Mineral Resources founder Chris Ellison isn’t known to be a retiring type. On analyst calls and in interviews, the mining industry veteran is not afraid of browbeating anyone who questions his management style. His blunt-speaking approach is said to be no more refined in the boardroom.
It is into this boardroom that Malcolm Bundey, a Melbourne-based packaging industry expert with no mining experience, will enter as non-executive chairman of the highly indebted West Australian company in July.