Latrobe Magnesium Ltd (ASX:LMG) has strengthened its board skill set with the appointment of Peter Church, an experienced executive in South East Asian operations, who will steer the development of its proposed 100,000 tonnes per annum magnesium plant in Malaysia.
Church, who has been appointed to the board as a non-executive director, will also assume the role of independent chair of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Latrobe Magnesium Sarawak Sdn Bhd, which will develop the plant in Sarawak.
He brings a breadth and depth of leadership, corporate advisory, legal and directorship experience in 10 South East Asian countries, in particular Malaysia and the State of Sarawak.
Most notably, Church served as a director of OM Holdings Limited (OMH) for a period of 10 years which included the development and then operation of its Sarawak smelter operations, which is five kilometres from the proposed site for Latrobe's plant.
Notable experience
Church is the executive chairman of AFG Venture Group, an Australian and Asian corporate advisory firm with activities throughout Australia, South East Asia and India.
He is also a senior adviser to Stephenson Harwood, an English law firm with operations in multiple jurisdictions including, London, Hong Kong, Myanmar and Singapore.
Previously, Church also served as the Asian managing partner of Freehills, non-executive director of Northern Iron Limited, non-executive director of The George Institute of Global Health, president of Australia Indonesia Business Council and a member of several federal government boards such as the trade policy advisory committee.
His experience gained from developing OMH’s activities in Sarawak is expected to be of great advantage to LMG.
Church was also awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 1994 by the Australian Government for the promotion of business between Australia and South East Asia.