Finding the Front

Episode 6: Ben Macnamara, CEO of CBH Group

In Episode 6 of “Finding the Front” we have a very timely and fortunate opportunity to have a chat with, and hear about the seriously interesting journey of, recently appointed CEO of the CBH Group Ben Macnamara. Ben grew up as one of a farming family of six in the Western Australian country town of Williams about 160 kilometres from Perth. In this fantastic conversation we learn how Ben set himself a strategy of developing his career in his own way. This took him on a journey to work for some highly regarded organisations, live in big cities and overall generate everlasting experiences that have helped him build a significant skill set that lays the foundation for his current position of significant responsibility. Ben shares his thoughts into the importance of his close family and his country upbringing, sport and teamwork and his learnings along the way from his various roles to provide some outstanding insights. With the CBH Group, Australia’s largest co-operative, biggest grain exporter and one of the countries largest agribusinesses experiencing a record breaking result of receiving over 20 million tonnes of grain for this year’s harvest from across this great state of WA, this is an awesome opportunity to get to know and gain a great understanding of their new leader.

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Episode 5 Part B: Raleigh Finlayson, Managing Director (from March 2022) of Genesis Minerals

In this episode we have the enormous opportunity to take some time out to get to know highly regarded gold miner and all round good bloke Raleigh Finlayson.

For those listeners who aren’t familiar with Ral, Raleigh is a goldfields born and bred lad from outback station country near Menzies which is about 130km north of Kalgoorlie. He really has had a crack at life and his story is simply a ripper.  

A WA School of mines graduate, Raleigh has had a stellar career. He joined a small company called Saracen Mineral Holdings in December 2007 and by 2013 he was Managing Director, aged 34. At that stage in 2008 Saracen had a market cap of some $53m. From this point the company began to grow and grow…..and grow - culminating in 2019 under Raleigh’s guidance – of achieving the status of acquiring 50 % of the Kalgoorlie super pit for $1.1 billion dollars. The market cap of Saracen grew to a whopping $6.0bn in 2021 before merging in a mega $16 billion dollar transaction with Northern star who owned the other 50% of the super pit.

The merger between Northern Star, led by fellow WA School of Mines graduate Bill Beamont and Saracen Minerals, led by Raleigh, consolidated the Kalgoorlie-Boulders hugely famous golden mile under a single owner for the first time in its 128 year history.

When we caught up with Raleigh,  he was currently on a break and immersed in studying an Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in the US while in waiting for his recently announced new role as Managing Director for Genesis Minerals to commence in March 2022. He will also be re-joining the Northern Star board in a non executive director role in April 2022.

He talks candidly about his upbringing on the station, building Saracen, the hugely important role his family plays, backing yourself in, the challenges of the Super pit acquisition, working closely with and in Northern Star, his current studies that have taken him to Harvard in the US and his excitement about his new role with Genesis Minerals which takes him back to the goldfields area that dominated his family heritage and upbringing.

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Episode 5 Part A: Raleigh Finlayson, Managing Director (from March 2022) of Genesis Minerals

Here we are with the last Episode of Finding the Front for 2021 and what a cracker it is.

In this episode we have the enormous opportunity to take some time out to get to know highly regarded gold miner and all round good bloke Raleigh Finlayson.

For those listeners who aren’t familiar with Ral, Raleigh is a goldfields born and bred lad from outback station country near Menzies which is about 130km north of Kalgoorlie. He really has had a crack at life and his story is simply a ripper.  

A WA School of mines graduate, Raleigh has had a stellar career. He joined a small company called Saracen Mineral Holdings in December 2007 and by 2013 he was Managing Director, aged 34. At that stage in 2008 Saracen had a market cap of some $53m. From this point the company began to grow and grow…..and grow - culminating in 2019 under Raleigh’s guidance – of achieving the status of acquiring 50 % of the Kalgoorlie super pit for $1.1 billion dollars. The market cap of Saracen grew to a whopping $6.0bn in 2021 before merging in a mega $16 billion dollar transaction with Northern star who owned the other 50% of the super pit.

The merger between Northern Star, led by fellow WA School of Mines graduate Bill Beamont and Saracen Minerals, led by Raleigh, consolidated the Kalgoorlie-Boulders hugely famous golden mile under a single owner for the first time in its 128 year history.

When we caught up with Raleigh,  he was currently on a break and immersed in studying an Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in the US while in waiting for his recently announced new role as Managing Director for Genesis Minerals to commence in March 2022. He will also be re-joining the Northern Star board in a non executive director role in April 2022.

