For consulting firms and EPC contractors
A senior mining practitioner for your mandates.
I work with consulting teams on mining and metals mandates in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Central Asia — as an expert or a workstream lead, on a subcontract or expert basis, on site and remote.
Background: McKinsey (Energy & Materials), Partners in Performance, acting COO at Nordgold (nine mines, Africa and Russia), head of the operating-model program at EVRAZ.
Where I fit
Workstreams I can lead or support
Operational diagnostics.
Mining, beneficiation and metallurgy: loss maps, bottlenecks, cost and productivity levers.
Ramp-up and operational readiness.
People, processes, maintenance, KPI cascade and data before and after handover to operations.
Maintenance transformation.
Schedule adherence, criticality, spares, failure analysis and availability.
Operating model and KPI cascade.
Org design, decision rights, process catalog, KPIs per process owner, transformation office set-up.
Capital projects.
Contracting strategy (EPC / EPCM / EPSS), owner's team design and stage-gate governance.
How I work with consulting teams
Both sides of the table
- Ex-McKinsey Engagement Manager and Associate Principal at Partners in Performance — I know how engagements are scoped, staffed and delivered.
- As a client-side executive, I sponsored and steered consultant teams myself.
- Comfortable in joint client–consultant delivery teams, on site and remote.
- English-language contracts, signed and invoiced directly with me as a sole proprietor.
Relevant engagements
Selected work
| Where | What |
|---|---|
| Mining & metals group, Kazakhstan (2024) | Contracting strategy for a 2 Mtpa hot-briquetted iron plant (>USD 1bn CAPEX): EPC / EPCM / EPSS models, scope split, tender process and contract packages |
| Steel & mining producer, Russia (with McKinsey, 2021) | Owner's project office, stage-gate governance and a contractor selection algorithm for USD 1bn-scale projects |
| Ferroalloy producer, Kazakhstan (McKinsey) | +15% smelting productivity in 3.5 months; +25% daily productivity in underground mining |
| Underground mine, nickel producer (Partners in Performance) | Plan adherence 50% → 88% with an IT-based planning system across 3 mines |
| Gold mine, Ghana (Partners in Performance) | +56% productivity |
| EVRAZ — Head of the Target Operating Model Program | Operating-model transformation for 40,000+ employees across 6 assets |
Geography and sectors
Where I work
Since May 2026 I've worked with international consulting firms on engagements in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, including on-site work in the Kingdom.
- In 2026, led a four-month project at Ma'aden as part of a consulting team.
- Earlier operating and consulting work in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ghana, Guinea and Burkina Faso.
- Sectors: mining and beneficiation, metallurgy, chemicals and fertilizers, energy and heavy industry.
- Languages: English and Spanish (C2), Russian (native).
Have a mandate where a senior mining practitioner would help?
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