2013 Mining Indaba – Featured Speakers

Dr. Joyce Rosalind Aryee is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines where she served for ten years. She is also the first woman to head an African Chamber of Mines. Dr. Aryee has dedicated over forty years service to the public and private sectors in Ghana.

A Management & Communication Consultant, Dr. Aryee currently consults for Keegan Resources (Ghana) Limited and Pelangio Exploration. She serves on the boards of diverse organisations including Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited, Central University College, Finatrade Foundation, AEL Mining Services Limited, GLICO General, Engineers and Planners, The Ark Fund and MAN Ghana Limited, Drill Masters Africa, Newmont Gold Ghana Gold Limited and Newmont Golden Ridge Limited. Dr. Aryee is also a Senior Mentor of Africa Leadership Initiative – The Moremi Initiative for Women in Leadership for African Development, a mentorship institution for young Africans.

In recognition of her immense contributions to the growth of the mining industry, the University of Mines & Technology (UMaT) conferred an honorary doctorate degree (Honoris Causa) on Ms. Aryee in July 2009. She has also received many prestigious awards including Ghana’s second highest national award, the Companion of the Order of the Volta in 2006, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Ghana’s (CIMG) “Marketing Woman of the Year” for 2007 and the African Leadership on Centre for Economic Development’s “African Female Business Leader of the Year” for 2009.

Dr. Aryee is the Founder and Executive Director of Salt & Light Ministries, a Christian para-church organisation and an avid promoter of Ghanaian classical and choral compositions.

Roger Baxter is the Chief Operating Officer at the Chamber of Mines of South Africa. He is responsible for the strategy, economics, finance and operational functions of the Chamber. He has recently returned from a brief stint as the vice-President of Industry Analysis for Rio Tinto Alcan in Canada. Roger has worked in the mining and minerals industry for over 20 years and has been involved in most matters related to the economics of minerals and mining policy. Most of his work has focused on the economics and competitiveness of the mining and minerals industry, including significant work on the policy issues that affect investment. In this context he has researched position papers on beneficiation, black economic empowerment, minerals policy, minerals taxation and mineral royalties. Roger drove the process of developing a comprehensive strategy for the mining industry to address the sector’s various challenges in South Africa. As the head of strategy Roger is responsible for developing the Chamber’s strategic plans, broad strategic goals and implementation plans.

He has more recently been involved in leading the Chamber’s technical input to the Deputy President’s Mining Dialogue process, which culminated in the Framework Agreement for a Sustainable Mining Sector. He co-chaired the process of engagement with the DMR on the MPRDA Amendment Bill where good progress has been made on engendering a competitive and stable mining law.

His work on investment has been extensively used in discussions with government on how to raise investment in mining and in the country in general. He led the Chamber’s input to the Mining Industry Task Team on Investment established in November 2006 to investigate the reasons for the inability of South Africa to capitalize on the global commodities boom. In 2010, he chaired the tripartite Mining Industry Growth, Employment and Development Task Team (MIGDETT) Competitiveness Working Group and helped develop a Strategy for the Sustainable Growth and Meaningful Transformation of the South African Mining Industry. He also helped to develop the sectoral Mining Growth Strategy which has helped to get mining back onto the top 5 sector priority list of government. He helped developed the mining industry’s response position paper to global climate change and carbon taxes, topics which are currently hot on the country’s agenda. He has been extensively involved in the analysis of global commodity markets and trends and the economics of the South African mining industry.

Roger has dealt with a multiplicity of other mining specific issues including participating on task-teams dealing with the World Bank Group Extractive Industries Review, the Water Research Commission Steering Committee on the development of a Waste Water Discharge Charge System for South Africa, the first and second gold lobby efforts to prevent open market sales by the IMF, the EU Registration and Authorisation of Chemicals (REACH) proposals, the Rail Industry Transport Collaboration Forum, to mention but a few.

Roger played an active role in organised business a few years ago through Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) and participated in the tripartite discussions that go back to the original National Economic Forum established in 1994 to the current National Economic Development and Labour Council (NEDLAC). Roger served two terms as chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of BUSA and was previously one of the business principal members of the NEDLAC Trade and Industry Chamber. He was involved as a principal member of the BUSA negotiating teams in NEDLAC for the new Skills Development Bill, the Energy Policy White paper, the Water Pricing Policy and led the BSA teams input on the Nuclear Regulatory Bills, the negotiations on Industrial Policy (including helping to write the business position papers), the Integrated Manufacturing Policy and the Minerals Development Bill in NEDLAC. He also was part of the BUSA competition policy task team. He was involved in the NEDLAC discussions on how South Africa should manage the impact of the global economic crisis. In this regard Roger previously chaired the business working group formulating a South Africa response and this business task team was involved in the Joint Presidential Working Group structure setup to deal with the matter in NEDLAC.

