Engineering consultancy SRK Global has appointed SRK Consulting Argentina practice leader Alejo Sfriso as chairperson, succeeding Mark Noppé, who is leaving to take up the position of director of the University of Queensland Sustainable Minerals Institute WH Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre. Sfriso joined SRK in 2009 and co-founded SRK’s practice in Argentina, where he served as MD until 2019. He served on SRK Global’s board of directors from 2016 to 2019, returning in 2022.