Our People

Russell has over 35 years in the mining and construction sector with significant experience in mine project evaluations and the construction of new mines. Russell has held senior management positions in commercial and planning roles with BHP and Anglo American and executive roles in the industry for the last 25 years. Russell is a director of joint venture entities BT Mining Limited in New Zealand and both Telkwa Mining Limited and NWP Coal Limited in British Columbia, Canada.

Kieran is an experienced Chartered Accountant (CAANZ) and has been an invaluable part of the Bathurst team since 2023, serving as our Head of Finance prior to his appointment as CFO. Kieran has over a decade of experience in senior financial management roles across both the public and private sectors in New Zealand.

Fiona is an environmental and resource scientist who has worked in management roles for government, industry groups, and mining companies. With over 20 years experience, Fiona joined Bathurst in 2012 to manage our HSEC portfolio.

Sam brings a wealth of experience in marketing New Zealand’s unique coal domestically and internationally, and since our investment in BT Mining, has continued to manage and add value to our domestic and export customer contracts. Sam holds a Postgraduate Master of Science majoring in Geography.

Eden Sinclair is a Chartered Professional geologist with broad mining and resource extraction experience spanning exploration, resource development, JORC reporting, mine planning, consenting, operations and integrated mine closure. Since joining Bathurst Resources in 2012, he has held technical and leadership roles across the Buller, Takitimu, Canterbury and North Island operations, delivering resource growth, mine planning improvements, closure approvals and environmental solutions. Eden has overseen domestic resource development and long-term planning, has led exploration and resource modelling for key domestic and export growth projects, and acted as Competent Person for JORC reporting across BRL and BT sites excluding Stockton in 2025. He holds a BSc with majors in Geology and Software Engineering.

A mining engineer with over 30 years' industry experience. Ian has held senior management and operations leadership roles, specialising in metallurgical coal market planning and resource optimisation, and mine planning and design. Ian is a member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (“AusIMM”).

Craig has over 30 years’ experience which includes a background in engineering and owner of a coal supply business. Craig joined Bathurst in 2013, working as GM Operations and GM of Marketing and Sales, briefly leaving Bathurst before returning to manage the domestic operations in 2019.

Carmen joined Bathurst in 2017 to manage the human resources (“HR”) function. She holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences and is a member of HRINZ. Carmen has worked in all areas of HR, with over 16 years’ experience in both the public and private sectors.

Richard has worked in almost every role in coal mining since starting his career in the 1970s. Richard’s first job in the industry was at Greymouth’s Liverpool State Mine and after working in Australia for 32 years, Richard returned to Wellington, New Zealand to take up the position of Chief Operating Officer at Bathurst in 2012. He was appointed to the role of Chief Executive Officer in March 2015.

Richard is the Chair of the Coal Association of New Zealand and sits on the board of the New Zealand Mines Rescue Trust and Straterra. Richard is a director of BT Mining Limited as a Bathurst representative.

Russell has over 35 years in the mining and construction sector with significant experience in mine project evaluations and the construction of new mines. Russell has held senior management positions in commercial and planning roles with BHP and Anglo American and executive roles in the industry for the last 25 years. Russell is a director of joint venture entities BT Mining Limited in New Zealand and both Telkwa Mining Limited and NWP Coal Limited in British Columbia, Canada.

Francois Tumahai (Ngāti Waewae, Ngāi Tahu and Ngati Whatua Orakei) is the CEO of Arahura Holding Limited and Chair of Te Runanga o Ngāti Waewae. Francois started his career as a mechanic and has over 25 years’ experience in heavy machinery.

Francois is an ardent supporter of the mining industry and a board member of the New Zealand Institute for Minerals to Materials Research. As CEO of Arahura Holding Limited, Francois is also involved in the management of the extraction and mining of pounamu (greenstone).

Francois has over 15 years of governance experience as a company director and 20 years of governance experience with not-for-profit organisations. He is currently on the board of Development West Coast, West Coast Conservation Board, Grey District Council, and the West Coast Regional Council.