He led the business input to the Presidential Growth and Development Summit on investment issues. He has played roles in a number of other BUSA projects including previously chairing the BUSA Restructuring of State Assets Task Team and the Business South Africa Steering Committee on the research project entitled “Breaking through the Economic Growth Barrier”. He also led the BUSA input on administered prices in NEDLAC. He developed a briefing note on Social Pacts and the Irish experience, which he presented to the National President and other Cabinet members at a BUSA-Presidential Working Group meeting in 2005. Roger previously chaired the BUSA “Economic Growth Task team” which was engaging government on the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative (ASGISA) and the outcomes of the various growth diagnostics (such as the OECD report). He has presented BUSA’s views on economic growth and investment to the President, Deputy-President and members of Cabinet in a series of meetings between 2006 and 2011 (via the Presidential-BUSA working group and in the Executive Council of NEDLAC).

He also participated in the external reference group selected to assist the government in developing a new industrial policy for South Africa. Other issues that he has been involved in include macroeconomic policy, fiscal policy, the national budget, transport and electricity restructuring, migrant labour policy, labour market policy, microeconomic policy reforms, energy policy, environmental policy, sustainable development policy and so on. He has published articles in various financial and economic journals. He has presented to a multiplicity of conferences and seminars on issues as diverse as minerals policy right through to South Africa’s competitiveness versus the key international competition.

Roger has also been intricately involved in the debates on energy policy. He previously chaired the BUSA Committee on Electricity and was involved in the National Electricity Response Task Team, the Presidential Joint Working Group on Electricity and in the NEDLAC electricity emergency process, which culminated in the Energy Summit on 16 May 2008. He also sat as one of the business representatives on the National Stakeholder Advisory Council on Electricity. Given the key issue of the electricity emergency, it is interesting to note that Roger was a member of the Business Team that negotiated the National Energy Policy White Paper in NEDLAC in 1998.

Roger completed post graduate studies in economics at the University of Natal before joining the Chamber of Mines. He was a member of the State President’s Adjudication Committee for Export Achievement awards for 4 years. He has played a role in the South African Chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce (on the Executive Committee) and was previously a director on the boards of the Rand Refinery and the National Productivity Institute. He was also a board member of the Precious Metals and Diamond Regulator. He was a member of the Investment Analysts Society of South Africa and the Economic Society of South Africa. He previously sat on the Central Council of the Economic Society between 2002 and 2007 as the Chair of the Finance Committee.

Rafael is an attorney, specialized in international law. He holds a Master in Law of International Economic Relations (Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil) and an LLM in International Economic Law (The University of Warwick, England). He was a visiting scholar and editor assistant at Georgetown University Law Center (Washington DC, USA) and a fellow of the Institute of International Economic Law (Washington DC, USA).

Rafael held positions in the public and private sectors, including legal advisor to Brazil’s Secretary of Foreign Trade (Brasilia, Brazil); coordinator of international affairs in the Brazilian Textile Industry Association (São Paulo, Brazil); consultant for the Organization of American States – OAS (Washington-DC); trainee at the World Trade Organization – WTO (Geneva, Switzerland); international associate at the law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP (Washington DC); general manager for international affairs at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Brazil).

Rafael joined Vale in 2006 to support the set up of its international affairs department, participated in the acquisition team of the multinational Inco and was later appointed Vice President of Corporate Affairs and International Relations for Vale Inco (nickel business), based in Toronto. More recently Rafael served as Senior Executive, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability at Vale International in Switzerland.

In his activities with Vale, Rafael has focused on international policy making and regulatory affairs, international trade and investments, sustainable development, indigenous peoples and community development. He is Vale’s representative in the ICMM’s Executive Working Group as well as other associations. He is also a current member of Royal Dutch Shell’s External Review Committee.

Graham was appointed chief executive officer in January 2008, after his appointment to the board in 2007. Having joined Harmony as new business manager in 1995, Graham’s previous positions include that of chief executive of Harmony Australia. A geologist by training, Graham has more than 37 years’ experience in the field and in an operational capacity at a number of South African gold mines. Graham serves as a director on Harmony’s subsidiary companies.

Meredith practises in the areas of corporate, commercial and energy and resources law and has advised on a wide range of commercial transactions, including capital raisings, M&A and joint ventures. She has conducted comprehensive compliance and due diligence programs in these areas. Meredith has advised on a number of ASX, AIM, LSE, TSX and JSE listings and capital raisings, including raisings and acquisitions by foreign entities in Australia.

