Michelle Taylor

Michelle Taylor joined Tharisa in 2008 and has been integrally involved in the group’s development. As the Chief Operating Officer of the Tharisa Group and Managing Director of Tharisa Minerals, Michelle is responsible for all of the group’s operations including the mining, processing, marketing and logistics aspects of the business. Tharisa is a stable co-producer of both PGM’s and chrome concentrates. Tharisa is one of South Africa’s largest exporters of metallurgical chrome concentrates with 1 Mt being sold into China and 300 kt of speciality chrome concentrates being sold internationally annually. Prior to joining Tharisa, Michelle was a partner and head of corporate governance at Routledge Modise Inc. (later Eversheds South Africa) from 1999 to 2008, and has advised a number of listed mining and technology companies.