Leadership Team

Mr Gan joined Phosphate Resources in 2016, after spending 11 years working in senior roles for Coca Cola Amatil. He is a chartered accountant with a diverse background in supply chain management, commercial management and sales. Mr Gan is a proven leader, with a deep understanding of the business and has for the past 6 years been the Company’s Chief Operating Officer.

Mr Gan is a director of the WA Return Recycle Renew (WARRRL), the scheme coordinator for WA’s container deposit scheme.

Mr Adrian Gurgone is an experienced Chartered Accountant and MBA with significant executive management, investment, board and business leadership experience. He held senior roles with Deloitte Consulting along with a UK top-tier consulting firm, prior to establishing and running a successful national management consultancy and investment firm in 2007 for over a decade, advising multinational and mid-cap organisations globally.

His experience encompasses executive management, investment, strategy, financial and business analysis, risk management and corporate governance across a range of industries including mining, energy and resources. Adrian has held several directorships on private sector and not for profit boards.

Jim has over 38 years of experience in the mining industry, spanning a wide range of locations and commodities. Throughout his career, Jim has demonstrated a strong commitment to leading safe, efficient, and productive operations. His extensive industry knowledge and hands-on leadership bring a wealth of operational expertise to PRL Global.

Mr Cooper provides leadership to PRL Group’s operational functions and business units based on Christmas Island and Queensland, including Christmas Island Phosphates, PRL Ardmore,  CI Maintenance Services, Indian Ocean Oil Company, and Indian Ocean Stevedores.

Mr Ramanathan Krishnan career in the Fertilizer industry has spanned over 40 years including a variety of market-facing seniorroles with Chemical Company of Malaysia before he joined PRLin 1999.

PRL Global  benefits from Mr Ramanathan’s depth of fertilizer industry experience and knowledge both at a local and international levels as the company continues on its growth path towards becoming a vertically integrated Fertilizer business with interests in mining, trading, logistics and specialty fertilizers.

As the sales and marketing lead for Christmas Island Phosphates since 1999, the Company achieved record sales under his guidance. In more recent years he helped establish Phosphate Resources Malaysia (PRM) as a fully-fledged Fertilizer company with a network of warehouses across Malaysia.

He has also successfully completed a Bachelor of Business in Business Administration degree with Royal Melbourne Institute & Technology (RMIT) and a Diploma in Management from the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).