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GRI Sector Standards Project for
MiningWorking Group Member Bios
January 2022

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Contents
Mining Working Group Members ............................................................................................................ 3
Briony Coleman ................................................................................................................................... 3
Bryony Clear Hill .................................................................................................................................. 3
Jennifer Orr .......................................................................................................................................... 4
Korie Anne Hickel ................................................................................................................................ 4Peter Sinclair ....................................................................................................................................... 5
Robert Greenberg................................................................................................................................ 5
Claude Kabemba ................................................................................................................................. 6
Deepak Gulliya .................................................................................................................................... 6
Juan Rodrigo Walsh ............................................................................................................................ 7
Robert Pitman ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Melissa Waller ..................................................................................................................................... 8
Patricia Zerega .................................................................................................................................... 8
Glen Mpufane ...................................................................................................................................... 9Peter Frövén ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Brendan Tapley ................................................................................................................................. 10
Jeff Geipel ......................................................................................................................................... 11John Drexhage .................................................................................................................................. 11
Kristi Disney Bruckner ....................................................................................................................... 12
Michèle Brülhart................................................................................................................................. 12
William Bannerman ........................................................................................................................... 13

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Mining Working Group Members
In accordance with due process, the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) has selected thefollowing members to participate in the Working Group that will develop content for a Sector Standard
for Mining. The members bring a balanced set of perspectives and expertise from different regions,commodities, size and type of organizations, topics connected to the sector’s impacts, andsustainability frameworks and reporting practices relevant for the sector.
The table is organized by constituency in alphabetical order.

Briony Coleman
Director Compliance, Systems and Assurance
Sustainability and External Relations, Newmont
Constituency: Business Enterprise
Briony is a sustainability professional with broad
operational and business experience in the areas ofenvironment, social responsibility, external relations,
governance and health/safety. For much of her career
she has led sustainability programs for Newmont – theworld’s leading gold mining company - at mining andmineral processing operations in Australia and the UnitedStates. Her academic background focuses on naturalsciences and community relations.
Currently leading Newmont’s global sustainability
compliance programs, Briony builds management
strategy around the organisation’s conformance to legal
commitments, external obligations and internal standards,
and continuous improvement of management systems.
She is actively involved in a number of working forums forinternationally-recognised sustainability frameworks.

Bryony Clear Hill
Senior Programme Officer, International Council
on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
Constituency: Business Enterprise
Bryony is Senior Programme Officer at ICMM and leads
their work on responsible mining standards. She works
with member companies on the assurance and validationof ESG performance against ICMM’s Mining Principles,
as well as engaging with the broader responsible mining
sphere. Bryony also works on the circular economy,
responsible sourcing and ESG reporting, including
leading ICMM’s engagement with GRI.
Bryony holds a BA in Geography from the University of
Oxford. Prior to joining ICMM, she worked in businessethics, procurement and responsible sourcing at energy
services company Centrica and at the Chartered Instituteof Management Accountants.

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Jennifer Orr
Principal Sustainability Strategy, South32
Constituency: Business EnterpriseJennifer is a corporate sustainability professional withover 14 years’ experience. She holds a MSc in
Environmental Change and Management from the
University of Oxford and is based in Perth, Western
Australia.
In her current role as Principal Sustainability Strategy with
South32, a globally diversified mining and metals
company, Jennifer is responsible for sustainability
performance and external reporting.
Before joining South32, Jennifer established thesustainability function at a leading West Australian mining
services company. She has also worked for both KPMG
and Ernst & Young’s global Climate Change andSustainability practices, in a sustainability advisory andassurance capacity. This involved working with clients
across the mining, financial and telecommunications
sectors to develop sustainability strategies, performancemeasures and targets, monitoring and evaluation
frameworks and sustainability reports.

Korie Anne Hickel
Director, ESG, Community & Government
Relations, Coeur Mining, Inc.
Constituency: Business Enterprise
Korie joined Coeur in 2018 and is responsible for leading
ESG strategy for the company, with a strong focus on
corporate ESG reporting and disclosures, stakeholder
engagement and community relations. She steers
Coeur’s Climate Working Group which oversees thecompany’s long-term strategy to assess and mitigate
climate-related risks and opportunities.
Throughout her career, Korie has focused oncollaborating with varied stakeholder groups including
indigenous communities, non-profits, government
agencies and academics, identifying and implementing
solutions to public health problems. Prior, Korie worked
for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, thelargest and most comprehensive tribal health organizationin the United States.

