Tellus Appoints Chief Financial Officer
News Release
- Tellus appoints Jonathan Fisher as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
- Jonathan has over 14 years’ experience in infrastructure, mining, investment banking and advisory sectors
- Jonathon has been involved in raising over $750 million (debt and equity)
- Jonathon has advised on over $50 billion of completed merger and acquisition deals
Tellus Holdings Ltd (“Tellus”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jonathan Fisher as the Tellus Group Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary.
“Jonathan’s experience within the infrastructure, mining and investment banking sectors globally will provide Tellus with the skills to drive the required financing solutions for the Company, augment the company’s quality corporate governance framework, and ensure statutory compliance,” said Tellus Managing Director, Duncan van der Merwe.
“Jonathan has strong relationships with financial counterparties within Australia and internationally. During his career Jonathan has been involved in capital raisings of more than $750 million (debt and equity) and has been part of advisory teams that advised on over $50 billion of completed M&A deals across a broad range of sectors”, he said.
“Jonathan’s experience working for ASX listed mining companies, with a heavy involvement in project development and contractor operations, will provide an additional layer of skill and expertise as we look to bring our projects through pre-development into operations,” he said.
Jonathan is an experienced executive with more than 14 years’ experience across various aspects of the mining and infrastructure industries. Prior to holding a number of senior roles at various ASX listed mining companies, Jonathan’s background includes working with natural resources, utilities and infrastructure investment banking clients whilst at Rothschild (London) and undertaking strategy and performance improvement consulting projects across a broad range of sectors including utilities infrastructure and mining. Jonathan has particular expertise in leveraged and project finance markets.
He holds a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia. He is also qualified with the Australian Institute of Company Directors and is a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia.
The Tellus Board and Managing Director thanks Mr Anton Rohner for his contribution to company.
About Tellus Holdings:
Tellus Holdings Ltd is an infrastructure project development company with a proposed dual revenue business model. This involves mining the commodities salt and kaolin and backfilling the voids left from mining with equipment, archives or long term temporary storage of waste. Tellus plans to store like-with-like materials, so as to create opportunities for the future long term, temporary storage, treatment and recovery of valuable materials or permanent isolation of waste. Tellus’ business model mirrors world’s best practice solutions operating in the UK, Europe, USA and Canada. Tellus is developing the Chandler salt mine project in the Northern Territory (NT) and the Sandy Ridge kaolin mine project in Western Australia. Tellus’ flagship ‘Chandler Project’ was awarded Major Project Status by the Northern Territory Government.
For further information:
Visit: www.tellusholdings.com.au or contact:
Duncan van der Merwe
Managing Director
Tel: +61 (0)2 8257 3395
Corporate and Chandler Project:
Jane Munday
Michels Warren Munday (Media)
Mob: +61 (0)427 880 083
Sandy Ridge Project:
Cameron Morse
FTI Consulting (Media)
Tel: +61 (0)8 9485 8888
