Melanie Pollard

Ms Pollard is the Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer at Perseus Mining, an Australian-headquartered gold producer with operations in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Tanzania. Her portfolio spans Government Relations, Stakeholder Engagement, Communications, and Health, Safety, Environment, Community and Security across the Group.

She brings more than 20 years’ experience at the intersection of security, governance and resource development, having lived and worked across Europe, West Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Australia. She began her career as Project Manager with the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe, an EU-led international organisation, where she managed projects on security and defence issues including small arms and light weapons proliferation, border control, and security sector reform, before moving into the resource industry. Since then, she has held senior roles at Chicago Bridge & Iron and Resolute Mining, building expertise in government engagement, community and stakeholder relations, and operational risk in complex operating environments, before joining Perseus in June 2023.

She holds a Master’s degree in International Relations, specialising in Security and Diplomacy, from La Sorbonne University, Paris.