Executive Team

Each member of our executive team sets our standards to ensure that Aspermont is committed to business excellence while maintaining our high levels of responsibility and ethics.

Alex Kent

Managing Director, Group

Alex is the Group Managing Director and has worked at the company since 2007. Alex leads the executive team and is responsible for setting the overall direction and business strategy for the company. Alex previously worked at Microsoft, graduating through their EMEA Academy and he also received a double honours' B.Sc. degree in Economics, Accounting and Business Law from the University of Bristol.

Alex lives in Singapore with his wife and three children and is an active supporter of Rett Syndrome Research Trust, whose goal is to cure a rare neurological disorder that his eldest daughter has.

Comment:

"Aspermont is the global leader in business-to-business media for the resources sector. We bring together communities to collaborate, problem solve and find innovative breakthroughs for some of the most pressing challenges in the world today. Our company is independent, our journalists are free to express their views and we allow and encourage our audiences to express a right of response. The increasing role our organisation plays, at such a pivotal time for civilisation, gives me both inspiration and a sense of responsibly.

Over the last few years, Aspermont has transformed from a centuries old print publisher into a leading mediatech innovator. We remain entrenched as a content, information and intelligence business but are also now a data and marketing services business.

We have been in a high growth phase for several years now but are still very much at the foothills of our opportunity. Alongside an outstanding management team, we are building new platforms and technologies that will lay the foundations for decades of further high organic growth.

Aspermont has achieved a significant amount over the last few years but truly there has never been a more exciting time."

Ajit Patel

Chief Operating Officer, Group

Ajit has more than 35 years of experience in the media industry, working across print and digital media, events, and market research. Before joining Aspermont in 2013, he worked for Incisive Media in London, where he was responsible globally for infrastructure, software development, online strategy, vendor management and large-scale systems implementation and prior to that he was the CTO for VNU (now Nielsen). Ajit is responsible for Aspermont's online strategy implementation alongside managing the technology, data, content and subscriptions functions across the group. His role reflects the Group's priority to further strengthen its online presences and internal systems.

Comment:

"I came to Aspermont because I saw an opportunity for the company to truly dominate a global industry the size that mining is, from an end-to-end media perspective. Moreover, Aspermont had demonstrated technological leadership in both digital subscriptions and paywall solutions, which had been implemented before any other media company was even thinking this way.

The company had a clear vision of how it wanted to develop both as a business and technologically. Given my experience in building similar models and platforms at Incisive Media and VNU (now Nielsen) I believed I could help them realise that vision with the knowledge that their Executive team knew exactly what would be required, which was a total transformation of the business and culture.

Project Horizon was the architecture we developed, to help Aspermont build both a disruptive solution, for b2b media in general, and a system that would enable it to meet it business goals. That architecture has underpinned a decade in consecutive quarters of back-to-back growth performance in subscriptions. As we develop Aspermont next architecture, Project Skywave, we will accelerate our commercial model development in the Data space, taking the company to the next level.

What excites me most about Aspermont is the fact the we have only just started the journey with our market leading content and there are so many products and facets we can bring into our media solution that will enhance profitability not just in mining but all the other sectors we scale to."

Nishil Khimasia

Chief Financial Officer

Nishil is our Group Chief Financial Officer.  He has been with the company since 2016 and overseas the financial functions of the business.  He previously held leadership positions with Equifax and was involved in developing its European presence both organically and inorganically. Nishil is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountancy England & Wales, received his BCom from University of Birmingham and has a Marketing Diploma from Kellogg School of Management.

Nishil lives in London with his wife and two daughters.  Outside of work, Nishil loves to travel, and he actively supports charitable foundations focussing on children in poverty-stricken regions and was previously vice chairman and governor of a local school that specialises in providing additional support for specials needs.

Comment:

"Aspermont's positioning in its markets and the blue-chip client bases it serves, reflects both the credibility and leadership of its brands and also the opportunities it has to leverage them going forward. The company has spent nearly 20 years building and refining its subscription-based digital media solution which is now providing scalability. It has also in the last five years restructured its entire operating structure, embarked on several growth initiatives creating new revenue streams through a diversified portfolio of services. With scalable infrastructure, revenue diversification, huge growth opportunities and focus on talent and people development, it is an exciting time both for Aspermont and for us that work there."

