St Barbara Limited (ASX: SBM) has announced board and management changes that will take place subject to the completion of the Leonora assets sale to Genesis Minerals Limited on 30 June 2023.
St Barbara’s non-executive chair, Ms. Kerry Gleeson, announced the appointment of Mr. Andrew Strelein as managing director and CEO with effect from 1 July 2023 following the retirement of Mr. Dan Lougher.
Ms. Gleeson said, “Andrew has significant global experience in business development, project advancement and permitting, and knows St Barbara well. He is ideally suited to take over as the company enters a new phase. I would also like to thank Dan for his invaluable leadership at St Barbara to stabilize Gwalia performance while the company navigated a period of intense change culminating in the transaction with Genesis Minerals.”
Mr. Strelein is a highly experienced mining executive with extensive global experience in leadership roles across a number of mining jurisdictions including Australia, Indonesia, Africa, and North America.
Mr. Strelein joined St Barbara as chief development officer in 2021 and was influential in the acquisition of Bardoc Gold and the sale of the Leonora assets to Genesis Minerals.
Prior to joining St Barbara, Mr. Strelein was CEO of the entity progressing development planning and permitting of the Nimba Iron Ore Project in West Africa. Before that Mr Strelein was at Newmont in various roles.
Additionally, the company has appointed Ms. Sara Prendergast as CFO, effective from 1 September 2023. Ms. Prendergast will succeed Mr. Lucas Welsh who has been the CFO since August 2021.
To find out more, please visit www.stbarbara.co.au
