Our Team - Kimberley Minerals

Geoff Russell

Managing Director

Geoff has broad expertise in planning, business development, operations and corporate management with forty years of business start up and international expansion experience in diverse management roles including CEO, CMO and CTO. He is known for bringing creative insights and strategic solutions to build global, private and public businesses.

Alister MacDonald

Technical and Marketing Director

Alister MacDonald brings over 40 years of international expertise across the industrial minerals and advanced materials sectors to his role as Technical and Marketing Director at Kimberley Minerals Ltd.

Throughout his career, including senior roles with Australian Strategic Materials Ltd and as the founder of Technical Ceramic Marketing Services Pty Ltd, Alister has specialised in market intelligence, downstream processing, and global supply chain strategy. He has a proven track record of identifying market niches and developing highly successful commercial pathways for specialised mineral products on a global scale.

At KML, Alister’s deep technical knowledge and strategic foresight are pivotal. He is driving the commercialisation and downstream strategy for our core minerals—staurolite, kyanite, and garnet—ensuring KML is perfectly positioned to supply high-quality, responsibly extracted products into the global abrasives and refractories industries, as well as spearheading our expansion into high-value anti-slip markets.

Ron Sutton

Director

Ron has over 28 years of mining experience including being a founding Partner and Director of Redline Drill and Blast Pty Ltd. Redline specialise in complex surface mining operations where multi-skilling and teamwork is crucial to operational success.
His experience ranges from conception of greenfield resources with development of tailored systems for drill and blast programs through to contributions of efficiencies in large scale advanced projects.

Warren Greatorex

Senior Indigenous Affairs Advisor

Warren has been in senior management for over 15 years having served in public and private sectors, and holds a wealth of experience in business and management.
Warren has worked as an executive and chaired a number of Boards including involvement in the establishment and development of new corporations and companies from the ground up.
He has worked for a number of indigenous corporations as a CEO and as a General Manager with a vast knowledge concerning governance, the complexities of internal politics and the desire to generate self determination and management

Peter Newcomb

CFO and Company Secretary

Peter has over forty years' professional and commercial experience working in a number of industries and locations including London, Scotland, Singapore and Perth. The majority of his experience over the last fifteen years has been in the Resources industry in Western Australia. Peter is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England, Wales and Australia.

Seb Gray

Principal Geologist

Mr Gray is an experienced Principal Geologist with a demonstrated history of working in the exploration and metals industry. He graduated with a Geologist honours degree and has post graduate masters qualification in business administration and a M.Sc in Environmental Coastal Engineer. Mr Gray is a member of the AIG. He has held numerous management positions including, Exploration Manager and Development Geologist. Mr Gray has worked with numerous companies including, Image Resources, Sheffield Resources, and Consolidated Minerals.

Professional Qualifications & Affiliations

Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG, #6248)
Graduate Certificate in Management – Australian Institute of Business (A.I.B.), Australia
M.Sc. in Environmental Coastal Engineering – University of Southampton, U.K.
B.Sc. in Geology (Honours) – University of Derby, U.K.