Meredith has been voted by peers as one of Australia’s Best Lawyers each year from 2010 to 2012 for Corporate work. Chambers Asia Pacific 2012 ranks Meredith in the Equity Captial Markets area: “Meredith is recognised for providing ‘an exceptional service and complete value-adding support’.”

Dr. Elena Clarici is Portfolio Manager of Scipion Mining and Resources Fund, one of three segregated portfolios offered by Scipion Capital, a frontier market specialist and investment manager focused on two distinctive themes: commodities and emerging markets. Scipion Mining and Resources Fund invests in gold and other metals’ related equities; gold bullion; and provides commodity trade finance to mining companies with assets across the African continent.

Prior to joining Scipion Capital, Elena was a Senior Investment Analyst with Geneva-based Ocean Finance SA, a natural resources investment firm and advisor to Africa Energy Resources Fund. Elena was founder and Managing Partner of London-based Commodity Energy Capital – CeCap LLP, a specialist investment boutique, providing analysis and due diligence to investment funds and family offices looking to enter the natural resources sector. Originally, Elena was trained as a mining equity analyst and natural resources investment banker at various institutions in the City of London. Elena studied mining and earned her PhD from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London. She is also the Chairman of the Association of Mining Analysts in London.

With forty years’ background in resources/economics in Africa and across the developing world, including 30 years within the world exploration industry, Duncan Clarke is a leading thinker, strategist, speaker and writer on the economics, geopolitics and resource industry complex, including energy/oil-gas industries of Africa, as well as on corporate and Government strategies in the African Continent.

Founder of Global Pacific & Partners, an advisory firm with an extensive three decades Africa track record, and Advisor to numerous Governments and Companies on the Continent, including State firms and licensing agencies, multilateral and financial Institutions, he conducts annual Strategy Briefings on Africa, Asia, Latin America, MidEast, and on the world energy/oil future.

Recent books include Africa’s Future: Darkness to Destiny (Profile Books, London, 2012), Africa: Crude Continent: The Struggle for Africa’s Oil Prize (Profile, 2010 – with TV-Film/Documentary by CNBC-Africa), Empires of Oil (Profile, 2007), and The Battle For Barrels (Profile, 2007), alongside numerous publications on Africa’s economies and resource strategies and issues shaping investment in Africa.

Born Zimbabwe, based Johannesburg – with B.Comm (Hons) Economics, Rhodes University (South Africa, 1969); Ph.D (Economics), University of St. Andrews (Scotland, 1975) – he has travelled widely in and across the Continent over the last four decades.

Ben is a Senior Manager in Corporate Finance and has been a member of the Hartleys Corporate Finance team since 2010. During this time, Ben has assisted in providing strategic corporate advice in relation to equity capital market transactions, mergers, takeovers and acquisitions for a number of Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed resource companies.

Prior to joining Hartleys Ben was employed as a Director in the wealth management division of UBS in Sydney, having moved from Macquarie where he spent 6 years as a private client adviser. In his capacity as an Investment adviser at both UBS and Macquarie, Ben was responsible for both strategic advice and direct investment advice covering all asset classes.

Ben holds a Masters in Applied Finance from Macquarie University and a Bachelor of Science.

Mark Cutifani was appointed to the Board of AngloGold Ashanti on 17 September 2007 and as Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2007. Mark Cutifani was appointed to the Board of AngloGold Ashanti on 17 September 2007 and as Chief Executive Officer on 1 October 2007.

Mark has considerable experience in mining, having been associated with the industry since 1976. Prior to joining AngloGold Ashanti, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer at CVRD Inco, a Toronto based company, where he was responsible for Inco's global nickel business and Chief Operating Officer of Inco Ltd in Canada before CVRD's takeover of Inco.

Prior to his Vale and Inco roles he held senior executive positions with the Normandy Group, Sons of Gwalia, Western Mining Corporation, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines and CRA (Rio Tinto). Mark is a mining engineer by training with several published papers and presentations. In his 34 years in operations, business development and corporate roles he has had responsibilities across 6 continents, more than 25 countries producing more than 20 commodities.

Mark is also very active in the industry associations and educational institutions. He is currently a Vice President of the South African Chamber of Mines, an Executive member of Business Leadership South Africa (and the designated spokesman for health reform in SA) and he is involved in or on advisory committees with University of Pretoria(SA), University of Cape Town(SA,), FDC(Brazil) and Kellogg (US).

