Lucy Donald
Founder & Director
Lucy Donald holds a BA (Hons) in English and Linguistics from the University of Leeds and initially started her career within the media industry working for reputable broadcasting companies such as the BBC and ITV.
She started working within the international search and selection sector in 2006
of which she has operated solely within the global mining sector since 2009.
She was one of the co-founders of a multi-award winning Global Workforce Solutions company offering services within the Mining, Oil and Gas, Renewables, Construction and
Maritime sectors employing over 80 employees globally.
Lucy is the founder of their global Mining Division (2009-2021) whereby she established and managed a successful international mining search and recruitment firm from scratch offering Permanent, Contract, Search; Executive and Technical, Managed Services and Consultancy services to mining operators and service providers across the globe; from Australia, Asia Pacific, Central Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America, placing over 1,000 mining professionals globally.
Lucy is a Member of Women In Mining and the Oxford Mining Club.
She launched Donald Pearce & Associates (DPA) with a vision to create a consultancy synonymous with quality and expertise, ensuring that integrity is put at the heart of everything we do.
Please connect with me on LinkedIn here.
Nina Lee
HR Learning and Development Partner
Through DPA’s Associate Model, we can offer bespoke and tailored L&D and HR consultancy services through our trusted partner; Nina Lee.
Nina Lee is a HR Learning and Development expert holding two Bachelor Degrees from the University of South Australia; a Degree in Adult, Vocational and Workplace Learning and another in Organisational Behavioural Studies, a Masters in Education specialising in building learning organisations within the mining industry.
She also holds a certificate IV in training and assessment TAE40116, is a Kepner Tregoe certified project manager and is a member of several organisations, including the Australian Mines and Metals Association, Adult Learning Australia and Women in Mining Western Australia.
She has over 15 years of internal consultancy and project management experience as a member of HR learning and development teams within Rio Tinto, BHP, Atlas Iron and Newmont, working internationally and throughout various commodity groups and part of award-winning projects including a Rio Tinto CEO award for the most improved project and managing learning budgets in excess of USD$40m.
Nina’s expertise includes:
- Capability development solutions that meet the needs of each stage of the operational value chain, leading to positive results in HR talent
- Technical academies for compliance and growth
- Change management and transformation projects
- Autonomous and digital training strategy design
- Capital projects HR strategy
- Tools to measure the quantitative and qualitative return on investment of learning and development.
Nina's profile can be viewed on LinkedIn here.