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Peter Sinclair
Senior Advisor, ESG, World Gold Council
Constituency: Business EnterprisePeter is an independent, senior ESG advisor to the global
mining industry. He is currently Senior Advisor at theWorld Gold Council where he supports member company
implementation of the Responsible Gold Mining Principles
and provides ongoing leadership and guidance to the
WGC’s ESG research and external engagement
activities. Peter also advises a number of other global
mining companies.
Peter is formerly the Chief Sustainability Officer at BarrickGold Corporation where he led enterprise-wide strategic
initiatives related to ESG, including social performance,
climate change and ESG reporting. Prior to joining themining industry, Peter spent 15 years working ininternational development and humanitarian aid with avariety of NGOs. He has worked, lived or travelled in
more than 65 countries.
Peter holds a Business Degree from Queen’s University(Canada) and a Masters in International Developmentfrom IDS, University of Sussex (UK).

Robert Greenberg
Head of Sustainability Integration - Governance& Performance, Anglo American
Constituency: Business Enterprise
Rob leads governance and performance management
over Anglo American’s Sustainable Mining Plan, an
ambitious set of commitments built around three Global
Sustainability Pillars (Healthy Environment, Thriving
Communities, Trusted Corporate Leader). This includes
the identification of metrics and design of processes toanalyse and report performance towards the delivery of
Anglo American’s sustainability commitments as well as
feeding into the group’s Sustainability Report and otherelements of external reporting.
Rob has extensive experience in performance
management and an understanding of the increasing
focus on the full breadth of sustainability considerations
from investors and financial markets. He was previously
Investor Relations Manager at Anglo American where heworked with a range of fund managers and analysts asthey developed an increasing focus on ESG matters. He
has a background in finance including both management
and IFRS reporting, and worked previously at EY. He is aqualified Chartered Accountant and has a degree inEngineering Science from the University of Oxford.

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Claude Kabemba
Executive Director, Southern Africa Resource
Watch
Constituency: Civil Society Organization
Claude Kabemba is the Executive Director of theSouthern Africa Resource Watch, an organisation
specialised in mineral (solid and liquid) governance on
the African Continent. He has a PhD in International
Relations. He has 25 years’ experience, with 15 years of
those dedicated to the study the African mining sector. Dr
Kabemba’s expertise is on how to maximise thedevelopmental impact of mineral assets to respond topoverty and inequalities in the African context. He isinterested in the institution and legal framework of themineral governance; mining contracts negotiation;international regimes governing the extractive industries;
Business and Human Rights; Environmental, Social, andGovernance (ESG) reporting; revenue management ; andthe Africa Mining Vision. Increasingly Claude’s work
involves the study of the nexus between mining activities
and climate change.

Deepak Gulliya
Manager – Sustainable Business, WWF-India
Constituency: Civil Society Organization
Deepak Gulliya is the lead for mining engagements at
WWF-India (World Wide Fund for Nature India). He is a
graduate from University of Delhi in Bachelor of Science,with a specialization in Industrial Chemistry and holds an
MBA in sustainable Development Practices from Birla
Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH). He hasover 9 years of rich experience in the Indian mining
industry and has extensively worked on implications ofmining activities on biodiversity. He is representing WWF
Network’s policy work related to social and environmental
impacts associated with mining and metals extraction onvarious independent and governmental fora.

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Juan Rodrigo Walsh
Member (former Vice-President), AIDIS
Argentina
Constituency: Civil Society Organization
Juan Rodrigo Walsh is an attorney, with a wide-ranging
experience in energy, mining, environmental & natural
resources law and management, working with bothprivate and public sector stakeholders, in addition tomultilateral agencies, international and local NGOs.
Juan Rodrigo has been involved with multi-stakeholder
initiatives dealing with improving environmental
governance in agriculture, energy and mining and iscurrently a member of the Argentine Mining Chamber’s
panel of experts for the Towards Sustainable Mining(TSM) together with the Mining Association of Canada.
Juan Rodrigo holds an LL.M in environmental law fromthe University of Aberdeen, in addition to postgraduate
degrees in environmental management and natural
resources law, from the universities of Buenos Aires andthe Catholic University of Argentina.

Robert Pitman
Senior Governance Officer, Natural Resource
Governance InstituteConstituency: Civil Society Organization
Robert provides policy advice on extractive sectortransparency and good governance for resource-richcountries, companies and international institutions. He
has authored several publications on a range of topics
including contract transparency, licensing, suppliers andthe measurement of governance.
Prior to joining NRGI, Robert worked for the Carter
Center access to justice program in Liberia. He has also
worked for civil society organizations in Namibia andIndia. Robert holds an M.S. in human rights from theLondon School of Economics and Political Science and a
B.S. in politics and philosophy from the University ofBristol. He is based in New York.

