Pat Boniwell is the Managing Director of Byrnecut Australia. Pat joined Byrnecut after graduating from the WA School of Mines in 1995.  Since that time, he has gained extensive experience in all aspects of underground mine development, production, construction and shaft sinking. His experience has been gained on a wide variety of underground operations covering all major commodities and mining companies throughout Australia and New Zealand.  He has been in his current role of Managing Director since 2013 and prior to that held positions of General Manager and Operations Manager. In addition to holding a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining), he also holds an MBA from Melbourne Business School and a First Class Mine Managers Certificate of Competency.