Our Team of Engineers | Roytec Global

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Our Team

Roytec Global boasts a highly motivated team of engineers, all committed to our goal of Excellence. We are led by a Board of Directors who are shareholders in the company and are actively involved in day-to-day operations. Our team has hundreds of man-years of experience in liquid/solid separation equipment.

John Kinghorn

Chairman

John is a chartered accountant, holds an MBA and has almost 40 years of experience in various industries. He is an energetic, astute, knowledgeable professional with a solid background in finance, strategic planning, sales, marketing, operations and management of people. His responsibilities at Roytec include strategic planning and funding, risk assessment, ownership structures, tax planning, cash management and oversight of the finance department. John possesses sound leadership, critical thinking, business acumen, integrity, interpersonal skills and sound judgment to the Roytec board.

Alan Fanton

CEO

Alan has a degree in process engineering and is a founding member of Roytec Global(then Roymec Technologies). He has been involved in separation equipment for the past 30 years as designer, project engineer and CEO.

Peter Sampson

Business Development Director

Peter brings 35 years of experience in filtration and thickening to our board. He is a past MD of Delkor Technik and has been actively involved in development of Vacuum Belt Filters and High Rate Thickeners in our industry.

Hoosen Essack

Global Sales Director

Hoosen is a graduate Chemical Engineer and holds several business management, leadership and strategy certifications. He has managed a minerals processing test laboratory, operated numerous pilot plant programs, and has been involved in process equipment sizing, selection, specification and start up over his 30 year career. Hoosen heads up the Sales, Process and Marketing departments.

Juan Lubbe

Contracts Director

As the Head of the Contracting & Projects execution department, Jaun has 18 years experience of which 14 years of service with Roytec Global.

Krzysztof Szymczak

Engineering Director

Krzysztof has more than 20 years of engineering and project management experience in the mining industry. He has held senior positions at various EPC/EPCM companies and has been involved in the design of Roytec Equipment for the past 15 years.

Dave Morris

Director

Dave is the Director for Roytec’s Australian Operations, focussed on the new business pipeline and support of existing customers and is a process engineer with a NHD in Extraction Metallurgy.

Samantha McWilliams

HOD Finance & HR

Samantha has a BCom Honours degree and over 11 year post article experience. Samantha has 9 years of service in running the Finance and HR department for Roytec.

Roald Sogno

HDD Technical

Roald brings with him more than 20 years of engineering and product development experience in various industries, including mineral processing and aeronautics. A mechanical engineer by profession, Roald has led the R&D and detailed engineering effort on multiple product lines for mineral processing plants on a global basis.

Conrad Steyn

HOD Aftermarket

With a passion for excellent aftersales service Conrad heads up the Aftermarket Department, making sure to fulfil all your spare parts and service requirements. He has more than 20years mining and other industry experience.

Thomas Sun

General Manager - China

Thomas has 12 years’ experience in the solid-liquid separation industry with a good knowledge of Thickeners, Vacuum Belt Filters, Filter Presses and Ceramic Disc Filters, As general manager of Roytec China, he focusses on the Roytec China supply chain and Roytec business related to China customers. Thomas is also the international unit general manager of our partnered Toncin Group.

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