David Baumgartel has over 20 years of commercial and operational experience in open pit and underground mines.
He has been a general manager of multiple operations including Darlot UG in Western Australia, Jabal Sayid UG Mine in Saudi Arabia, Lumwana in Zambia, Runruno in Philippines, and Dalgaranga for Gascoyne Resources (later known as Spartan Resources). He was also the global vice president of supply chain and maintenance at Barrick Gold. Mr Baumgartel became general manager of Catalyst Metal's Plutonic Gold Operations in September 2023.