Full name(s) and surname:
ELISA JEANNE WALLS (Known name: Jeanne)
Position:
Principal Geotechnical – Anglo American
What contribution do you see yourself making to the SAIMM and Council? :
- A developed industry network with extensive experience to bring grounded and contemporary input into the SAIMM mission and vision
- Vested interest in the growth and service of the technical programmes committee (TPC - mining), with particular affiliation to SANCOT (Committee Chairperson), and SANIRE (Council Member for Organisational Liaison, and Examinations Portfolio support).
- Vested interest in, and contribution to the portfolio of women and broad-based social diversity in mining and metallurgy (WiMM)
- Vested interest in local knowledge development through contribution to journal and conference publications
- Vested interest in the role that the SAIMM has to perform within the Southern African mining industry and globally at large.
Interactions/activities that you currently participate in within the SAIMM (if applicable):
- SAIMM Council Member (2019 to present)
- Committee member: DIMI (Diversity and Inclusion in the Mining Industry)
- Chairperson: SANCOT (South African National Committee on Tunnelling)
- SANIRE Council Member
Qualifications:
MEng (2013) – Rock Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
GDE (Mining) (2011) – University of the Witwatersrand
Chamber of Mines Advanced Certificate in Rock Mechanics (2010) – University of the Witwatersrand
BSc (Hons, Geophysics) (1998) – University of the Witwatersrand
BSc (Physics, Mathematics) (1996) – Stellenbosch University
Brief career history:
Principal Geotechnical Engineer – Anglo American / De Beers, 2020 (current)
Principal Geotechnical Engineer – Golder Associates, 2019 - 2020
Director and Principal Rock Engineering Consultant 2016 to 2019 – Jewal Geotechnical (Pty) Ltd Rock engineering consultant 2011–2016 – SRK Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Rock engineering practitioner 2005-2011 – Anglo American Platinum
Mine seismologist 2002-2005 – Welkom, South Africa
Exploration geophysicist 2001-2002 – South Africa, Colombia (South America), Queensland (Australia)
Gold Fields bursary student 1994-1998 – Libanon Gold Mine
Date and place of birth:
24 March 1976 – Greytown, South Africa