Mr Cox has more than 40 years of global experience in the resources industry across the commodities of steel, platinum, iron ore, copper, aluminium and diamonds. He has held senior financial and executive leadership position, including Managing Director of Rio Tinto Diamonds where he had operational responsibility for the Argyle, Diavik, and Murowa mines, as well as the Bunder Development project in India. As CEO of Pacific Aluminium and later Managing Director, Rio Tinto Aluminium Pacific Operations, Mr Cox was responsible for various smelter, alumina refinery and bauxite operations across Australia and New Zealand, He also worked for BHP in both the Minerals and Iron Ore divisions, including as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Escondida in Chile and CFO Hartley Platinum based out of Zimbabwe. Mr Cox is currently a director of Aluminium Bahrain and on the Mining Advisory Board of Ajlan & Bros Holding group Abilitii.