Aurizon Appoints Global Executive to Senior Management
Aurizon today announced the appointment of Mauro Neves to the role of Executive Vice President, Commercial & Marketing in the Company's senior leadership team.
Aurizon today announced the appointment of Mauro Neves to the role of Executive Vice President, Commercial & Marketing in the Company's senior leadership team.
Mr Neves is an experienced executive who has worked in senior roles in the resource sector and supply chain logistics at leading international companies. His most recent role was Global Coal Director for Vale, one of the world's largest resource companies.
Mr Neves will commence at Aurizon by the end of calendar year 2013.
"We're delighted to secure the services of Mauro, an outstanding global executive with a strong track record," Aurizon Managing Director & CEO Lance Hockridge said today.
"Mauro has managed senior leadership roles at Vale during the past decade, most recently leading its global coal operations. He is based in Brisbane and has a deep understanding of the market in which we work and the opportunities available to Aurizon.
"This appointment strengthens our senior leadership team at the Company which comprises an outstanding blend of commercial and operational talent from Australia and overseas."
As Global Director for Coal, Mr Neves led Vale's Coal Business Unit with operations in Australia, Mozambique and China.
In an earlier role as Director, Planning, Development and Continuous Improvement he was responsible for Vale's production system implementation globally including iron ore and general cargo supply chain planning, technical services (mining, rail and port business) and logistics solutions.