A professional mining engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the mining industry and regulatory practices of minerals and mining management. The author has played senior roles in highly challenging environments and work circumstances in both underground and open pit mining operations with major miners in Australia, Tanzania and Ghana. His expertise cuts across mine planning, projects, production and processing including the application of safe and sustainable work practices that drive excellence in diverse multicultural work teams. Having played management roles in Mine Production, Projects and Technical Service as well as regulatory roles provides the author with an impetus to champion good governance at workplaces where safety, sound environmental practices, productivity and transparency are promoted as cardinal objectives for the healthy existence of such mineral-based organisations.