UNITED Mining Services Group, a multi-disciplinary specialist underground mining as well as metallurgical processing services company, appointed Nigel Townshend as non-executive chairman to the board of UMS Ltd (UK) as of April 1, 2023.
An entrepreneur at heart, Townshend founded civil and structural design firm TWP in 1982, which provided engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services to the mining industry. He listed the company on the JSE in 2007.
The firm was involved in most shafts sunk during the shaft-sinking boom in South Africa at the beginning of the millennium. Since selling the Company Townshend has pursued numerous interests in both the mining and non-mining related fields.
Acknowledged in the mining fraternity as an industry expert, Townshend has spent considerable time advising companies and individuals on business strategy.