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Melissa Waller
Non Executive Independent Board Director,
Hyperion Metals
Constituency: Investment institution
Melissa Waller is also President, AIF Institute; Director of
Public and Private Partnerships, Kenan Institute, UNC
Kenan-Flagler Business School; and Executive Program
Director, National Institute of Public Finance
As President of the AIF Institute, she provides essential
education, research, and resources to global Investors
and investment firms with $50 trillion AUM. She is the
Director of Public and Private Partnerships for The Kenan
Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
connecting private sector partners with public sector
stakeholders, and as the Executive Program Director for
the National Institute for Public Finance, she educatesstate treasurers and finance leaders nationally on fiscal
leadership. Additionally, as is non-executive director for
Hyperion Metals, Melissa chairs the ESG and
Sustainability Committee.
Previously, Melissa served as Deputy Treasurer andChief of Staff for the North Carolina Department of State
Treasury, which includes the 10th largest public pension
fund in the U.S. with assets in excess of $90 billion,
where she oversaw strategic planning, operations, andpublic-policy implementation, served as chair for the
Corporate Governance Committee, and managed a staff
of greater than 400 employees.
Melissa has been recognized globally for her organizationtransformation expertise and handling of multi-billiondollar transactions and funds in highly regulatedindustries.

Patricia Zerega
Senior Director of Shareholder Advocacy, Mercy
Investment Services
Constituency: Investment institution
Pat joined Mercy Investments, the socially responsible
investment program of the Sisters of Mercy of theAmerica’s in 2011. With over 20 years’ experience incorporate social responsibility, her work focuses onhuman rights issues including mining communities,
conflict zones and human trafficking. Pat’s oversees
Mercy’s shareholder engagement program, which uses
corporate advocacy techniques to fulfill the goals of
Human Rights and Equity; Healthy Planet; and Healthy
Persons and Communities. In her role, Pat serves asshareholder engagement liaison to several faith-based

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investing institutions. She serves on several board of
directors including the Interfaith Center on Corporate
Responsibility, GoodWeave International, and Heartland
Initiative. Pat holds degrees in a psychology andrehabilitation counseling from West Virginia University as
well as a certificate in Organizational Development fromthe Gestalt Institute.

Glen Mpufane
Director of Mining and DGOJP, IndustriALL
Global Union
Constituency: Labor
Glen Mpufane is a South African working and living in
Geneva, Switzerland as the Director of Mining,
Diamonds, Gems, Ornament and Jewelry Production(DGOJP) since 2012 with IndustriALL Global Union, a
global union based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Before IndustriALL, Glen Mpufane was a Mining Officer
for the International Federation of Chemical, Energy,
Mines, and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM), also basedin Geneva.
Glen leads the global union’s mining sector global
engagement around policy development andimplementation principally around the world of work,
environmental, social and governance (ESG), climatechange and IR 4.0 impacts. Glen is also the lead for
IndustriALL Global Union on occupational health andsafety. Glen has over 40 years’ global experience in themining industry that includes working in the mines and for
the National Union of Mineworkers as a miner and healthand safety officer and head of international relations
respectively.
Glen serves on various ESG standard development
initiatives such as the initiative for responsible mining andassurance (IRMA), both as a board member and in theexecutive committee, on the technical advisory committeeof the Copper Mark, the advisory council to the
Responsible Mining Foundation and the Responsible
Mining Index Report, the Technical & Advisory Committeeof Better Coal, the Advisory Panel of the Global Tailings
Management Institute (GTMI) and a member of the
Mining and Metals Future of Work Taskforce of the World
Economic Forum – WEF.
He holds a Bachelors of Art Degree majoring in Sociology
and Communications.

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Peter Frövén
National OSH officer, Swedish industrial andmetalworkers trade union IF Metall
Constituency: LaborPeter Frövén is a national OSH-officer for the Swedish
trade union IF Metall that represent around 300 000
members working in the industry, including extractive
industries. He’s been working at the head office for the
past ten years and before that have another ten years
experience working within heavy industries.
During his employment he’s been involved in numerous
projects and working groups on a European level such as
various social dialogues and tri-partite working groups.
He’s also a member of two ISO-committees where ISO
45001 is one of them.

