Our Team

Our Team

A diverse, fulfilled, and inspired team

Equilibrium operates internationally as one integrated team. We have leadership and specialized resources based in Australia, Canada, the USA, and Chile.

We are incredibly proud of our team of technical experts, which includes globally recognized leaders in a wide range of technical areas.

Diversity is fundamental to how we work and a core element of our success.

Through encouraging varied perspectives and investing in innovative research and development, we are helping to solve our industry’s critical geotechnical and hydrogeological challenges.

Did you know?

Women make up 75% of Equilibrium’s Board of Directors and over 50% of our team.

Corporate Leadership

Karen is a globally recognized leader in mining rock mechanics across a range of commodities and methods, having spearheaded cutting-edge work in some of the world’s most complex mine environments over her 30+ year career. She is a dedicated advocate for women in mining.

Karen Moffitt

Chief Executive Officer

Karl is a global technical lead in mining rock mechanics and numerical analysis. He specializes in advanced numerical modelling and optimization, with 15 years’ experience in geotechnical and hydrogeological modelling of large-scale mining operations.

Karl Lawrence

Chief Technical Officer

Karyn is a principal rock mechanics engineer with 20 years’ international consulting and operational experience in open pit and underground mining. Her expertise ranges from rock mass characterization to ground support design.

Karyn Gallant

Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Global Operations Lead

Rita is a senior rock mechanics engineer with 16+ years’ experience in rock mechanics in open pit and underground hard rock mining. She specializes in operational support as well as open pit characterization and design.

Rita Tsai

Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Director, Canada Operations

Elsa is a senior rock mechanics engineer with over 13 years’ experience in geological and geotechnical consulting. Her expertise spans geotechnical data collection, rock mass classification, and underground and open pit mine design.

Elsa Tasse

Senior Geotechnical Engineer
Director, US Operations

Discipline Leads

Julia has more than 25 years of experience in mining, geotechnical engineering, and environmental consulting. She has led multidisciplinary teams of more than 550 professionals and specializes in practical, risk-informed solutions for tailings and mine waste facilities.

Julia Steele

Global Director, Mine Waste

Geneviève brings 25 years' of technical leadership and expertise in hydrogeological investigations. She specializes in the development of robust hydrogeological conceptual models for complex systems, delivering practical solutions for mining clients.

Geneviève Marchand

Principal Hydrogeologist

Scott holds 35 years’ expertise in numerical groundwater analysis, specializing in mine hydrogeology, groundwater flow and solute transport modelling, CHM development, and third-party reviews.

Scott Donald

Principal Engineer

Jeff is a geological engineer with 20 years’ international consulting experience. His expertise lies in advanced groundwater modelling and hydrogeological analysis, supporting mining, infrastructure, and water supply projects.

Jeff Randall

Senior Geological Engineer

Laura leverages a 25-year background in hydrogeology, remediation, and environmental assessment. Her experience spans contaminated sites investigation and remediation, physical hydrogeology projects, and environmental impact assessments.

Laura Wytrykush

Principal Hydrogeological Engineer

Anna has 20 years' industry experience. Her specialties include operational mine water management, underground dewatering and inflow mitigation, as well as data interpretation and conceptual model development.

Anna Greve

Principal Hydrogeologist

Yoann is equipped with 15+ years’ of industry experience. His specialties include numerical modelling for a range of mining methods including caving.

Yoann Hebert

Principal Geotechnical Engineer

Crystal brings 18+ years’ experience. Her experience includes overseeing field investigations, advanced geotechnical modelling, and designing solutions for FEL studies and operational mines.

Crystal Poon

Principal Rock Mechanics Engineer

Chelsea brings 13 years of experience providing both Owner's Team and consulting support for tailings and water-retaining structures across all stages of the facility lifecycle. She is passionate about advancing safe and responsible tailings and mine waste management through a Two-Eyed Seeing lens.

Chelsea Burdon

Technical Lead, Tailings & Mine Waste

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