Gekko’s co-founder and managing director Elizabeth Lewis-Gray said: “The quality and commitment of our global office leaders and staff is critical to deliver world-class mineral processing services and plants. We are delighted to welcome these appointees.”

Greg Rasmussen has been appointed Gekko VP Sales and Operations – North America, based in Gekko’s Canadian office in Vancouver. He 30 years’ experience in the Canadian minerals processing operations, including business development and operations management for Glencore Technologies.

Gerhard Bezuidenhout has joined Gekko’s Johannesburg global office as Regional Manager, Sales and Operations for the African region. He has an extensive career in mining development, minerals processing and project and operations management, throughout various countries.

Additionally, Gekko has appointed two highly skilled engineers to work in South Africa.

Mxolisi Ntombela, a well-qualified Chemical Engineer, joined Gekko in October last year as a Technical Process Engineer based in the Johannesburg global office.

He will focus on undertaking and overseeing a large portion of the process design work for Gekko’s African clients, which was previously performed by engineers at Gekko’s head office in Ballarat. Due to the increasing workload for the Australian team implementing large projects, he will provide vital process improvement and design support to Gekko’s clients in southern Africa.

John Fourie joined Gekko last November as a Technical Services Engineer. This new role was created to provide additional technical support to service clients in the region, as well as to meet the demands of Gekko’s expanding performance consulting division in Africa.

His strong technical skills and industry experience in engineering design and the commissioning of metallurgical processing plants, including gravity concentration and chemical processing plants, will ensure Gekko’s clients receive exceptional service and support.