Michael Battersby

Mike Battersby is the Chairman of CEEC – The Future; a not-for-profit organisation whose mission is to achieve energy and water efficient, productive mining processes, with lower impact, lower costs and stronger shareholder value.

Mike has more than 40 years’ experience in the minerals industry. In 1997 he co-founded Maelgwyn Mineral Services Ltd (MMS), based in Cardiff, Wales, where he is currently the Managing Director. MMS provide innovative new technology to the mineral extraction and environmental industries. Prior to this Mike had many years’ operational experience with AngloGold, DeBeers and Billiton in Africa and Australia.

Mike has degrees in Mineral Processing (Cardiff University) and Enterprise & Innovation (Swinburne University of Technology). He is a Chartered Engineer and is a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (London), the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and the Society of Mining Engineers of AIME (USA). Mike is also active in the sporting world of triathlon where he is an international age group competitor and has been on the Board of Directors of both the British Triathlon Federation and Welsh Triathlon.