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Former CEO of Orica, Alberto Calderon, joins Envirosuite as Advisor to the CEO

Mr Calderon’s experience at Orica and BHP will be invaluable providing insights and advice on assisting Envirosuite accelerating sales.

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Jason Cooper

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4 min

TAGS ASX, Mining, Water

Highlights

  • Alberto Calderon, former Chief Executive Officer of ASX-listed Orica Group has joined as Advisor to the CEO

  • Mr Calderon’s experience at Orica and BHP will be invaluable providing insights and advice on assisting Envirosuite particularly in accelerating sales across Mining, Water and Airports amongst other sectors

  • Mr Calderon previously acted in a similar role at BHP Billiton Ltd as Advisor to the CEO after he was CEO of BHP’s Aluminum division

Envirosuite develops unique digital technology to help tackle one of the leading issues of our time, the protection of the environment. Reducing impact on the environment is a key focus for many industries, hence, I am excited to help Jason navigate the exciting road that lies ahead for Envirosuite.

- Alberto Calderon, Former CEO of Orica

Envirosuite is honoured to welcome Mr Alberto Calderon to the team

We are pleased to announce former Orica Chief Executive Officer, Alberto Calderon, will join as Advisor to the CEO.

Mr Calderon is highly regarded in the broader business industry as an innovator within large corporates, particularly around the adoption of technology led improvements. The addition of Mr Calderon provides strong validation of the Company’s offering to a global problem that its environmental intelligence solutions meet across a number of industries, particularly in mining. Mr Calderon will provide active introductions to help accelerate sales and will provide feedback on messaging and refinement in the future product roadmap.

Mr Calderon will work closely with appointed Envirosuite CEO, Jason Cooper to provide a range of high- level executive and project support including strategic advice, preparing briefings and strategic changes to support the achievement of the organisation’s operational objectives.

Alberto Calderon's vast executive experience

Alberto’s executive experience includes leadership roles across the mining, petroleum, and energy sectors. Prior to joining the Orica Board, Alberto was an executive with world-leading resources company, BHP Billiton. During his time with BHP Billiton, Alberto held a number of key leadership positions, including Group Executive and Chief Executive Aluminium, Nickel and Corporate Development (2011 – 2013), Group Executive and Chief Commercial Officer (2007 – 2011. Alberto was also Chief Executive Officer at Cerrejón, one of the world’s largest mining operators in his home country of Colombia (2002 – 2006), and at the Colombian oil company, Ecopetrol (1999 – 2002).

The Company has granted 10,000,000 unlisted options to Mr Calderon with 5,000,000 options exercisable immediately; 2,500,000 options to vest in 12 months; and 2,500,000 options to vest in 18 months. These options have an exercise price of $0.20 per Option and an exercise period of 4 years. The Terms on which Mr Calderon will receive the Options is annexed to this announcement.

Accelerating sales with invaluable insights and experience

"Envirosuite develops unique digital technology to help tackle one of the leading issues of our time, the protection of the environment. Reducing impact on the environment is a key focus for many industries, hence, I am excited to help Jason navigate the exciting road that lies ahead for Envirosuite."  - Mr. Alberto Calderon on joining Envirosuite

To have someone with the experience and achievements that Alberto brings to Envirosuite in an advisory capacity is extremely exciting and an endorsement of our offering and potential globally. I personally am looking forward to having Alberto as an advisor as someone who has previously been CEO of an ASX50 company.

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Founded in Australia and trusted around the world, Envirosuite supports the leading operators in mining, airports, waste and water to realise the full potential of their assets through the power of environmental intelligence.