PERTH (miningweekly.com) – ASX-listed Alumina CEO John Bevan announced that he would retire from the company at the end of the year.
Bevan, who was appointed to the role of CEO prior to the global financial crisis, would be replaced by current company director Peter Wasow.
Wasow has over 30 years of experience in the resource and energy sector, had previously acted as CFO and executive VP of energy major Santos, and had spent more than 20 years with mining giant BHP Billiton, including as its VP of finance.
Bevan would work with Wasow and the company’s chairperson, John Pizzey, to ensure a smooth transition.
Meanwhile, Peter Day would join the Alumina board as a nonexecutive director, effective from January 1.
Day has held a number of senior executive positions with Rio Tinto, the Australian Securities and Investment Commission and Amcor. He is currently also a director of Ansell, Orbital Corporation and SAI Global.
It was intended that Day would succeed Wasow as chairperson of the board’s audit committee.