Matt Smith

Chief Commercial Officer

Matt is our Chief Commercial Officer, who leads the commercial services and global events divisions.  He previously held leadership positions at IDG where he centralised and led the global data and demand generation business, securing significant revenue and profit growth through new data driven services over a 10-year period.

Matt joined Aspermont to spearhead new revenue growth channels through deeper market engagement and introducing a solution driven culture across our global sales and events teams.

Comment:

"At the heart of Aspermont is a desire to create a thriving culture for people to develop and showcase their entrepreneurial skills to best serve our partners, delegates, and speakers.  We have made significant development in pivoting our business towards a full marketing services organisation where we create compelling solutions for our partners.  We have adapted to the change in the marketing and information landscape by expanding our media, content, and data solutions across our three core industry sectors that are critical contributors to the green energy transition. 

Our global events are providing a platform to showcase the very latest in innovation and capital raising across the sectors we serve, through high calibre content and direct one-to-one networking opportunities, providing access to our topic experts and a powerful delegate audience that are at the intersection of the changes we see across the sectors we serve.

As our solutions build within the media technology space, Aspermont offers an exciting, vibrant, and respectful environment to allow talented individuals to become involved across industry sectors that are providing generational opportunities for the future".

Leah Thorne

Group People Director

Leah is our Group People Director. She has been with the business since 2018 and is responsible for delivering the People and Culture strategy at Aspermont. Leah has over 20 years of experience in human resources and previously held leadership positions at Activision Blizzard where she had a strong focus on leadership development and the digital transition.

Leah has a passion for learning and development that spans outside the workplace, she's committed to her own ongoing professional growth and is currently studying for her ILM Level 7 Award in Executive Coaching. She's has spent time as a volunteer at a local school supporting student's entry into employment and more recently for the CIPD to support those re-engaging in employment post COVID. 

Comment:

"I'm passionate about making a difference and there are great opportunities to be able to do that here at Aspermont. Our talent is at the heart of the business and is key to our success, as the business continues to grow and transform, so does the opportunity for our people. We promote a culture that is tailored to each individual. Their skills, experience, needs and career interests, which allows us to adopt a truly bespoke approach which can be hard to find in other organisations. One of our goals as a leadership team is to support the growth and development of our employee's, create an environment that allows our teams to unleash their inner potential and deliver their best work, supporting the achievement of our mission and together celebrating those successes. We've been on a journey over the last four years to build and enhance our people services and offerings, and I'm excited that there's more to come."

 

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Joshua Robertson

Chief Marketing Officer

Josh is our Chief Marketing Officer. He joined the company in 2023 and overseas the marketing, brand, creative and communications functions. He has over 15 years' experience at some of the largest independent and network global agencies having previously held senior leadership positions with Havas, Publicis, Dentsu. Most recently he was the Chief Marketing Officer at VCCP.

"This is a great time to join Aspermont which has the technology and the incredibly deep data base to extend media leadership for the natural resource industries. Aspermont's expansion and growth is testament to everyone at the company and I intend to help accelerate this growth through customers taking on new products and services. I look forward to working in the mining energy and agriculture sectors with their great opportunities, but I am also mindful of the wider responsibility from taking into account ESG issues."

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POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Senior Reporter, Mining Magazine

ABOUT ASPERMONT

Aspermont is a global media group that is the established leader in the delivery of paid content across all areas of the mining and energy industries. Aspermont is at the forefront of development in new media technologies which enables enhanced delivery of its content services.

Aspermont is the leading media services provider to the global resource industries through a range of iconic titles such as Mining Journal, Mining News, Mining Magazine and Australia's Mining Monthly.

Aspermont has invested 20 years in building a commercial model for business-to-business media founded on providing high value content to a global subscriber base. We're scaling this B2B model to serve new sectors and new countries and in new languages to maintain global leadership.

Aspermont is dual listed on the ASX and Frankfurt Stock Exchange with offices in UK, Australia, Brazil, North America, and the Philippines

ABOUT THE FUNCTION:

Founded in 1909 by Herbert Hoover, Mining Magazine (MM) is the single definitive guide to mining. Mining Magazine offers in-depth, technical insight into all operational aspects of mining. The title is designed to inform and assist mine management with decisions on mining techniques and technologies, as well as issues affecting their workforce, logistics and supply chains.

The title sits alongside sister technical publication Australia's Mining Monthly (AMM) and our flagship UK-based investment publication, Mining Journal (MJ). Our other financial mining news websites are MiningNews.net and Notícias de Mineração Brasil (MiningNewsBrazil), covering Australia and Brazil respectively. 

