Jean-Michel Fourcade

Mining Executive, Board and C-Suite member, SVP Sibanye France

Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, France

About

35+ years’ experience of leadership in a multicultural environment, having held both Board roles and C-suite positions (CEO and COO). Hands on experiences in Mining, Metallurgy, Battery Minerals, Investments Project Management, Procurement, Sales and Business Development, R&D, Value chain management in the Raw Materials industry and markets. Proven track record of successfully implementing ESG to achieve responsible mining operations, bringing benefits to the local communities and achieving top international environmental and safety standards. Love developing people and help them grow.

Experience

  • Senior Vice President Country Manager France at Sibanye-Stillwater
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr 1 mo

    Developping Sibanye-Stillwater's battery minerals strategy in France including the GalliCam project for pCAM production

  • Chairman at Klamach
    Mar 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 5 mos

    Advising services in strategy, project management, ESG, purchasing, operations, commercial or financing for the Metals and mining industry. . Senior advisor for Sibanye Stillwater (SSW) Europe Chief Regional Officer. SSW is a mining company with its main activities in Gold and PGM in South Africa and US. The European strategy aims at developing Metals for the EV Battery industry (Nickel, Lithium, Cobalt). . Member of the Advisory Board of Guzman Minerals that has operations in Spain and Malaysia for minerals of the ceramics industry .

  • Director of Mining Projects & Processes at Eramet
    Jan 2018 - Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 10 mos

    • Implementation of International Project Management standards including the Independent Challenge line review of all significant projects. • Head of the Eramet Delegation of Authorities Project (Process standardisation) • Tizir Board member 2018 - 2021

  • Chairman of the Board at Zircon Industry Association
    Sep 2019 - May 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Definition of the values and the purpose of the ZIA. Transformation of the Board processes and review of the Board committees leading to the creation of an ESG Committee for the global Zircon Industry.

  • Chief Executive Officer at Tizir Ltd
    Apr 2013 - Dec 2017 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    JV 50 – 50 ERAMET– Mineral Deposits Ltd. Heavy Mineral Sands Mine in Senegal (GCO) and TiO2 Slag Smelter in Norway (TTI) • Full responsibility for Operations, Finance, Sourcing, Sales and Marketing. • Review together with the Board the Tizir strategic file and the Tizir risks assessment. Lead the TiZir product change (incl a 70$M smelter capex) and implementation of cost and cash savings to become Tier 1 operations. . Implementation of the Tizir risks mitigation plan. • Start-up of GCO (Mining Operations: 650 $M capex, 1500 p, Government of Senegal 10% share) with TRIFR <1.