AngloGold Ashanti was one of the founding members of the International Council on Mining & Metals in 2001. Mark is also very active in the industry associations and educational institutions. He is currently a Vice President of the South African Chamber of Mines, an Executive member of Business Leadership South Africa (and the designated spokesman for health reform in SA) and he is involved in or on advisory committees with University of Pretoria(SA), University of Cape Town(SA,), FDC(Brazil) and Kellogg (US). AngloGold Ashanti was one of the founding members of the International Council on Mining & Metals in 2001

Philip Daniel is Advisor, Fiscal Affairs Department (FAD), at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where he coordinates FAD’s work on extractive industries. Until October, 2012, Philip was Deputy Head, Tax Policy Division in FAD. Philip has conducted technical assistance projects in all regions of the world on fiscal regimes for resource industries, on resource revenue management, and general tax policy. He is also Coordinator for FAD of the Managing Natural Resource Wealth Topical Trust Fund.

Before joining the IMF in 2006, Philip advised many governments on commercial negotiations and policies for extractive industries. Philip held posts at the Universities of Cambridge and Sussex (UK), and at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London. He is co-editor, with Michael Keen and Charles McPherson of The Taxation of Petroleum and Minerals: Principles, Problems and Practice (Routledge/IMF, 2010).

He was co-author of earlier studies on petroleum fiscal regimes in Iraq and Russia for ITIC, and has published books on the Copperbelt of Zambia (Cambridge University Press) and foreign investment in Papua New Guinea (Australian National University Press). Philip has been Distinguished Lecturer in Mineral Economics at the Colorado School of Mines (USA), and currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Oxford (UK) Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies.

Abdul is the Head of Research at Kagiso Asset Management. In addition to his research responsibilities, he manages two retail unit trust funds as well as institutional clients’ funds.

Prior to joining Kagiso, Abdul spent 10 years at Allan Gray and was responsible for recruiting and training new analysts as well as overseeing their client portfolios in Botswana and Namibia. Abdul’s research responsibilities at Allan Gray included coverage of the telecommunications, media, packaging, retail and insurance sectors.

He was also instrumental in the creation and maintenance of Allan Gray’s proprietary investment research systems. Abdul graduated from the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1996 and obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter in 2001.

Background: Vanessa joined CRU in 1988 and has had extensive experience of analysing metal markets across the range of ferrous and non-ferrous industries. She moved to the Steel Business Unit, from Aluminium, in 1997 where she had responsibility for the company’s research on nickel and ferrochrome. More recently, Vanessa has become Group Manager of CRU’s Copper Team as well as maintaining responsibility for the company’s Nickel division. In addition to the many market studies and regular product reports, Vanessa has also been heavily involved in project feasibility studies and strategy assignments. She graduated with a degree in Economics in 1985.

Aidan Davy joined ICMM in June 2007. He has responsibility for ensuring that ICMM’s strategic planning is responsive to both current and emerging issues and for encouraging synergies across ICMM’s program areas. He also leads ICMM’s work on social and economic development, investor engagement, sustainability reporting and independent assurance.

Aidan has 25 years of cross-sectoral experience on sustainable development issues, working with a range of private, multi-lateral and not-for-profit organizations, including the World Bank and International Finance Corporation in Washington DC.

For the past 15 years, his primary focus has been on social responsibility and accountability issues, with a strong emphasis on the extractive industries. During this period, he has worked:

• as an independent consultant for a range of multi-lateral/bilateral and private sector clients on many of the emerging challenges for the sector
• as a senior specialist with the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) in Washington DC, the external accountability office for the two private sector institutions of the World Bank
• as Director of Corporate Services for the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), where he developed practical CSR engagement strategies for a variety of multinational companies and represented IBLF on the Secretariat for the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights
• with the World Bank on the social dimensions of extractives and the value of tri-sector partnerships, in delivering social and community development and the integration of social concerns into privately financed extractives projects.

For the first decade of his career, Aidan primarily worked on environmental issues, in an international consulting company, a multinational manufacturing company and the World Bank.

His initial focus was on environmental and social impact assessments (ESIAs) for projects in a variety of sectors, including mining, initially for an environmental consulting practice and later for the World Bank. In the intervening years, he worked on environmental audits, environmental management systems and the then emerging sustainable development agenda.

Aidan has an Honours BSc in Environmental Sciences and Technology from the National University of Ireland.

Patricia de Lille has fought injustice for the past 37 years through her involvement in politics. She is known for her role as a trade unionist in the struggle for equality and as the initial whistle-blower on the infamous Arms Deal in 1999. In 1988 Ms de Lille was elected Vice-President of the National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU), the first woman to do so.

After leading the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) delegation to the constitutional negotiations in Kempton Park, she became a Member of Parliament in 1994 and went on to chair the Parliamentary Committee on Transport until 1999. On 26 March 2003 she formed the Independent Democrats (ID), which won national, provincial and local government seats in the 2004 elections, becoming the first woman in a democratic South Africa to do so.