YOUR ROLE

You will be part of the core MM editorial team responsible for covering the operational mining space through the publication of a daily newsletter and monthly print publication. As a reporter for MM, you will work with the editor and deputy editor to cover the daily news beat, as well as conceptualising and delivering on feature ideas. You will be an ambassador for the MM and Aspermont brands through industry events, social media and the development of your own industry network. The MM reporter will also share in the digital and print production processes, mainly through proof reading. The brand has a growing multimedia presence and the MM reporter is expected to support further growth through polished delivery of video and podcast content. 

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUSINESS WILL INCLUDE:

  • An enthusiasm for how technology and engineering advances are shaping the mining industry
  • Working with the MM team to create compelling, market-leading content to build the MM subscriber base
  • Taking an innovative and creative approach towards content development, contributing to MM's aspiration to elevate technical coverage of the mining industry to a new level
  • Being commercially aware and supportive of key commercial initiatives being executed by the editor in collaboration with the sales teams
  • Behaving professionally and collaboratively with not just MM colleagues but with other content brands and support functions including marketing, digital, production, subscriptions, events and, of course, sales. 

YOUR KEY STAKEHOLDERS WILL INCLUDE:

Internal:

  • MM Editor
  • MM Deputy Editor
  • Group mining reporters and Editors
  • Production staff 
  • Marketing team members
  • CCO and Sales teams

External:

  • Business leaders, industry associations, government officials, subscribers
  • Media partners, event organisers

ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

  • Substantial editorial writing experience in online/print mining media • Editing/sub-editing skills
  • Business and technical knowledge of the mining and related sectors • Ability to work under deadline pressures
  • Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal 
  • Outstanding level of accuracy and attention to detail 
  • Confident and credible in speaking with senior executives and other industry leaders 
  • Excellent organisational skills 

WORKING AT ASPERMONT

If UK-based, you'll be able to benefit from a hybrid approach between based out of our London office, as well working remotely at home. At the office you'll be able to benefit from the normal WeWork perks (free coffee and biscuits, weekly events and classes, pool and foosball tables, inspiring working spaces). Our fulltime working hours are 37.5 hours per week.

Senior Reporter, Americas, Mining Journal

ABOUT ASPERMONT

Aspermont is a global media group that is the established leader in the delivery of paid content across all areas of the mining, energy, and agriculture industries. With leading brands such as Mining Journal, Mining News, Mining Magazine, Farming Ahead and Australia's Mining Monthly, Aspermont is at the forefront of development in new media technologies which enables enhanced delivery of its content services. In addition, we have launched established events that cover Mining Operations and Mining Finance sectors.

Aspermont is a UK Headquartered media group, listed on both the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: ASP) and Frankfurt Stock Exchange and has offices across London, Singapore and Perth, and presence across North America and South America.

ABOUT THE FUNCTION

Founded in 1835, Mining Journal covers all aspects of the industry, from grass-roots exploration, through financing and development, and production and marketing. It uniquely combines this with in-depth reporting on the multi-billion-dollar mining technology and services sector.

Significant growth opportunities exist across the Americas region, which will be your primary area of focus. The function of this role is to continue capitalizing on our strong recent performance on the Mining Journal.

YOUR ROLE

You will be part of the core Mining Journal editorial team responsible for covering the financial mining space through the publication of a daily newsletter and monthly print publication. As a reporter for MJ, you will work with the editor and deputy editor to cover the daily news beat, as well as conceptualising and delivering on feature ideas. You will be an ambassador for the MJ and Aspermont brands through industry events, social media and the development of your own industry network. The MJ senior reporter will also share in the digital and print production processes, mainly through proof reading. The brand has a growing multimedia presence and the MJ senior reporter is expected to support further growth through polished delivery of video and podcast content.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUSINESS WILL INCLUDE:

  • Creating compelling, market-leading multimedia content to help build the MJ readership and engagement
  • Bringing proactive and creative ideas for content including different formats to drive audience engagement
  • Building and maintaining an understanding of the information needs of the audience and how to deliver engaging content to address them
  • Being commercially aware and supportive of key commercial initiatives being executed by the editor in collaboration with the sales teams
  • Building excellent relationships to enable collaboration with the MJ and wider Aspermont teams
  • Developing contact networks across the industry by attending events and exhibitions
  • Supporting the development of social media engagement on our channels

Your key stakeholders will include:

