United Kingdom
Director since: August 2025
Independent Director
Mr. Atkinson has over 30 years of leadership experience in the global mining industry. He currently serves as a Senior Operating Partner at Appian Capital Advisory LLP, an investment advisor to private capital funds in the metals and mining sector. From 2019 to 2024, he was Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at Newmont Corporation, a leading global gold mining company. Prior to that, he spent over 25 years at Rio Tinto from 1993 to 2019, where he held several senior leadership roles, including Head of Productivity and Technical Support, Chief Operating Officer for copper operations across Mongolia, the U.S., Chile, and Indonesia, and Chief Executive Officer of Energy Resources of Australia, a uranium producer majority owned by Rio Tinto.
Mr. Atkinson has held leadership roles in Australia, the U.K., and the U.S., with extensive operational expertise in gold, copper, iron ore, and surface and underground coal mining. He is a former director of Energy Resources of Australia Ltd.
Mr. Atkinson holds a Bachelor’s degree (Honours) in Mining and Petroleum Engineering from Strathclyde University in Scotland.
Mr. Atkinson is a member of the Human Resources Committee and the Safety, Environment & Social Responsibility Committee.