Following this success, Ms de Lille went on to serve on the Judicial Services Commission and has sat on numerous Parliamentary Portfolio Committees such as Communication, Rural Development and Ethics. She is also a member of the International Parliamentarians against Corruption organisation.

Ms de Lille has been given an HIV/Aids Activist award from a Canadian organisation and has been sponsoring an HIV-positive child, also named Patricia, for 13 years. She has been named one of the Top Five Women in Government and Government Agencies and won the Rapport and City Press Woman of the Year Award in 2006. She is a former Chancellor of the Durban Institute of Technology, an Honorary Colonel in the SANDF and currently serves on the boards of the African Monitor and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund.

Before her election as Mayor of Cape Town, she was the Western Cape Minister of Social Development following the merger of the Independent Democrats and the Democratic Alliance (DA).

Once described by Nelson Mandela as “a strong, principled woman” and his “favourite opposition politician,” she is married with two children, and enjoys playing golf, listening to music and reading in her spare time.

Ric Deverell is a Managing Director and Head of the Commodities Research team. He joined Credit Suisse in April 2010 after 10 years at the Reserve Bank of Australia, where he held several senior positions including Deputy Head of Economic Analysis and Chief Manager International Markets and Relations. During the 1990s, Ric worked at the Australian Prime Minister’s Department and the Treasury, where he was head of the Asian section during the Asia crisis. His research interests include analysis of the global business cycle, the emergence of the Asian economies and developments in commodity markets. Ric is a graduate in Economics from the University of Tasmania.

Mr. Dorward has over 17 years of experience in mining and finance and most recently served as Vice-President, Business Development at Fronteer Gold prior to the Company’s sale to Newmont Mining for $2.3 billion in 2011. Previously, Mr. Dorward was the CFO of Mineral Deposits Ltd.

Jon is responsible for supporting the incorporation of environment, social and governance (ESG) factors across OMIGSA’s investment capabilities.

Jon has an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in environmental science. He has 16 years professional consulting experience in the fields of environmental science and sustainability.

He has worked across various industrial sectors and countries in Africa and brings a practical insight into the way in which ESG factors materially impact on investment performance.

Josef joined Centamin in 2002 and held the role of MD and CEO for seven years. Prior to that he had a ten year career in stock broking and was a director of both CIBC Wood Gundy and Paterson Ord Minnett. His expertise in international capital markets has greatly assisted Centamin in its fundraising and development activities.

Magnus Ericsson is co-founder of the Raw Materials Group (RMG) and an executive director of IntierraRMG. He is professor of mineral economics at the Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. His interest in the social, political and economic impacts of mining goes back to the 1970s. Magnus Ericsson has a special focus on iron ore and mining in developing countries. He advises companies and countries all over the world. His involvement in African iron ore includes projects in Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria and others. Magnus Ericsson has been building a network in China since over 10 years and the annuaöl iron ore market study by the RMG is being translated into Chinese beginning 2013.

He obtained his MSc in biochemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm 1973. He is a member of the European Union’s European Innovation Partnership Raw Materials and also engaged by the African Union Commission in setting up the African Mineral Development Centre.

Dr Marc Faber was born in Zurich, Switzerland. He went to school in Geneva and Zurich and finished high school with the Matura. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a PhD in Economics magna cum laude.

Between 1970 and 1978, Dr Faber worked for White Weld & Company Limited in New York, Zurich and Hong Kong.

Since 1973, he has lived in Hong Kong. From 1978 to February 1990, he was the Managing Director of Drexel Burnham Lambert (HK) Ltd. In June 1990, he set up his own business, MARC FABER LIMITED which acts as an investment advisor, fund manager and broker/dealer.

Dr Faber publishes a widely read monthly investment newsletter “THE GLOOM BOOM & DOOM” report which highlights unusual investment opportunities, and is the author of several books including “TOMORROW’S GOLD – Asia’s Age of Discovery” which was first published in 2002 and highlights future investment opportunities around the world. “TOMORROW’S GOLD” was for several weeks on Amazon’s best seller list and has been translated into Japanese, Korean, Thai and German. Dr. Faber is also a regular contributor to several leading financial publications around the world.

A book on Dr Faber, “RIDING THE MILLENNIAL STORM”, by Nury Vittachi, was published in 1998.

A regular speaker at various investment seminars, Dr Faber is well known for his “contrarian” investment approach. He is also associated with a variety of funds.

Malcolm is a portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management where he currently manages a number of equity and multi-asset portfolios with a South African and pan-african bias for a range of institutional and sovereign wealth clients. He also oversees a number of Responsible Investment (RI) portfolios. In September 2007 he moved to the investment team, having developed the Investec RI process since mid 2005. During his time with the business Malcolm has championed sustainability and the pursuit of an appropriate investment response.

