Thomas Schulz

Mr. Thomas Schulz was appointed a Director of the Company on November 16, 2021 and is a member of the Audit and Risk and the Governance, Safety and Sustainability Committees. Mr. Schulz brings more than 30 years of mining and construction experience and a Ph.D in mining. Since 2022, Mr. Schulz has been Group Chief Executive Officer of Bilfinger SE. From 2013 to 2022, he was Group Chief Executive Officer of FLSmidth. From 2001 to 2012, Mr. Schulz held several leadership positions at Sandvik, including President - Construction, Senior Vice President, Chairman of SJL SHAN BAO (China), SRP AB (Sweden), Sandvik Extec (UK), Sandvik Fintec (UK), President - Construction Segment, Senior Vice President / Chairman of SRP AB (Sweden), Sandvik Extec (UK), Sandvik Fintec (UK) – Mining and Construction, Regional President, Mining and Construction, and Regional Business Line Manager, Sandvik Rock Processing. From 1998 to 2001, he was Business Area Manager, Department Crushing, Screening, Grinding, Pyro at Swedish manufacturer Svedala.

Mr. Schulz was awarded the Borchers Medal for extraordinary performance in Science from the Technical University of Aachen. He holds a Ph.D. in Mineral Mining and Quarrying and an Engineering Diploma in Mineral Processing from the Technical University of Aachen.