JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Michael Roche will step down as CEO of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) after more than 11 years at the helm.
He would continue to serve until a new CEO was appointed, most likely in November.
The QRC board had appointed international executive search firm Egon Zehnder to lead the recruitment process for Roche’s successor.
Roche joined the QRC as CEO in July 2005, after a distinguished career in the government and private sectors.
“It has been a great honour to be able serve the great Queensland resources sector over such an extended period at the helm of its peak body. The sector comprises wonderful people and hundreds of great businesses – large, medium and small – which deliver so much employment and wealth for our state.
“The QRC is a great organisation with a very talented team that continues to deliver excellent service to the resources sector through some truly challenging times in recent years,” he commented in a release issued on Monday.
He planned to continue with nonexecutive board work, as well as undertaking consulting work.
“I am also keen to do more to assist the state’s charities and not-for-profit sector,” he added.