Before joining Investec Asset Management, Malcolm practised as an attorney covering commercial and environmental law at Shepstone and Wylie in Durban.

Malcolm is a member of the ASISA SRI investment standing committee, the deputy chair of the ASISA Transformation board committee and a member of the JSE SRI advisory board. Malcolm completed his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1995 and Master of Laws (Environmental Law) in 1996 at the University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg). Before that, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology and Hydrology.

Eddie Grieve is Senior Manager, Listing Business Development at ASX. He has had extensive experience in all aspects of capital markets over a period of 30 years.

Eddie has served in a number of senior roles at ASX including Head of Listing. He has been closely involved in major floats and primary equity market raisings throughout his career and in his current role at ASX he is responsible for growing the ASX listing business and developing and promoting access to the ASX equity capital market.

Eddie frequently presents on IPO and listing issues and works closely with companies considering listing on ASX to help them achieve their objectives.

May is an Adjunct-Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand where she is the Director of the Centre for Sustainability in Mining and Industry (CSMI). She has an BSc Geology from the University of Cape Town and an MSc (Eng) in physical metallurgy from the University of the Witwatersrand. She is a Takemi Fellow of the Harvard School of Public Health and a fellow of the SAIMM.

Current projects at the CSMI include developing master’s level course on safety, safety, health, environment and sustainable development together with a CSMI staff and associates, working on mine closure, developing a training programme for DMR officials (Mine Inspectorate and Environmental regulators) and considering the socio-economic impacts of the opening of the Waterberg Coalfield.

Her interest in Sustainable Development stems from long standing involvement, since 1982, in occupational health and safety and social issues. She has worked in the NGO, trade union, private and public sectors in South Africa, and in International Labour Organisation forums. She is a former Chief Inspector of Mines for South Africa. She serves on the boards of the RSR, Afripalm Resources and Aveng. She chairs AGA’s Bokamoso Trust.

Nick Holland has been CEO of Gold Fields – the world's fourth largest gold miner – since 2008. Prior to that he was CFO of the company for 10 years. Under Nick the company has introduced its vision of “Being the global leader in sustainable gold mining” and has made significant strides in becoming a truly global mining company with operating mines in four countries and advanced stage development projects in another four.

An all-or-nothing approach to safety – “we will not mine if we cannot do so safely” – underpins the company's production, while there has also been a strong emphasis on sound community relations and significantly reducing the company's environmental footprint. Sustainability is engrained in the company's way of doing business.

Before joining Gold Fields Nick held senior position in other South Africa mining companies, including Impala Platinum and Gencor. He joined the mining industry in 1990 from accounting firm Deloitte where he spent the first 11 years of his professional career after graduating with a B.Com and B.Acc from Wits University. Nick matriculated at King Edwards VII School in Johannesburg.

Michael Hopley is the President and CEO of Sunridge Gold. He is a geologist with 30+ years of mineral exploration experience for companies in the precious metals and base metal sector. Michael has held a number of executive and board positions with companies conducting exploration in various parts of the world.

Carron graduated from law school and spent the early part of her career consulting in the formulation and implementation of corporate strategy for Braxton Associates, a UK based strategy consulting firm. Thereafter she entered law articles and on being admitted as an attorney in 1996, she joined Syfrets Bank, in the Private Client division.

Over the next five years she worked in Financial Services gaining specific experience in fund management and investment analysis. She obtained her CFA in October 2001. At the end of 2001 she started her own business and successfully established a number of entrepreneurial business ventures during the following nine years.

In 2010 Carron joined Cadiz as an Credit Analyst with specific focus on unlisted credit in the area of Impact Investing and Socially Responsible Investing. She is currently the portfolio manager responsible for structuring and managing unlisted credit investments for the Cadiz Protected High Impact Credit Fund, the Socially Responsible Unlisted Credit Fund and the Cadiz Enterprise Development Fund.

David Humphreys is an independent consultant based in London providing advisory services on economic and mineral industry matters to mining companies, financial institutions and international agencies. David was previously chief economist of the London-based mining company, Rio Tinto, and of Russia’s largest mining company, Norilsk Nickel. Prior to entering the mining industry, David worked for nine years in UK government service, for six of these as an advisor on minerals policy.

David has written and lectured extensively on the economics of the mining industry, authoring over one hundred and fifty articles and papers on subjects ranging from commodity markets, trends in the mining sector, speculation, sustainable development, mining in Russia, the impact of China, and national minerals policy. He has been a visiting scholar at the Colorado School of Mines and the Catholic University of Chile in Santiago, a Bosch Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington DC, and is an honorary lecturer at the University of Dundee. He is a non-executive director of Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk and writes a regular column for Mining Journal. He has a bachelor’s degree and PhD from the University of Wales.

