GEO AUDIT ARCHIVE
Our team expertise
Specialists in geology, mining, environment, law, finance and management.
SPECIALIST PROFILE
Lawyer · Subsoil-use and licensing specialist
Lawyer and specialist in subsoil use and licensing with more than 7 years of legal experience in the mining sector. Background in permits, contracts, land matters and engagement with public authorities.
Experience and projects
- GMK Vasilyevskoye, BOKE, BK GOLD and Zhaltyrbulak
- Head of Legal: part-time project work covering contracts and legal support for mining companies.
- Kazphosphate LLP
- Subsoil-use and licensing specialist; Chief Geology Manager in the Mining and Processing Department.
- FIC Alel JSC · 2022–2025
- Subsoil-use and licensing specialist: permits, land, contract obligations and commissioning of industrial facilities.
- Mining Consulting Group · 2022
- Chief Lawyer; legal support for the rehabilitation of TASKARA, a mineral operator.
- GRK Manka and GOK Manka · 2021–2022
- Lawyer: contracts, land matters, permits and employment issues.
- Kaskad-N LLP · 2020–2021
- Lawyer: contracts, mining-sector procurement and land documentation.
- Ust-Kamenogorsk Titanium and Magnesium Plant · 2019–2020
- Legal Counsel: corporate and employment law, contracts, litigation documents and engagement with authorities.
- FIC Alel: supported commissioning of a carbon regeneration facility classified as a Category I hazardous facility.
- Tailings facilities No. 5 and No. 6: supported transition from a contract regime to licences for use of underground space, with operating designs and a closure plan prepared together with Kaznedroproekt.
- Tailings facility No. 4: contributed to resolving a site-area issue and obtaining a licence for use of underground space.
SPECIALIST PROFILE
Mining engineer · Technical and operations consultant
More than 15 years in open-pit and underground mining, with a career beginning in 2007. Experience in international consulting and production management, including strategic planning, feasibility studies, operational performance and team leadership.
Experience and projects
- Voskhod · 2024
- Deputy General Director for technical and operational matters.
- SRK Consulting · 2023–2024
- Technical Mining Consultant, Kazakhstan.
- Wardell Armstrong International · 2021–2023
- Senior Mining Consultant.
- Datamine Software International · 2019–2021
- Senior Mining Engineer.
- Polymetal · 2012–2019
- Chief Specialist; experience with PM Eurasia, the Ural branch and the Mayskoye and Lunnoye deposits.
- Kazakhmys · 2007–2012
- Mining Engineer, Mine Foreman and stope production work, building experience from hands-on operations to engineering management.
- Voskhod: blast-hole monitoring, reduction of oversize material, improved mine ventilation and water supply, and optimisation of ore logistics and equipment reporting.
- Mayskoye and Lunnoye deposits: operational and engineering experience within Polymetal.
- Kazakhmys: Karaganda, Zhezkazgan, YUSR, Belousovskoye and Irtysh — mining experience across operational sites.
SPECIALIST PROFILE
Geologist · surveying, modelling and design
Geological work experience since 2021. Bachelor’s degree in Mining and Master’s degree in Geology. Tools: Micromine, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Google Earth and Microsoft Office.
Experience and projects
- ORPI-Geo LLP · since September 2024
- Geologist.
- Kokshe-Ar LLP · April 2021–September 2023; since September 2024
- Geologist.
Education and qualifications
- Master’s in Geology: National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, 2022–2024.
- Bachelor’s in Mining: Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University, 2018–2022.
SPECIALIST PROFILE
Strategy and operational performance expert
Consultant in strategy, technical development and operational efficiency for industrial companies
More than 20 years of experience in mining chemicals, mineral fertilisers and petrochemicals. Worked with EuroChem and Gazprom group assets, holding senior positions at operations with over 1,200 employees. Investment and operational expertise in productivity, cost reduction, strategic management and implementation of production and organisational change.
Experience and projects
- Strategic and operational development
- Development strategies, mineral fertiliser production concepts and investment business plans. Assessment of production constraints, modernisation priorities and efficiency programmes.
- Transformation and maintenance
- Restoring stable operations, developing production teams and establishing maintenance and repair management to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
- EuroChem · 2013–2023
- Leadership in asset management, operations and production planning. Developed an asset strategy and delivered a greenfield investment project through industrial commissioning. Built production and maintenance teams and planning systems from scratch. Implemented MES, dispatching, KPIs, end-to-end quality control and X-ray sorting for phosphate ore beneficiation.
- Gazprom group assets · 2006–2013
- Strategic and organisational development, management improvement and business process reengineering. Participated in a SAP restart project, KPI development, production and economic audits and risk assessment.
- Education
- RANEPA — MBA and master’s studies in entrepreneurship, company management and marketing. Ufa State Aviation Technical University — modelling and operations research in organisational and technical systems.
- Areas of practice
- Development strategy · Technology concepts · Business planning · Operational efficiency · Maintenance systems · Turnaround management
Selected results
- Stabilised production within 6 months following recurring equipment downtime.
- Increased finished-product output productivity by 21%.
- Reduced unplanned downtime by 50% by establishing maintenance team systems.
- Saved up to 20% in electricity through modernisation of grinding-unit drives.
- Reduced costs of materials subject to consumption standards by 40% through MES and dispatching.
- Reduced maintenance consumables costs by 30%.
SPECIALIST PROFILE
Finance, modelling and transformation expert
Leadership experience in mining-sector finance and financial planning: budgeting, management accounting, costing, internal controls and reporting automation.
Experience and projects
- Finance transformation · 2022–2025
- Led finance transformation at a mining enterprise, including budget management, financial reporting and process diagnosis. Participated in SAP S/4HANA controlling and budgeting implementation.
- FP&A leadership · 2013–2021
- Planning and economics, budget control, shareholder management reporting, 1C budgeting and production-stage accounting.
- CFO experience · 2017–2019
- Coordination of accounting, treasury, reporting, ERP and planning; cash-flow forecasting and internal financial controls.
Examples from professional experience
- Production and financial break-even models for uranium mining operations.
- Implementation of 1C UPP budgeting and automated purchasing and materials budget controls.
- Transition of management-reporting methodology from Ellipse ERP to 1C.
- Cost reduction programmes, finance operating models and AI-assisted financial analytics.
