Marius van Niekerk

Chief Financial Officer of OceanaGold Corporation since May 2023 -- missing from this DB entirely before this batch (only the CEO was tracked). Approximately 25 years of mining and technology industry experience across South Africa, the UK, Mozambique, Singapore and Canada. Immediately before OceanaGold, VP Finance -- Americas for Newcrest Mining (2019-2023), overseeing the Red Chris and Brucejack/Pretivm mines in British Columbia. Before Newcrest, 13 years at BHP holding VP Strategy and Design (Global Group Business Information Services), Head of Finance for Energy Coal South Africa, Project Director for Energy Southern Africa, Head of Finance for the Mozal Aluminium smelter, and Global Financial Controller for Aluminium -- a genuinely distinct BHP career from CEO Gerard Bond's own BHP tenure (an initial aggregated search summary incorrectly described van Niekerk's BHP career using Bond's bio text; independently re-verified against OceanaGold's own individual bio page for van Niekerk before writing). Bachelor's degree in Economic and Management Sciences, University of Pretoria; Honours in Accounting Sciences, University of South Africa; CPA Ontario and Chartered Accountant (South Africa); ICD.D designation.