BDO Rethinking Resources Martina Petrosino

Following the BDO Natural Resources: the future workforce report we published in May 2021 on the attractiveness of careers in Mining and Oil & Gas for young people, I had a conversation with Grace Howe at Women In Mining UK, Louise Sayers and Rachel Scanlan at BDO around the need for more focus by the mining and other extractive industries on attracting young talent, with key themes being the need to raise awareness about these industries through schools and the education sector, more appropriate industry communication and role models.

Speakers: Grace Howe, Head of Membership Development at Women In Mining UK and Exploration Geologist at SRK Exploration Services, and Louise Sayers, Head of Natural Resources at BDO, and Rachel Scanlan, audit trainee at BDO graduated in environmental sciences and GenZ representative.

Link to BDO Natural Resources: the future workforce report here.

A conversation hosted by journalist Jonty Bloom on the energy transition in the transport sector, focusing on the main point that it's not a competition between hydrogen and batteries - in order to achieve real progress and system-wide change, we need both solutions to work together. In this episode, we explore how this is already happening and some key developments in terms of public policy and private investments with two guest speakers Jo Bamford, owner of Wrightbus and founder of Ryze Hydrogen, and Steven Meersman, Founding Director of Zenobe Energy. 

With global mobility slowing down due to Covid-19, both companies and tax authorities are having to adapt to new challenges. In this episode, we discuss some of these challenges and potential approached that companies can take to limit possible issues going forward. 

BDO Speakers: David Ogden, Share Plans & Incentives Director; Lee Coccaro, Global Expat Services Director; Rob Woodward, Associate Director, Employment Tax. 

A discussion featuring Matt Crane, Head of Mining at BDO, and Jules Smeets, Principal Consultant for Energy Storage (Middle East & Africa) at DNV GL, on the opportunity for mining companies switching to renewable energy to power their operations. 

In this episode, we explore the benefits and issues around co-location of renewables and storage both from a technical and financial perspective. Speakers: David Bevan, corporate finance director and Co-Head of Renewables at BDO UK and Matthew Rowe, Head of Department for Energy Storage at DNV GL.

A review of the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic so far on the oil and gas, mining and renewable energy sectors, with considerations on potential areas of focus moving forward for companies operating across these industries. Speakers from BDO UK: Louise Sayers, Head of Natural Resources & Energy; Ryan Ferguson, oil and gas and mining specialist; Matt Crane, Head of Mining; and Marc Reinecke, Head of Renewables & Power.