Newmont Appoints Mining Industry Veteran Francois Hardy as Chief Technology Officer
19.4.2024 15:56:00 EEST | Business Wire | Press release
Newmont Corporation (NYSE: NEM, TSX: NGT, ASX: NEM, PNGX: NEM) today announced the appointment of Francois Hardy as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Francois will join Newmont’s Executive Leadership Team and lead the technical work across the business to improve operational performance and drive growth.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240419973025/en/
Newmont Appoints Mining Industry Veteran Francois Hardy as Chief Technology Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
Francois will take over from interim CTO, Dean Gehring, who also served in a dual role as Newmont’s Chief Integration Officer. After a period of transition, Dean will be leaving the company in early July.
Francois brings more than 30 years of technical and operational experience in mining to the role. He commenced with Newmont in 2002 and has held roles including Group Head Exploration, Managing Director Africa and General Manager Tanami.
“Francois is a strong leader with deep technical experience and a demonstrable track record of improving operating performance. His appointment will further strengthen Newmont’s Executive Leadership Team, adding valuable technological expertise which will be central to our ongoing success as a business,” said Tom Palmer, Newmont President, and CEO.
Before joining Newmont, Francois held executive positions at Avmin Ltd and De Beers Consolidated Mines. He steps into the new role at a pivotal moment in Newmont’s history and will be tasked with looking for new ways to enhance the company’s operations through innovation and new technologies.
Francois graduated from the Technikon Witwatersrand (now University of Johannesburg) with a BSc in Mine Engineering and received his National Higher Diploma in Metalliferous Mining from the University of Johannesburg.
Francois will be based at Newmont’s headquarters in Denver and will assume his new role as of May 1, 2024.
About Newmont
Newmont is the world’s leading gold company and producer of copper, zinc, lead, and silver. The company’s world-class portfolio of assets, prospects and talent is anchored in favorable mining jurisdictions in Africa, Australia, Latin America & Caribbean, North America, and Papua New Guinea. Newmont is the only gold producer listed in the S&P 500 Index and is widely recognized for its principled environmental, social, and governance practices. Newmont is an industry leader in value creation, supported by robust safety standards, superior execution, and technical expertise. Founded in 1921, the company has been publicly traded since 1925.
At Newmont, our purpose is to create value and improve lives through sustainable and responsible mining. To learn more about Newmont’s sustainability strategy and initiatives, go to www.newmont.com.
To view this piece of content from cts.businesswire.com, please give your consent at the top of this page.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240419973025/en/
Contact information
Media Contact
Jennifer Pakradooni
Jennifer.Pakradooni@Newmont.com
About Business Wire
For more than 50 years, Business Wire has been the global leader in press release distribution and regulatory disclosure.
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
STARTEEPO Increases Xerox Position to 8.8 Million Shares, Becomes Second-Largest Common Shareholder14.7.2026 14:00:00 EEST | Press release
STARTEEPO Invest (“STARTEEPO”), a Prague-based alternative investment fund focused on high-conviction public equity investments, today announced that it has increased its beneficial ownership position in Xerox Holdings Corporation (“Xerox” or the “Company”) to 8.8 million common shares, together with options on an additional 140,000 shares, as disclosed in an amended Schedule 13D filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Based on publicly available ownership disclosures, STARTEEPO is now Xerox’s second-largest holder of common stock. “We have reached the target ownership level established for the current phase of our investment strategy,” said Frantisek Bostl, Chairman of the Board of STARTEEPO Invest. STARTEEPO’s investment thesis remains centered on balance sheet improvement, disciplined capital allocation, operational execution, the successful integration of Lexmark, and what we believe is the market’s continued undervaluation of Xerox’s long-term strategic positionin
European Commission Approves Erbitux ® (cetuximab) in Combination with Encorafenib and FOLFOX for First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer with BRAF V600E Mutation14.7.2026 12:00:00 EEST | Press release
Merck, a leading global science and technology company, today announced that the European Commission (EC) approved an update to the Erbitux (cetuximab) EU label on June 26, 2026. Erbitux is now indicated in combination with encorafenib for patients with BRAF V600E-mutant metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) — both in first-line treatment in combination with FOLFOX (BREAKWATER regimen) and for patients who have received prior systemic therapy (BEACON regimen). The first-line approval is based on results from the Phase 3 BREAKWATER trial, which showed that the cetuximab–encorafenib–FOLFOX combination delivered statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvements in the dual primary endpoints of objective response rate (ORR) and PFS, as well as a significant overall survival benefit — reducing the risk of death by 51% versus chemotherapy with or without bevacizumab. ”The approval of Erbitux in combination with encorafenib and FOLFOX marks an important milestone for patients wit
Nordic Firms Seek Green, Sovereign AI Infrastructure14.7.2026 12:00:00 EEST | Press release
Nordic enterprises are adopting private and hybrid cloud infrastructure that combines AI-ready capacity, local residency and low-carbon operations as high-performance workloads and geopolitical risk reshape IT strategies, according to a new research report published today by Information Services Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a global AI-centered technology research and advisory firm. The 2026 ISG Provider Lens® Private/Hybrid Cloud — Data Center Services report for the Nordics finds that the region is evolving from a hosting destination into a backbone for European data processing. Enterprises are using the Nordics’ renewable energy and natural cooling to support cloud strategies that balance large scale with environmental consciousness and compliance with data sovereignty regulations. “Nordic enterprises are connecting infrastructure decisions to resilience, data control and sustainability rather than treating cloud as a capacity purchase,” said Susanta Dey, director, ISG EMEA Cloud and
Swiss Pension Funds Increase Commitments to Record Infrastructure Equity Fund to EUR 1.23 Billion14.7.2026 10:58:00 EEST | Press release
Record Asset Management GmbH (RAM), subsidiary of London-listed Record plc (Record Financial Group), today announced that its Infrastructure Equity fund has attracted EUR 160 million of additional capital from Swiss pension funds, increasing total commitments to approximately EUR 1.23 billion. Capital deployment continues to progress in line with expectations, with more than one-third of the fund’s initial capital now deployed or committed to investments. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260713541233/en/ RAM manages a dedicated infrastructure co-investment vehicle in partnership with APG, the pension asset manager of ABP, providing Swiss pension funds with access to large-scale infrastructure equity investments alongside APG’s pension fund partners. RAM is the European asset management arm of Record Financial Group, the London-listed specialist investment group managing USD 115 billion of assets on behalf of in
Samsung Becomes a Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode Pool Licensee and Licensor14.7.2026 10:09:00 EEST | Press release
Samsung Electronics has signed up as a licensee of the Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool and has also become a licensor under the programme. The decision by the South Korean company - a global R&D powerhouse and among the world’s top smartphone vendors, as well as a leader in many other electronic product categories - not only confirms the Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool as a recognised solution provider for parties seeking to derisk Wi-Fi implementation but also considerably expands the scope of the programme’s patent offering. Since it was publicly launched in January 2026, ASUS, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Microsoft and Sony Group Corporation have become licensees of the Sisvel Wi-Fi Multimode pool. There are also five licensor/licensee companies: Huawei, Panasonic, Philips, Samsung Electronics and ZTE. The other licensors are KPN, Mitsubishi Electric, Orange, Aegis 11 SA, SK Telecom and Wilus. The agreement announced today ends litigation in the Eastern District of Texas between Samsung Elec
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom