To: All Freeport-McMoRan Employees
From Josh Olmsted, President and Chief Operating Officer-Americas
Date: July 2, 2024
I’m pleased to announce we are making the following changes at Morenci to provide support and enhance focus on executing plans to meet our commitments while also adding a role to provide strategic direction to the Southeastern Arizona operations.
Mike Kridel, Senior Vice President-Morenci, will become Senior Vice President-Southeast Arizona, focusing on strategic work for Morenci and Safford. Mike has been with the company since 1980 and in his current role since 2019. This move was effective July 1, and he will report to me.
Toby Dunn, General Manger-Maintenance FM Americas, will become Vice President-Morenci Operations responsible for the mining and processing organizations. This move was effective July 1, and he will report to Mike. Toby has been in his current role since 2018 and joined the company in 1991 at Morenci. Since then, he has worked in roles of increasing responsibility at Morenci including Superintendent-Operations, Superintendent-MFL Leaching and Superintendent-Maintenance. In 2012, he was assigned to support the 125K expansion project, focusing on operational readiness. When the project was completed, he became Superintendent Maintenance-Metcalf Concentrator, Manager-Maintenance Services and Manager-Metcalf Concentrator.
Reporting to Toby will be General Manager-Mining, General Manager-Processing and Director-Operational Excellence. Robert Pollock, General Manager Administration-Morenci will continue to report to Mike but work closely with Toby to support his needs operationally. Vicki Seppala, General Manager-Safford, will continue to report to me while working closely with Mike on the strategic direction for the Safford district.
Please join me in supporting Mike and Toby in their new roles.