Dr Roosevelt Jayjay is the former Minister of Lands, Mines and Energy in the Republic of Liberia. As Minister he was responsible for overall policy management and supervision in that subsector of the Government of Liberia.

He received his Doctorate from Cuttington University in 2003 and is an associate Vice President of that college engaged in curriculum supervision and implementation for the four departments of their graduate school, as well as lecturing for the university. He attained his Master of Science, Public Affairs from the University of Oregon, USA.

Dr Jayjay has been actively involved in the Economic Community Of West African States ECOWAS, and has played a senior advisory role on Liberian affairs directed at stabilizing the Liberian Government both during the interim period and that of the elected government.

As National Director of Habitat for Humanity, Liberia, from 2002 – 2004, Dr Jayjay supervised the planning, implementation and development of a low cost housing development for the poor, geared towards affordability and decency.

Dr Jayjay was Liberia’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications from 1991 to 1995, during which time he also was Chairman, Board of Directors of Liberia Telecommunications Corporation.

Dr Jayjay has been involved in the UNDP / UNOPS projects for capacity building and economic management. He has also served on numerous boards and organizations both within Liberia and internationally.

Dr Jayjay has been a member of the board of EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) since 2011, and has been deeply involved in the Liberian wing of that organization.

Ross has over 14 years’ audit experience with his specialisation being in the resources industry. Ross sits on the Mining and Resources Big Four discussion group in Perth and presents technical papers to the various mining and resources forums. He has led many teams providing audit and related financial advisory services to public companies, national and international groups and completion of statutory audits in Australia, Africa and the Middle East. Prior to moving to Australia, Ross worked in Southern Africa and the Middle East servicing a range of resources companies. He leads a number of audits with operations in Africa and his experience and communication with the Deloitte member firms in the region is critical in the delivery of a fully efficient and integrated service.

Elaine Dorward-King was elected Executive Vice President of Sustainability and External Relations in March 2013. Prior to joining Newmont, Dr. Dorward-King served as Managing Director of Richards Bay Minerals in South Africa from December 2010 through February 2013. Dr. Dorward-King previously served as the Global Head of Health, Safety and Environment at Rio Tinto from 2002 through 2010 and also held leadership positions with Rio Tinto’s copper and borates businesses. Prior to that, she worked for Ebasco Environmental and for Monsanto Company as a chemist, research specialist and product manager.

Dr. Dorward-King brings twenty-five years of leadership experience in developing and implementing sustainable development, safety, health and environmental strategy and programs in the mining, chemical and engineering consulting sectors. She holds a Bachelor of Science magna cum laude from Maryville College and a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from the Colorado State University.

Philip Klapwijk has 25 years experience analysing the gold, silver and PGMs markets, most of this time working for GFMS (since August 2011 part of Thomson Reuters), which is the leading specialist research consultancy on the global precious metals markets. (Thomson Reuters GFMS, for example, is the prime source of statistics on gold and silver markets worldwide.)

Philip is responsible for all precious and base metals markets analysis and research at Thomson Reuters GFMS. He is a frequent speaker at conferences on precious metals and commodities and the print and electronic media regularly quote his views on the gold, silver and PGMs markets. He holds degrees in economics from the London School of Economics and the College d’Europe, Bruges.

Mr. Kumar is the driving force behind the African operations – Jindal Africa. Laying a solid foundation where the company has launched its operations on the African continent. Mr. Kumar, ensuring that Jindal Africa lives up to its promise of entrenching its foothold in Africa, has already set the pace with numerous exploration projects identified and two projects achieving operational state. In continuing with his drive, energy and vision towards establishing Jindals latest Greenfield’s iron ore project in Kwa-Zulu Natal. Jindal Africa sees tremendous potential in leveraging Africa’s great mineral wealth in partnership with local stakeholders, and to the mutual benefit of the continent’s local communities.

Emmanuel previously worked as Programme Officer with Structural Adjustment Participatory Review Initiative (SAPRI), a global tripartite initiative launched in 1997 involving the World Bank, selected governments and civil society to review the impact of structural adjustment lending and policy advice in selected countries. The exercise was also aimed at ascertaining how the participation of local, broad-based civil society can improve economic policy-making.

He was also head of programmes (2005-2008) for the Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC), a regional research and advocacy organization based in Ghana. Emmanuel is an active member of several campaigns including Ghana Publish What You Pay (PWYP) and he served on the Ghana EITI Multi-Stakeholder Committee from 2004-2008.

His major advocacy interest and focus is in promoting accountability and equity in the use of public resources, including those of extractive sector. Emmanuel holds a Masters Degree in governance and leadership and has over 10 years’ experience working with civil society as a passionate advocate for equality and social justice.

