Paul L'Herpiniere

Paul L'Herpiniere was the manager of exploration at Fortescue Metals Group (FMG) and had previously worked at Gobi Coal & Energy and Anglo American. Mr L'Herpiniere has carried out multi-commodity project generation and exploration management across Mongolia, South-East Asia, South Africa, Ethiopia, Botswana, Mozambique, Nigeria, New Zealand and Australia. He was employed by FMG in 2004, four years before first production. In 2011, his exploration team was one of the largest operating in Australia with a $100 million exploration budget, over 20 drill rigs and 200 staff in the field. Mr L'Herpiniere has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Applied Geology from Curtin University.