Newmont Goldcorp appoints new North America senior VP

22nd October 2019 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Newmont Goldcorp appoints new North America senior VP

Newmont Goldcorp's Dan Janney

Gold major Newmont Goldcorp has appointed Dan Janney as regional senior VP for North America, succeeding Todd White who served in the role since closing of the Newmont Goldcorp transaction in April.

Janney joined Newmont in May 2017 as the general manager for integration and optimisation for North America and in February this year, he was made general manager operations services for North America.

Prior to joining Newmont, Janney was a technical consultant with Alacer Gold, based in Turkey.

Janney will report directly to Rob Atkinson, executive VP and COO.

“Dan’s appointment is intended to accelerate operational and efficiency improvements at our North American sites, while continuing to enhance the region’s safety performance,” commented president and CEO Tom Palmer.

“Dan brings 27 years of global mining operations experience and he has successfully led teams to deliver step change improvements in safety, efficiency and productivity. His background and expertise are well suited to lead our work to safely improve costs and productivity and extend mine lives in our North America region.”