Samantha Hyde
on the water table and their local environments .”
The company is going through an “ exciting R & D phase ”, but also achieved its first commercial contract in April reveals Hyde . Since then new contracts have been coming in on a monthly basis , making for a “ healthy pipeline ” against the backdrop of a mining sector which she believes can be slow to innovate . “ Argo is one of many possible options in terms of environmental solutions , but ours certainly does offer a new option for mining technology ,” she says . “ We have people on our team with many decades of experience in the mining industry who truly believe this can bring a positive change to the sector . The technology ’ s one thing , but if you haven ’ t got the right people behind it , nothing ’ s going to happen . I really believe it ’ s about culture and values as much as it is about the solution .”
EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Samantha Hyde
A professionally qualified archaeologist , Hyde comes from a family of builders and developers so appreciates the need for being open to leveraging new technologies while considering their impact on communities and the wider environment . Moving between sectors , among previous roles , she has been a Director at Save the Children , working with some of the most marginalised communities in the UK and across the globe . Working extensively with government , until recently , she was the CEO of one of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ’ charities and has raised over £ 40m for charitable projects in the past three years . Hyde is a group Board Director of L & Q , a regulated charitable housing association , and one of the UK ’ s most successful independent social businesses . The L & Q group houses around 250,000 people in more than 95,000 homes , primarily across London and the South East . Fascinated by the potential paradigm shift in mining , she joined Argo as CEO in February 2019 .
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