Rudi Badenhorst

Chief Operating Officer of First Quantum Minerals Ltd since 1 Sep 2022. Joined First Quantum in 1996 for the design, construction and commissioning of the Bwana Mkubwa tailings project in Zambia -- his entire confirmed 29-year career has been built inside First Quantum, rising through General Manager roles at the Lonshi mine and Kolwezi tailings project (DRC), the Ravensthorpe nickel mine (Australia), and the Sentinel and Kansanshi mines (Zambia), then Director, Operations from 2019 (all Zambian operations, including government relations). Higher Diploma of Extractive Metallurgy, Technicon Witwatersrand (now University of Johannesburg); INSEAD Advanced Management Programme.