James Elphick
James is a Senior Environmental Toxicologist with over 30 years of experience and he joined BQE in 2025 to support development of the BQE environmental toxicology laboratory. He has considerable experience developing site-specific water quality guidelines for mining operations and in identifying causes of toxicity to aquatic organisms. This expertise helps inform clients where adjusted […]
Alexandra Rutherford
Alexandra Rutherford is a certified HR professional, team performance coach, and transformation expert with more than 15 years of experience helping individuals and organizations achieve their full potential. As Director of Talent Development, she leads initiatives focused on learning, leadership development, and career growth, creating opportunities that empower employees to thrive and succeed. Alexandra is […]
Daniel Brosig
Daniel is an entrepreneurial and results-driven chemical engineer with over 20 years of international experience in the metals industry. He has managed projects involving international multidisciplinary teams in Chile, US, and Canada. His experience spans proof-of-concept studies to engineering issued for construction, consistently delivering value through techno-economic assessments, and strategic leadership in project delivery and […]
Peter Gleeson
Peter brings over 30 years of experience in executive management, investment fund analysis and board advisory roles in the technology and mining sectors. With specialization in corporate finance and contract negotiation, Peter has been involved in the start-up and growth of several junior mining firms including PGM Ventures which became Iberian Minerals Corporation. Throughout his […]
Richard Hubbard
Mr Hubbard has more than forty years of relevant management, corporate finance and investment banking experience. From early success in reorganizing a major French fashion brand in the 1980s on to successfully negotiating the sale of the same in the early 90s, in his career he has arranged successful leveraged buy outs, management buy outs, […]
Christopher Fleming
Chris received his PhD in Chemistry from the University of Cape Town and has spent much of his 40 year career in research and research management. He has authored or co-authored 70 technical publications, been awarded 14 patents and contributed to several books on various aspects of extractive metallurgy. Chris joined Lakefield Research in 1990, […]
Sara Elford
Sara is a Chartered Financial Analyst Charterholder with extensive capital markets experience, having worked over twenty years as a sell-side equity research analyst with Canaccord Genuity and an investment banking analyst with Wood Gundy and Kidder Peabody. During her career, Sara followed a broad range of industries, with a specific focus on emerging companies and […]
Fabian Rodriguez
Fabian is a chemical engineer who started his career in operations where he was responsible for optimization and improvements in hydrometallurgical and metal refining processes in Chile. Since joining the company 11+ years ago, Fabian has been instrumental in the engineering and commissioning of several SART plants, and lab and pilot demonstrations for selective metal […]
Veneil Sundar
Veneil is a chemical engineer who spent the early years of his career in mining operations with Teck Resources. Since joining the company in 2014, Veneil has demonstrated great initiative and has grown into the role of project lead for process engineering design and plant automation, becoming proficient in all aspects of process design, programming […]
HC Liang
HC leads our consultancy practice related to water management, treatment, risk assessments, permitting and engagement with local communities and regulatory agencies to arrive at practical solutions that do better for the environment. HC received his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, his Masters in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University […]
Daniel Cook
Daniel leads our global operations team and environmental health & safety across all company functions. In his role, Daniel is responsible for ensuring operations perform safely and according to expectations, and staffed with well trained personnel. Additionally, he oversees pre-commissioning and commissioning activities for smooth hand-overs from engineering and construction to operations. Daniel has 15+ […]
Brent Baker
Brent leads the engineering team and ensures the integrity of all design work from initial concepts to issued-for construction design documentation. He has been instrumental to the success of projects by making certain that treatment process designs are seamlessly integrated into discipline engineering and equipment procurement, and that our engineering team works closely with the […]