Jon M. L. Lyons

Jon Lyons was appointed Vice President, Projects in 2021, and is responsible for the overall delivery of the company’s projects within scope, budget, and schedule aligned to the business case and ERD’s vision for safety and sustainability.

Since 2017, Jon has led the government permitting processes required to advance Erdene’s mineral exploration and mining projects and maintained oversight of Health, Safety, Environment, and Community Relations performance for the Company. Previously, Jon was with the Global Green Growth Institute as Country Representative to Mongolia. Jon has lived and worked intermittently in Mongolia and the region, including a previous posting with Erdene, since 2001.

Jon holds an MBA from Maastricht University and the EuroMBA consortium and a B.A. (summa cum laude) in physics and anthropology from Wheaton College, MA, and he is fluent in Mongolian and Russian languages.