OUR TEAM
Vikesh Magan
Chief Executive Officer
BSc(ENG), CDipAF
Vikesh is the CEO of Loop and has over 27 years’ experience in the mining industry, spanning from strategy and growth roles to operational leadership. His career includes being a QRC (Queensland Resource Council) Board of Director and CMSHAC (Coal Mining Safety and Health Advisory Committee) membership, contributing to mining health and safety in Queensland. He has previously been GM Mining QLD at Thiess for 5 years and prior to that held GM Strategy and Growth and Operations Manager roles within Downer. An engineer by training, Vikesh has a strong background in leading bespoke contracting solutions to the mining sector, backed by strong working relationships with various mining houses.
STEPH BYROM
General Manager - Decarbonisation
BA (International Relations), MSS (Environmental Markets), PhD Candidate
Steph is an experienced decarbonisation and policy specialist with proven abilities in providing strategic and technical expertise. She is currently the General Manager of Decarbonisation at Talisman, focusing on strategic and technical solutions for mining industry. Steph is pursuing a PhD in climate and energy policy, wherein she is developing a comprehensive roadmap for achieving a reliable net-zero future in the Australian National Electricity Market. Throughout her professional journey, she has consistently focused on developing decarbonisation projects, providing advice on climate and energy policy, and setting corporate decarbonisation strategy. She has worked for KPMG, Rio Tinto, Gamma Energy Technology and Palaris.
NICHOLAS SHAW
General Manager – Operations
MBA, BSc Geology, Dip Drilling Operations
Nicholas was appointed General Manager – Operations for Mitchell Services in July 2020. Prior to that, Nicholas held senior roles in the mining industry as mine geologist and, in his previous role at Mitchell Services, he was responsible for business development and commercial management of the energy division. Nicholas is responsible for the business management of the drilling activities with day-to-day functions including safety performance, operational excellence, financial management, human resources and innovations. Nicholas focusses on providing his clients with a collaborative relationship that can leverage his mine site operational experience, geological knowledge and understanding of modern drilling techniques.
STEVE BUTTERS
General Manager – Drilling
BEng (Mining)
Steve is a professional mining engineer and brings with him over 35 years of experience in the mining industry, from diverse roles across Australasia and Europe. Steve’s expertise, which spans operations optimisation, explosives, on-site management, safety and international business, is anchored in technical engineering knowledge and commercial acumen. His combination of mining operations and global consulting experience makes him an outstanding Project Manager. With the ability to combine technical skills with the business philosophies required for executive roles, Steve’s track record includes successes on projects and contracts working across all levels of corporate structures and investor representations. Before heading up the Decarbonisation business unit with Mitchell Services, Steve was the business lead for the UIS division. In that role, he led the restart of UIS operations at Grosvenor, introduced new technologies and expanded the operations base, while developing a strong working relationship with the key UIS client base.
Todd Wild
General Manager – Commercial
MBA, BBus (Communications)
Todd was appointed General Manager Commercial of Mitchell Services Limited in October 2015 and has held senior commercial and client relations roles in the mining and exploration sector for 15 years. Todd is responsible for the commercial, business development and corporate communications functions of the business. His day-to-day role includes overseeing Mitchell’s domestic and international growth plans, contracts and commercial negotiations, client relationship management, integrated marketing and corporate communications. Todd is also Chairman of the Mitchell Services Foundation, a public ancillary fund established to support the various charitable endeavours of Mitchell Services.
