Alan G Hopkins Chief Executive Officer Mr Hopkins brings over 20 years experience serving as CEO in resource companies with international operations. This includes extensive experience with startups and turnaround situations managing through phases of exceptional growth. His previous positions include serving as a founding Australian Executive of international mining engineering group Edward L Bateman Pty Ltd, CEO of Carnegie Corporation Ltd, CEO of Moonstone Diamond Corporation Ltd as well as CFO of Grants Patch Mining Ltd.
| Domenic Martino Chairman Elect Domenic is a Chartered Accountant by profession and a former Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu in Australia. He specializes in the corporate finance area, including mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings and strategic opportunities. Domenic has assisted many high profile companies in a diversified number of industries and is currently Chairman of Synergy Plus Limited (ASX:SNR), a national ICT infrastructure solutions company; a Director of AIM listed Gladstone Pacific Nickel Ltd; Chairman of ORH Limited (ASX:ORH) a mining services company; Chairman of Australasian Resources Limited (ASX:ARH) currently developing a billion tonne iron ore resource in the Pilbara; and a Director of Clean Global Energy Ltd (ASX:CGV), an underground coal gasification company. Domenic was a founding Director and former Chairman of coal bed methane companies Blue Energy Limited and Sydney Gas Limited which was acquired by AGL Energy Limited.
| Mr Michael Pixley Non-Executive Director Mr. Pixley has worked as a merchant banker specialising in strategic corporate development, joint ventures and acquisitions. He has 20 years experience in the Asian business sector, and has extensive networks and relationships that provide the Group with access to key personnel in the government, corporate and private business sectors particularly in Asia Pacific region. Mr. Pixley has been a Director of both listed and unlisted companies in Australia and the United States, being responsible for corporate compliance, banking negotiations and legal interface. In addition, in 1992 Mr Pixley joined a prominent Asian group with both listed and private companies having extensive business interested throughout Asia, United States of America and Australia. He was part of a management team which, over a period of 10 years, oversaw the development of industrial properties throughout China, developments in Australia and the expansion of industrial manufacturing plants in Asia.
| Mr Athan Lekkas Non-Executive Director Athan has participated in a broad range of business and corporate advisory transactions and projects for a diverse range of ASX listed and unlisted companies, including the banking, mining and corporate finance industries in Australia and abroad. He is experienced particularly in the treasury and financial market sectors including financial feasibility studies for the provision of debt or equity for project funding. Athan has more recently focused and specialised on the restructure and recapitalisation of a wide range of ASX listed companies with a specific focus in the resource sectors.
| Brett McKay - B.Sc (Prof) (Hons), MAIG Chief Geologist Brett McKay holds both geology and finance qualifications and has experience as a consulting geologist, project geologist, exploration geologist and a research analyst. Since graduating with Honours with a Bachelor of Science (Profesional) majoring in Geology from the University of Newcastle, Mr McKay has worked with the geological teams of RCA Australia, Equity Exploration Consultants Ltd and Malachite Resources NL in both Australia and Canada. He has also worked as research analyst (resources & mining) with BBY Ltd. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG), the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG) and an Associate of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Kaplan). Mr McKay has also been published for his work on intrusion related gold systems.
| Timothy Martino - B.Com, BA (Hons), CA Commercial Manager Mr Martino is a Chartered Accountant with broad financial and accounting experience gained with Deloitte’s Corporate Reorganisation, Corporate Taxation and Indirect Taxation divisions and with Woodside’s Australian Business Unit. One of the University of Western Australia’s top graduates and the recipient of numerous awards for his studies in Australia and overseas, Mr Martino has been recognised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia as a Global Achiever and by the Queen’s Trust for Young Australians nationally as one of 100 Future Leaders.
| Mr Luke Martino Non-Executive Director and Company Secretary Luke has over 20 years experience at partner and board level with major accounting firms and is a Director of several private and public companies. Luke has an entrepreneurial passion for nurturing businesses and specialises in corporate and growth business consulting. He has gained significant experience and established credibility in the mining & resources, property and hospitality industries. Luke is the Non Executive Director of Nu Energy Capital Limited, an ASX listed company developing coal bed methane projects in the Republic of Indonesia, Director of Indian Ocean Living, Director of WestZone Enterprises Pty Ltd as well as the Company Secretary for Victory West Moly Limited. He is the former Chairman of Konekt Ltd, a former Director of South Pacific Resources, a Canadian publicly listed company with mining projects in the Republic of Indonesia and a former Board Member of the Deloitte Australian practice.
|
|