Mr John Nyvlt Chairman Mr Nyvlt (Bachelor of Science - Honours) is responsible for Penfold Limited's business development and acquisitions. Penfold is a major shareholder of FerrAus. Mr Nyvlt has spent all his working life in the resources sector. Prior to joining Penfold in 2000, Mr Nyvlt worked with Normandy Mining Group for eight years, where he was responsible for sales and marketing of the group's mine production and for supplying services and materials to the group's operations. Mr Nyvlt worked as a geologist and in various commercial roles with EZ Co A/Asia Ltd, North Broken Hill Ltd, and Pasminco Ltd.
| Mr Mike Amundsen Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr Amundsen’s extensive international experience includes 28 years with BHP Billiton, primarily in the iron ore and coal business groups and in a number of senior roles covering business development, finance and marketing.
Mr Amundsen’s last role with BHP Billiton was Vice-President Business Development and Director Business Development in the iron ore business. He was a board member of Samarco (Brazil) from 2001 to 2007 and played a lead role in the recent US$1.2 billion expansion of Samarco.
| Mr Joe Singer Non Executive Director Mr Singer is the founding Director of Penfold Limited (Penfold); a company involved in marketing, trading and investment in minerals and metals industries. Prior to establishing Penfold, Mr Singer held senior roles with international trading and investment companies, Itouchu, Marc Rich & Co and Glencore.
The bulk of his experiences deals with physical trading of base metals and concentrates and is predominantly Asia focused. He also served five years as a director of China Western Mining Co. Ltd (WMC), the foreign director of a Shanghai listed Chinese mining company.
Mr Singer is trained as a civil engineer and graduated from the University of Chicago with a MBA in 1986. Through his work experiences and travels he has gained some fluency in Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and English.
| Mr David Turvey Non Executive Director Mr Turvey (Bachelor of Science - Honours) is a geologist and founding director of Equant Resources Pty Ltd, a resource consulting company that provides technical evaluation and business development studies of global mineral projects. Prior to 1998, Mr Turvey worked with companies including Normandy Mining Ltd, Chevron Corporation, and CSR Ltd managing successful mineral exploration programs and business development teams. His 24 years experience in the mineral industry has included seven years in expatriate management roles in South East Asia.
| Mr James Wall Non Executive Director Mr Wall, a civil engineer with a long career in the mining industry, is Executive Chairman of CBH Resources Limited. During the late 1980s he was Managing Director of Nicron Resources Limited and in 1991 became Executive Director of Aztec Mining Company Limited. From late 1991 until mid 1997 he was Managing Director of Savage Resources Limited during which time its market capitalisation on ASX increased by 40 times to over $600 million. Under his management, Savage Resources was transformed from a loss making company into a profitable mining company with substantial operating assets in coal, copper/gold and zinc in Australia and zinc in the USA. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
| Mr Robert Greenslade Non Executive Director Mr Greenslade is a founding Director of Adelaide-based boutique investment bank Gryphon Partners Pty Ltd specialising in resource transactions in the public and private sectors. Prior to 2002, Mr Greenslade was Group Executive Corporate for Normandy Mining Limited heading up the company's corporate division. Following the takeover of Normandy Mining Limited by Newmont Mining Corporation Inc, he was appointed Vice President of Newmont Capital Limited responsible for the Group's Australian and Asian Pacific corporate and business development activities.
| Mr Donald Stephens Company Secretary Mr Stephens is a Chartered Accountant and corporate adviser with more than 20 years experience in the accounting industry, including 14 years as a partner of HLB Mann Judd Stephens, a firm of Chartered Accountants. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. Mr. Stephens is a non-executive director of Papyrus Australia Ltd and Mithril Resources Ltd and is company secretary to Minotaur Exploration Ltd and Petratherm Ltd, all listed public companies. He holds other directorships with private companies and provides corporate advisory services to a wide range of organisations.
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