Ken joined Rio Tinto Diamonds as Global Laboratory Manager in 2007, with responsibility for aligning operating practice across group diamond laboratories and optimising service delivery to both Rio Tinto Exploration and Rio Tinto Diamonds. In April 2009 he transferred to the RTX Project Generation Group as Principal Advisor – Diamonds and Laboratories. Whilst continuing to hold this role, he held the role of Exploration Executive in the Paddington office between January 2010 and September 2011. Ken assumed the role of Exploration Director for the Eurasia Region, encompassing Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia, in October 2011.