John Vries

Mr de Vries has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry. He started his career in 1984 working for WMC Resources and held operational roles such as Underground Manager, Senior Mining Engineer and Manager Mining. In 1998, he moved to AMC Consultants to become a Principal Mining Engineer responsible for Mine Optimisation. In 2003, he joined Orica Mining Services as Global Business Manager, Advanced Mining Solutions, before moving to BHP Billiton in 2007 as the Manager Strategic Mine Planning. Most recently from 2011 to 2015, he was General Manager Technical Services for St Barbara. Mr de Vries is Advisory Committee Member-Mining of MRIWA.