Mick Caratti
Non Executive Chairman
BE (Elec) (Hons)

 

Mick has over 35 years’ experience in the mineral processing industry with involvement in conceptual evaluation, engineering, commissioning and study management for new and existing projects in Australia and overseas.
Mick has extensive experience in company management having been a director and shareholder of a successful engineering consulting company from 1982 to 1987, and then as a director and shareholder of Lycopodium from its formation in 1992.
Mick’s primary role as Chairman is to take a global view of the engineering industry and Lycopodium’s place in it whilst maintaining the Company’s founding philosophies and strategies. However, Mick continues to be involved at a project level as a Senior Consultant as required.
 

Rodney (Rod) Leonard
Managing Director
BE (Hons), MSc, MAusIMM

Rod became the Managing Director of Lycopodium Limited in January 2010. 
One of the founding partners of Lycopodium, and an Executive Director of Lycopodium Limited since listing in 2004, Rod has been a Director and Chairman of Lycopodium Minerals and a Non Executive Director of Orway Mineral Consultants.
His management roles within Lycopodium Minerals have included that of Technical Director for the Risk Management Group, Managing Director, General Manager of Operations and Manager of Metallurgy. 
Rod has over 25 years’ experience in a variety of roles in the operation and project development of major projects in North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia and has been involved in many aspects of the mineral processing industry from process development, feasibility studies, design assignments as well as commissioning of projects.   A graduate of the Colorado School of Mines with a BSc and MSc in metallurgical engineering, Rod started his career in the US minerals industry before moving to Australia in the 80s. 

Bruno Ruggiero
Executive Director
BE (Mech), Grad Dip Min Sc, MIEAust, MAusIMM

Bruno is a Mechanical Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in the minerals industry completing both national and international projects.
Bruno is a founding partner of Lycopodium and, with expertise in both mechanical and process design, has undertaken diverse roles within the company.
Currently Technical Director with Lycopodium Minerals, Bruno sets the technical direction and standards for new project initiatives that the company undertakes. Over the past few years he has applied Lycopodium’s mineral processing expertise to the iron ore projects being undertaken, particularly for Rio Tinto. 
He is an executive director of Lycopodium Minerals and a non executive director of Sherwood Utilities (SUPL). 

Robert (Bob) Osmetti
Executive Director
BE (Civ), MIEAust, CPEng

Bob is a Civil Engineer with 30 years’ experience in the project management and construction management of projects and has worked for major construction contractors in the mining sector.
He brings direct experience in all aspects of project implementation, estimating, scheduling and construction management as well as the management of a number of feasibility studies for major resource projects and the establishment and management of major maintenance contracts.
A founding partner of Lycopodium, Bob has held diverse positions within the group and continues to apply his expertise across the group companies as required.
 

Peter De Leo
Executive Director
BE (Civ), CPEng, FIEAust

Peter is a Civil Engineer with over 22 years' experience within the construction and engineering industries. Peter possesses strong management and project implementation skills and has been responsible for the successful delivery of many of Lycopodium’s pioneering and large scale projects.
Peter is the Managing Director of Lycopodium Minerals Pty Ltd having previously held the role of General Manager – Operations, Manager of Projects and Project Director.
A Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia, Peter maintains an active involvement with industry associations and tertiary education institutions both as a representative of the organisation and of industry.

Lawrence (Laurie) Marshall
Non Executive Director
CPA, B.Bus (Acc)

With the appointment of Rod Leonard as Managing Director, Laurie has again taken up the position of Non Executive Director and Consultant. He is also a Non Executive Director of Lycopodium Minerals Queensland and Lycopodium Process Industries.
As a founding partner and Certified Practicing Accountant with over 40 years’ experience in corporate, financial and operational management, Laurie has been instrumental in the development of Lycopodium from its early days as a privately owned engineering consultancy to that of a public company.
 

Keith Bakker
Company Secretary/Chief Financial Officer
B.Bus (acc), FCPA

Keith has been with Lycopodium for 14 years and in that time has carried out the roles of Commercial Manager and General Manager Finance.
A Fellow of the Certified Practicing Accountants of Australia, he brings to his role of Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer, 30 years’ experience in company secretarial and finance roles within the airline, human resource management and mining services sectors.