He talks candidly about his upbringing on the station, building Saracen, the hugely important role his family plays, backing yourself in, the challenges of the Super pit acquisition, working closely with and in Northern Star, his current studies that have taken him to Harvard in the US and his excitement about his new role with Genesis Minerals which takes him back to the goldfields area that dominated his family heritage and upbringing.

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Episode 4 Part B: Tim Levy, Managing Director of Family Zone

Our Episode 4 of “Finding the Front” is an absolute ripper. In this two part podcast, our conversation is with successful telecommunications, technology entrepreneur and all round good guy, Tim Levy, the Managing Director of Family Zone. For Family Zone, a global business, it is all about protecting and supporting every child’s digital journey and Tim is as qualified and a passionate as anyone on the planet on this topic. Hearing Tim’s pathway in growing up in Perth, gaining extraordinary international skills and expertise living overseas, acquiring a deep understanding of the telecommunications world through his own entrepreneurial business endeavours, to idea incubation and the founding of Family Zone and his massive insights into the world of the internet and the challenges both parents and schools face everyday is captivating.

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Episode 4 Part A: Tim Levy, Managing Director of Family Zone

Our Episode 4 of “Finding the Front” is an absolute ripper. In this two part podcast, our conversation is with successful telecommunications, technology entrepreneur and all round good guy, Tim Levy, the Managing Director of Family Zone. For Family Zone, a global business, it is all about protecting and supporting every child’s digital journey and Tim is as qualified and a passionate as anyone on the planet on this topic. Hearing Tim’s pathway in growing up in Perth, gaining extraordinary international skills and expertise living overseas, acquiring a deep understanding of the telecommunications world through his own entrepreneurial business endeavours, to idea incubation and the founding of Family Zone and his massive insights into the world of the internet and the challenges both parents and schools face everyday is captivating.

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Episode 3 Part B: Paul House, CEO of Imdex

This Episode 3 is a two part series with special guest Paul House, CEO of leading global Mining-Tech company IMDEX. Paul is a country boy who originates from a very established farming family in the well-known Western Australian country town of Gnowangerup. He has since gone on to accumulate some 30 years of experience in resources and technology across many parts of the world including the USA, Africa, India, the Middle East and South East Asia. He talks about growing up in the country and the impression it left on him, his international experiences including building a telecommunications company from scratch to acquisition with his now wife in Africa, living in India and his current role with Imdex and his vast insights into the global mining industry. Paul has a seriously global outlook and provides a ripping story.

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Episode 3 Part A: Paul House, CEO of Imdex

This Episode 3 is a two part series with special guest Paul House, CEO of leading global Mining-Tech company IMDEX. Paul is a country boy who originates from a very established farming family in the well known Western Australian country town of Gnowangerup. He has since gone on to accumulate some 30 years of experience in resources and technology across many parts of the world including the USA, Africa, India, the Middle East and South East Asia. He talks about growing up in the country and the impression it left on him, his international experiences including building a telecommunications company from scratch to acquisition with his now wife in Africa, living in India and his current role with Imdex and his vast insights into the global mining industry. Paul has a seriously global outlook and provides a ripping story.

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Episode 2 Part B: Richard Hyde the Founder, CEO & Executive Chairman, West African Resources

This is an awesome story of a geologist who did the hard yards to learn his trade and continue to build his knowledge the best he could, who then backed himself in and applied those skills to exploration in Burkina Faso. He then went on to take the company he formed in 2006 from a junior to a gold producer that is now targeting production of some 400,000 ounces a year and that carries a market capitalisation now in excess of $1 billion dollars.

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Episode 2 Part A: Richard Hyde the Founder, CEO & Executive Chairman, West African Resources

This is an awesome story of a geologist who did the hard yards to learn his trade and continue to build his knowledge the best he could, who then backed himself in and applied those skills to exploration in Burkina Faso. He then went on to take the company he formed in 2006 from a junior to a gold producer that is now targeting production of some 400,000 ounces a year and that carries a market capitalisation now in excess of $1 billion dollars.

This podcast also shines a light on the Western Australian mining industry as centre for excellence on the world stage.

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Episode 1: David Macgeorge Managing Director, SRG Global

In this episode 1 of "Finding the Front" we have a great chat with the Managing Director of SRG Global, David Macgeorge. David has a fascinating journey; from his early days growing up in Melbourne, his views on the importance of team sport, the people who helped shape his life from family to one of his football coaches Trevor Barker, moving to Sydney then to Perth and ultimately his insights into his current role and what drives him. David speaks from the heart and delivers a compelling listen.

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