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.
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 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
With an industrial geology career extending from his foundational honors degree in 2000, Seb oversees KML's complex geological data management, computer-aided design (CAD) modeling, and rigid quality assurance/quality control (QAQC) technical workflows.
For KML’s ongoing operational governance, Seb acts as our primary author for technical, compliance, and public reporting under JORC guidelines. His responsibilities encompass managing regulatory tenement compliance with the Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety (DEMIRS), leading traditional custodian and landowner engagement, and maintaining clear transparency regarding ESG compliance across all active project sites. He further guides active field operations through transformational team leadership focused on contractor safety, while implementing resilient exploration budgeting and expenditure tracking.
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.