Perth-based mining and corporate governance specialist Mark Donovan has been appointed to the Qteq Board as Non-Executive Director.

Mark has 25 years’ experience in the minerals industry and prior to then worked for more than 10 years as a lawyer and partner in a Perth legal firm where he specialised in criminal and commercial litigation.

After moving into the minerals field, Mark has held senior legal and managerial roles with WMC Resources and BHP. Before his departure in 2017 Mark was the head of corporate affairs for BHP Iron Ore. Mark is currently the General Manager, External Affairs for Mineral Resources Ltd.

Mark has a thorough understanding of the industry across legal, risk, governance, communications and government affairs. He has extensive experience in commercial and contractual negotiations and has led multi-disciplinary teams in a broad range of areas, from exploration to negotiating native title agreements and development agreements with state governments.