{"id":31,"date":"2020-12-10T14:47:43","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T06:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/about-us\/leadership-team\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T09:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T01:30:47","slug":"leadership-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/about-us\/leadership-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n      \n    \n                <section class=\"columnblock white-bg text-sidebar-layout  padding-small\">\n                      \n\n<div class=\"grid ts_grid grid_container\">\n  <div class=\"ts_text textholder\">\n    <p class=\"intro\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PRL Group leadership team comprises a diverse range of experience and in-depth knowledge of the environment and communities that we operate within.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button btn-yellow\" href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/investors\/corporate\/directors\/\">Our Directors<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n  <\/div>\n  <aside class=\"ts_sidebar page-sidebar\">\n          <ul class=\"pagemenu\">\n                  <li ><a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/our-business\/resources-energy\/prl-ardmore\/\" title=\"read more about PRL Ardmore\">PRL Ardmore<\/a><\/li>\n                  <li ><a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/privacy-policy\/\" title=\"read more about Privacy Policy\">Privacy Policy<\/a><\/li>\n                  <li ><a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/community-sustainability\/\" title=\"read more about Community &#038; 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Economic Impact\">Christmas Island Social &#038; Economic Impact<\/a><\/li>\n                  <li ><a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/community-sustainability\/environment\/\" title=\"read more about Protecting Our Environment\">Protecting Our Environment<\/a><\/li>\n                  <li ><a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/contact\/\" title=\"read more about Contact\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n                  <li ><a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/investors\/contact-3\/\" title=\"read more about Investor Contact Form\">Investor Contact Form<\/a><\/li>\n                  <li ><a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/contact-a\/\" title=\"read more about Contact Response\">Contact Response<\/a><\/li>\n                  <li ><a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/contact-2\/\" title=\"read more about Contact\">Contact<\/a><\/li>\n              <\/ul>\n      <\/aside>\n<\/div>\n                      <\/section>\n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  <section class=\"staffblock\">\n    <div class=\"grid grid_container st_grid\">\n      <h2 class=\"sb_title \">Leaders<\/h2>\n      \n        <article class=\"staff-member\">\n                                <figure class=\"sm_image\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/231023_CI-Resources_009-scaled-e1701922429401-570x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 570px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 570\/385;\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"sm_summary\">\n            <h3 class=\"sm_title\">\n              Mr Nicholas Gan\n              <button class=\"js-read\" id=\"toggle-500\" aria-controls=\"panel-500\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                <span class=\"read-text\">Read profile<\/span><span class=\"icon-plus\"><\/span>\n              <\/button>\n            <\/h3>\n            <p class=\"sm_job\">Chief Executive Officer<\/p>\n            <div class=\"sm_panel\" id=\"panel-500\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-500\" role=\"region\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n              <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Gan joined Phosphate Resources in 2016, after spending 11 years working in senior roles for Coca Cola Amatil. He is a chartered accountant with a diverse background in supply chain management, commercial management and sales. Mr Gan<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u00a0is a proven leader, with a deep <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">understanding of the business and has for the past 6 years been the Company\u2019s Chief <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Operating Officer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Gan is a director of the WA Return Recycle Renew (WARRRL), the scheme coordinator for WA\u2019s container deposit scheme.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n      \n        <article class=\"staff-member\">\n                                <figure class=\"sm_image\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/231023_CI-Resources_001-1-scaled-e1702367061514-570x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 570px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 570\/385;\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"sm_summary\">\n            <h3 class=\"sm_title\">\n              Mr Adrian Gurgone\n              <button class=\"js-read\" id=\"toggle-3424\" aria-controls=\"panel-3424\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                <span class=\"read-text\">Read profile<\/span><span class=\"icon-plus\"><\/span>\n              <\/button>\n            <\/h3>\n            <p class=\"sm_job\">Chief Financial Officer<\/p>\n            <div class=\"sm_panel\" id=\"panel-3424\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-3424\" role=\"region\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n              <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Adrian Gurgone is an experienced Chartered Accountant and MBA\u00a0with significant executive management, investment, board and business leadership experience. He held senior roles with Deloitte Consulting along with a UK top-tier consulting firm, prior to establishing and running a successful national management consultancy and investment firm in 2007 for over a decade, advising multinational and mid-cap organisations globally.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His experience encompasses executive management, investment, strategy, financial and business analysis, risk management and corporate governance across a range of industries including mining, energy and resources. Adrian has held several directorships on private sector and not for profit boards.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n      \n        <article class=\"staff-member\">\n                                <figure class=\"sm_image\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-designn1-570x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 570px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 570\/385;\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"sm_summary\">\n            <h3 class=\"sm_title\">\n              Mr Jim Cooper\n              <button class=\"js-read\" id=\"toggle-3767\" aria-controls=\"panel-3767\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                <span class=\"read-text\">Read profile<\/span><span class=\"icon-plus\"><\/span>\n              <\/button>\n            <\/h3>\n            <p class=\"sm_job\">Chief Operating Officer<\/p>\n            <div class=\"sm_panel\" id=\"panel-3767\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-3767\" role=\"region\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n              <p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"> Jim has over 38 years of experience in the mining industry, spanning <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">a wide range of locations and commodities. Throughout his career, Jim has demonstrated a <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">strong commitment to leading safe, efficient, and productive operations. His extensive <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">industry knowledge and hands-on leadership bring a wealth of operational expertise to PRL <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Global.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mr Cooper provides leadership to PRL Group\u2019s operational functions and business units based on Christmas Island and Queensland, including <a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/our-business\/resources-energy\/cirp-christmas-island-phosphates\/\">Christmas Island Phosphates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/our-business\/resources-energy\/prl-ardmore\/\">PRL Ardmore<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/our-business\/facilities-logistics\/ci-maintenance-services\/\">CI Maintenance Services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/our-business\/resources-energy\/indian-ocean-oil\/\">Indian Ocean Oil Company<\/a>, and Indian Ocean Stevedores.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n      \n        <article class=\"staff-member\">\n                                <figure class=\"sm_image\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/R-Krishnan-scaled-e1705543927759-570x385.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 570px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 570\/385;\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n                    <div class=\"sm_summary\">\n            <h3 class=\"sm_title\">\n              Mr Ramanathan Krishnan\n              <button class=\"js-read\" id=\"toggle-290\" aria-controls=\"panel-290\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n                <span class=\"read-text\">Read profile<\/span><span class=\"icon-plus\"><\/span>\n              <\/button>\n            <\/h3>\n            <p class=\"sm_job\">Managing Director | PRM<\/p>\n            <div class=\"sm_panel\" id=\"panel-290\" aria-labelledby=\"toggle-290\" role=\"region\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n              <p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Mr Ramanathan Krishnan career in the Fertilizer industry has spanned over 40 years including a variety of market-facing seniorroles with Chemical Company of Malaysia before he joined PRLin 1999.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">PRL Global \u00a0benefits from Mr Ramanathan\u2019s depth of fertilizer industry experience and knowledge both at a local and international levels as the company continues on its growth path towards becoming a vertically integrated Fertilizer business with interests in mining, trading, logistics and specialty fertilizers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">As the sales and marketing lead for Christmas Island Phosphates since 1999, the Company achieved record sales under his guidance. In more recent years he helped establish Phosphate Resources Malaysia (PRM) as a fully-fledged Fertilizer company with a network of warehouses across Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">He has also successfully completed a Bachelor of Business in Business Administration degree with Royal Melbourne Institute &amp; Technology (RMIT) and a Diploma in Management from the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/article>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":902,"parent":23,"menu_order":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"wf_page_folders":[5],"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3522,"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/3522"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prlgroup.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}