Lead Her Member Highlight

Lead Her Member

Kath Hodgson

Commercial Manager - Msalabs Ltd

A highly experienced exploration geologist with over 10 years in gold and copper exploration across Australia and Africa. Passionate, creative and analytical, Kath combines strong geological expertise with leadership, operations and commercial strategy experience. With a supportive and inspirational mentoring style, she is driven to help women build confidence, grow their skills and navigate sustainable, successful careers in the mining industry.

Open to Mentoring
Industry/area of expertise:
Exploration/Mining

Years of experience:
More than 10 years.

Three words to describe you:
Passionate, creative, analytical.

Professional Overview:
Gold and Copper Exploration Geologist with a technology bent and a passion for building safe and happy teams.

Career journey snapshot:
I am an exploration geologist first and foremost, having worked in remote areas across Australia and several countries in Africa before moving into business development, operations and commercial management roles for a range of resource industry service providers and the technology space.

Proudest professional achievement:
Building and leading happy safe multinational teams and supporting complex operations in remote sites, in several roles.

Key skills & strengths:
Leadership, operations, geology, commercial strategy.

What motivates you in your career?
Working smarter to help make mining more sustainable.

What being a Lead Her member means to you:
Building and supporting growth in confidence and skills within team members.

Advice you’d give to women entering the industry:
 Take the opportunities offered to you and ask lots of questions.

Who you’d love to support as a mentor:
Career starters, career switchers and women returning to work.

Topics you’re happy to mentor on:
Career confidence, leadership, professional development pathways, interview coaching, workplace culture and dynamics, and operational knowledge.

Your mentoring style:
Supportive, inspirational and focused on networking and introductions.