience was gained with Western Mining Corporation culminating with his role as Chief Engineer at Olympic Dam. Glen’s engineering and project management experience has spanned projects such as the re-opening of the Golden Mile, Windarra Nickel Project, Olympic Dam Copper/ Uranium Project, Sunrise Dam Gold Mine Project, Union Reefs Gold Mine, Emily Ann Nickel Project and Geenbushes Tantalum Plant.
Rod Davies
General Manager Project Design
Rod has over 29 years of operations, project development and delivery experience both in Australia and overseas. During his career, Rod has managed and supported client operations and developed small and medium sized projects through to major project delivery.
His extensive experience covers engineering, feasibility studies, commissioning management and operations in commodities including copper, nickel, lead, industrial minerals, iron ore and mineral sands.
Rod obtained a Bachelor of Science in Extractive Metallurgy from Murdoch University in 1989.
Graham (Barge) Warner
General Manager Operations
Barge has had over 30 year’s experience in maintenance, wear management and materials handling. He has held positions up to and including Maintenance and Mine Manager in large organisations. Having worked as a contractor for clients has enabled him to understand clients’ needs and be able to find solutions that are fit for purpose whilst always looking outside the circle for solutions that are “Why didn’t we think of that”.
Innovation and can do outlook combined with management skills has made Barge key to our operations and commitment to provide our customers a quality service with accountability.
Neil Holland
General Manager Corporate Services
Neil Holland joined CPC in January 2015 in the role of General Manager – Corporate Services.
He has management responsibility for the portfolios of Human Resources, IT, Quality, Occupational Health and Safety, Environment and Sustainability, Enterprise Risk and Community Relations.
Neil is supported by a small team of professionals who provide advice and assistance to operational and project staff.
Originally a surveyor by profession, Neil has specialised in industrial relations and human resource management since the late 80s and has worked for companies such as WMC, Normandy and later Newmont. He is a Certified Professional of the Australian Human Resources Institute.
Karen Haynes
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Karen is a qualified CPA with over 25 years’ experience, the last 15 of which have been in Senior Finance and Commercial Management roles across a range of industries including Oil and Gas, the Airline Sector, Logistics, Construction, Drilling, Engineering Services and Higher Education.
Karen has a well-established track record in senior financial and commercial leadership with exposure to executive leadership teams where she has demonstrated her ability to drive finance efficiencies through strong systems and process improvement. In her last five years in the position of Chief Financial Officer, she has maintained a high level of exposure to statutory reporting, compliance, budgeting and forecasting.
Graeme Rooke
Manager Business Development
Graeme has 30+ years broad industry experience ranging from oil and gas, mining and minerals, power generation, to defence and rail in design, procurement, construction, project management, commissioning and handover of operations. Graeme is a professional engineer with track record of successful delivery of major resource, industrial and infrastructure projects in both Australia and overseas. Projects in mining and minerals include: Pasminco Metals EZ stripping machine Hobart, MIM: Copper Isasmalt- Mt.Isa, Dalrymple Coal Terminal, BHP/Codelco: Bioleaching plant – Chile, Bulong HPAL Nickel Mine, Xstrata Koniambo Nickel plant – New Caledonia, Indo Gulf: Tank House – India. Graeme is a fellow member of the Institution of Engineers with Post Graduate Business Administration.