The International Council on Mining and Metals has appointed Froydis Cameron-Johansson as its next president and chief executive officer, making her the organization’s first woman to hold the position.
Cameron-Johansson brings more than three decades of experience across mining, energy, sustainability, public policy and geopolitical risk. She has held senior positions at Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Shell, and has worked across the mining value chain, including Arctic exploration, greenfield copper development in Latin America, and operational turnaround and legacy-management work in the United States and Australia.
Her appointment followed what ICMM described as a rigorous competitive selection process. She will lead the council into the next phase of its strategy, which centers on performance against the Consolidated Mining Standard and advocacy for responsible production and value chains for the metals and minerals used by the global economy.
ICMM Chair Iván Arriagada said Cameron-Johansson’s mining, sustainability and delivery experience made her the outstanding candidate for the role.
Dhawan’s tenure included work that helped advance the Global Tailings Management Institute and the Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative. He said ICMM members had made progress on safety, decarbonization, human rights and nature, while acknowledging that the organization’s work on responsible mining would continue under the incoming CEO.