ERM at MINEX Europe 2022

Elena Amirkhanova is a Partner and Account Director leading ERM Banking/International Financial Institutions services in Europe, Middle East and Africa. She has over 15 years of experience in implementing environmental and social standards to ensure compliance with international lenders’ requirements and make projects fit for finance. Elena works with international financial institutions, borrowers and other stakeholders helping them understand and manage sustainability risks in extractive sector. Her areas of expertise include social accountability, stakeholder engagement and social management system development. She has worked with a range of financial and mining sector clients across Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Prior to joining ERM Elena worked for gold mining company managing environmental and social aspects at four mining projects at different stages of their development and understands very well sustainability risks across mining life cycle. She holds a Master’s degree in Geography and Executive MBA from Warwick Business School.

Graham Farrer is an environmental and project management professional with more than 20 years’ experience. His experience as a leader in a mining operational environment, participating in closure studies for Rio Tinto, leading a complex social and engineering closure study for the Australian Government, and delivering mine closure projects as a consultant, has allowed him to develop a unique perspective on mine closure. He has developed and optimised mine closure outcomes for assets producing coal, lithium, precious metals, iron ore, bauxite and alumina, potash, barite, uranium, diamonds, and minerals sands for assets located in Australia, Africa, Europe, North America, and South America. At ERM he supports clients globally to achieve improved mining outcomes. This work includes developing closure and other environmental guidelines, strategic closure planning, environmental and mine closure due diligence, supporting mining scoping reports, mine closure cost estimating, and supporting energy transition projects.