Mr Hellsten has held senior executive positions in the resources sector with both large multi-national and smaller companies including BHPBilliton, Centaur Mining, Polaris Mining and Golden Cross Resources. During his executive career he has been responsible for the acquisition and/or resource definition at several gold and nickel projects including Union Reefs, Tanami, Mt Pleasant (Quarters),Cawse and Ravensthorpe projects. Over the past 30 years Ken has worked in lead roles on resources projects and operations including Union Reefs, Mt Pleasant Gold Operations, Cawse and Ravensthorpe Nickel Projects, Yilgarn Iron Ore Project and Opaban iron ore project in Peru. Since 2006 Ken has operated as a consultant and/or director to a range of resources and investment groups and held the role of Managing Director with a number of resource companies. He was Interim CEO from December 2014 until November 2015 and is currently a director and Acting CEO of Northam Iron Pty Ltd.