Brendan Tapley
Senior Manager - Sustainability & Climate
Change, PwC
Constituency: Mediating Institution
Brendan has over 17 years’ industry experience in theareas of Environment, Social, Governance (ESG)
sustainability and climate change. He is PwC’s national
decarbonisation and net zero emissions service leader forthe assurance practice.
Brendan has worked at the forefront of sustainability andclimate strategy, reporting and assurance while living inboth Australia and Europe. He has worked with numerous
mining, metals and energy/resource companies to deliver:
ESG strategy, reporting and assurance; climate risk andscenario analysis; net zero emissions roadmaps; energy
and carbon management.
Brendan holds a Masters Energy & Environment from
Murdoch University. He is a Chartered Energy Manager
at the Energy Institute, and a NABERS energy efficiency
assessor.

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Jeff Geipel
Mining Shared Value Founder and Managing
Director, Engineers Without Borders Canada
Constituency: Mediating Institution
Jeff Geipel is the founder and managing director for the
Mining Shared Value initiative at Engineers Without
Borders Canada. This initiative works to improve thedevelopment impacts of mineral extraction in hostcountries through increasing local procurement by the
global mining industry. Through this work Jeff co-createdthe Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism(LPRM) in partnership with GIZ, and is also theCommunity Manager for the World Bank’s Extractives-led
Local Economic Diversification Community of Practice.
Before Engineers Without Borders, Jeff was the founderand first executive director of Fair Trade Vancouver.
Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Jeff currently resides
in London.

John Drexhage
Advisor, World Bank
Constituency: Mediating Institution
John has worked on issues related to climate change andsustainable development for resource based economies
for over twenty five years. He has done so under anumber of ‘hats’ including with the government of
Canada, Director of Climate Change at the International
Institute for Sustainable Development and theInternational Council on Mining and Metals and anadvisor with a number of constituencies, including IPIECA
and the International Fertilizer Association. He is currently
working on the World Bank’s Climate Smart Mining
initiative. John has served on a number of boards andadvisory groups including Verra, the Global Battery
Alliance and Copper Mark.
He graduated with a BA Honors Degree in History andPhilosophy at Calvin College, Michigan in 1978 and a
Master’s Degree with Distinction in International Affairs at
Carleton University in 1991.

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Kristi Disney Bruckner
Senior Policy Advisor, Initiative for Responsible
Mining Assurance (IRMA)
Constituency: Mediating Institution
Kristi Disney Bruckner is an attorney with 20 years ofexperience working on complex law and policy issues
with governments, communities, companies, and multistakeholder initiatives. As Senior Policy Advisor at IRMA,
she assists with public engagement, partnerships, andongoing work to improve standards and audits. Her
experience includes over a decade of leadership at
Sustainable Development Strategies Group, working toalign management of renewable energy and natural
resources with sustainable development objectives. She
has worked with government, community, and industry
stakeholders around the world to review and improve law
and policy frameworks; build capacity to negotiate andmanage natural resource contracts and companycommunity agreements; and advance the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Her work has
included research and co-authorship of Extractive
Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) validation reports
for 16 countries, review of mining law and policies of over
70 jurisdictions, and review of community development
requirements for the mining sector in over 50 countries.
She has also worked with the Intergovernmental Forumon Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable
Development (IGF) to complete Mining Policy Framework
Assessments, capacity building seminars, and guidancefor IGF Members, including guidance on improving
environmental and social impact assessment andmanagement for the mining sector. She is an adjunctprofessor of climate change law, sustainable
development and international trade, and community
engagement courses at law schools in the US and
Scotland.

Michèle Brülhart
Executive Director, The Copper Mark
Constituency: Mediating Institution
Michèle Brülhart is the Executive Director of the CopperMark, the assurance framework for the responsible
production of copper. With over 10 years of experience
working on the design, implementation and independent
assessment of sustainability standards, Michèle has
evaluated and assisted companies at every level of the
supply chain—from raw material to end product—andacross multiple materials. She was previously the Directorof Innovations at the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)
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several years. Prior to her work at RCS Global, she heldroles focused on responsible sourcing at Underwriters
Laboratories, the German Development Cooperation(GIZ) and STR Responsible Sourcing.

William Bannerman
Chief Executive Officer, Intelligence Nature
International
Constituency: Mediating Institution
William Bannerman is a sustainability risk expert with 30
years’ experience in diverse sectors including agriculture,banking, and gold and zinc mining in different
international jurisdictions.
He served in executive and consultancy roles in major
mining brands including Glencore, Newmont GoldCorp,
Goldfields, and in AngloGold Ashanti as Vice President
for Sustainability.
William has established and worked with many risk
management system models and standards, particularly
in industry.
He holds a PhD in Environment & Materials from France
and is a former UNIDO National Expert for Environment
and Cleaner Production in Mining.

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