Internal

  • Mining Finance Editor
  • Mining Journal and other mining title content team
  • Marketing department
  • Advertising sales
  • Subscription sales
  • Group Content Director

External

  • Business leaders, industry associations, government officials, subscribers
  • Contributors, columnists
  • Media partners, event organisers

ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE:

  • Substantial editorial writing experience in online/print media
  • Experience working within either the Mining, Commodities, Energy or Financial industry is essential
  • Experience in reporting or analysis using data sets
  • Editing/sub-editing skills - a passion for conciseness and clean copy
  • Outstanding level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Comfort in working in a fast-paced environment with timely deliverables
  • Excellent communication skills - both written and verbal
  • Ability to collaborate with and support key stakeholders
  • Confident and credible in speaking with senior executives and other industry leaders
  • Excellent organisational skills

WORKING AT ASPERMONT:

You'll be able to benefit from a hybrid approach between being based out of our London WeWork office at Bank Station, right in the heart of the financial district as well half of the time be based remotely/ at home. At the office you'll be able to benefit from the normal WeWork perks (free coffee and biscuits, weekly events and classes, pool and foosball tables, inspiring working spaces). Our fulltime working hours are 37.5 hours per week and standard office hours are 9am to 5.30pm, although due to the varied global location of our employees, flexibility in working hours will be expected.

This is an opportunity join a progressive publisher at the forefront of delivering quality content to key sectors of the economy. Aspermont Ltd is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

 

Digital Editor, Farming Ahead

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Aspermont is a global media group that is the established leader in the delivery of paid content across all areas of the mining, energy, and agriculture industries. With leading brands such as Mining Journal, Mining News, Mining Magazine, Farming Ahead and Australia's Mining Monthly, Aspermont is at the forefront of development in new media technologies which enables enhanced delivery of its content services. In addition, we have launched established events that cover Mining Operations and Mining Finance sectors.

Aspermont is a UK Headquartered media group, listed on both the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: ASP) and Frankfurt Stock Exchange and has offices across London, Singapore and Perth, and presence across North America and South America.

ABOUT THE FARMING AHEAD:

Farming Ahead has set the tone for the agricultural industry for over 60 years by delivering high value research findings, industry news, equipment reviews and agricultural information on best farming practices to its members.

Framing Ahead prides itself on its commitment to being an integral part of the farming community and is widely regarded as a trusted partner in running Australia's rural businesses.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The role of Digital Editor at Farming Ahead, an Aspermont Media company, is key to boosting our audience across our digital channels such as the website, YouTube channel, social platforms newsletters and podcasts. You will be expected to be a creative thinker who can develop content that engages our audience and dives traffic to our platforms. You will work closely with the Managing Editor and Editor of Farming Ahead and provide ideas and leadership when it comes to digital content. You will also be required to produce content and support the Editor and Managing Editor when needed.

This role will report to the Managing Editor of Farming Ahead and be based in Perth, Western Australia.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BUSINESS WILL INCLUDE:

  • Developing and implementing digital content strategies across various platforms
  • Creating and editing engaging content for websites, social media, and newsletters
  • Managing the editorial calendar for digital content and working to regular deadlines
  • Driving consistently strong engagement of high-value content
  • Managing the content of the content-led social media channels such as YouTube and Social Media channels
  • Monitoring and analysing the website and social media analytics to track engagement and identify opportunities for growth
  • Closely collaborating with commercial and marketing teams to accelerate new business and grow the subscriber community
  • Staying up-to-date with industry trends and new digital tools and technologies
  • Managing the production of content and supporting the wider Farming Ahead team, where required.

ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED IN THIS ROLE:

  • Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or related field
  • Experience in digital content creation and management
  • Excellent writing, editing, and proof reading skills
  • Proficient in digital CMS software, social media platforms, and email marketing tools
  • Video and/or podcasting experience a plus
  • Knowledge of SEO best practices and understanding of analytics, such as GA and social media analytics
  • Track record of working towards and meeting tight deadlines
  • Creative and innovative thinker
  • Understanding of the agricultural market a bonus but not essential

WORKING AT ASPERMONT

We offer a flexible working approach, offering the opportunity to work both from home, but also our Perth office. Whilst working from home, you will benefit from managing your day how you chose around your work priorities and meetings. On your days at the office, you will benefit from being based in an office location in the central Perth CBD. Our full-time working hours are 37.5 hours per week.

 

 

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