Emmanuel joined RWI in February 2008 and is currently responsible for strategic leadership, management and coordination with respect to the Africa portfolio and the Ghana regional office. RWI is currently supporting projects in Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Liberia, Mozambique, Niger, Cameroon, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire, with several others under consideration.

Huguette Labelle holds a Doctor of Philosophy, Education. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada. She has been awarded honorary degrees from twelve Canadian Universities and has received the Vanier medal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, the Outstanding Achievement Award of the public service of Canada, the McGill Management Achievement Award and l’ordre de la Pleiade.

She has served for a period of nineteen years as Deputy Minister of different Canadian Government departments including Secretary of State, Transport Canada, the Public Service Commission and the Canadian International Development Agency. She has served on more than 20 Boards.

She is currently Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, Chair of the Board of Transparency International, member of the Board of the UN Global Compact, member of the Group of External Advisors on the World Bank Governance and Anti-corruption Strategy, member of the Advisory Group to the Asian development Bank on Climate Change and Sustainable Development and member of the Board of CRC Sogema. She also serves on additional national and international Boards. She provides advisory services to national and international organisations.

She was elected as Transparency International’s Chair in 2005 and again in 2008 and 2011.

Wesizwe Platinum – a “first of its kind” Chinese\South African platinum mining partnership

Born in Vancouver is 1955, Peter moved in 1961 to Kellogg, Idaho: home of the world’s richest, deepest silver mines. From 1977–81 he attended Montana School of Mines & formed America’s No 1 (from 1980 – 85) Intercollegic Mining Team. In 1982 he joined Harmony Gold, South Africa. Peter obtained his Mine Manager’s Certificate in ’83 and did an MBA in 1984.

From 1986 -89 Peter was Eimco Mining Machinery SA’s Marketing Manager. He then joined Allan Gray Investment Counsel as Mining Analyst. From 1991-2001 Peter worked for Nedcor Investment Bank managing pension funds and South Africa’s No 1 performing mutual fund. From 2001–04 Peter managed dot-com/ space tourist Mark Shuttleworth’s $530m, growing it to $1.5bn.

Peter joined Cadiz in 2006, specializing in Southern African mining & resources.

Mining engineer with more than 30 years of management, mining and processing experience. Mr McFadzean, Dip. Mining, FAusIMM, more recently served as CEO/Managing Director of Evolution Mining Limited (ASX:EVN) (formerly Catalpa Resources Limited (ASX:CAH)) from 2008 until early 2012. Mr McFadzean is a Non-Executive Director of Venture Minerals Limited (ASX:VMS).

Xolani Mkhwanazi began his career as a Lecturer in Physics at the University of Swaziland in 1978. During his career he became Head of the Physics Department. He left Swaziland for Perth, Australia during 1988 as a refugee. On his return to South Africa in 1993 he joined the Atomic Energy Corporation in 1993 as a Senior Scientist in Applied Radiation Technology. He later moved to Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to become to take up a position of Technology Transfer Manager. In 1997 the CSIR seconded him to establish the National Science and Technology Forum (NSTF) which played a key role in the formulation of the National Science and Technology Policy White Paper. In January 1999 he was appointed the CEO of the National Electricity Regulator (NER) where he was tasked with rebuilding it into a reputable Regulatory Authority in Africa.

From the Regulator he joined the private corporate world as CEO of the Process Engineering Company, Bateman Africa Limited. He is currently Chairman, BHP Billiton SA Ltd. In this role he is the custodian of the BHP Billiton business strategy in South Africa. He oversees the company’s governance compliance with the company’s legal and social requirements such as transformation to ensure that their license to operate is protected. He is also responsible for the overall stakeholder management and company positioning in South Africa. He chairs the SA Operational Committee, comprising of the global CSG Presidents of businesses with operations in South Africa, i.e. Aluminium, Energy Coal and Manganese.

Xolani holds a BSc Maths and Physics from the University of Botswana and Swaziland, and completed a MSc and PhD in Applied Physics at the University of Lancaster, UK.

Dambisa Moyo is an international economist who analyzes the macroeconomy and global affairs.

She is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa and How the West Was Lost: Fifty Years of Economic Folly and the Stark Choices Ahead.

Her new book, Winner Take All: China’s Race for Resources and What it Means for the World, was published in June 2012.

In 2009, Dambisa was named by TIME Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and she was named to the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders Forum. Her writing regularly appears in economic and finance related publications such as the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal.

Dambisa is a contributing editor to CNBC, the business and finance news network. She is a patron of Absolute Return for Kids (ARK), a hedge-fund supported children’s charity, and she has travelled to more than 50 countries.

She completed a PhD in economics at Oxford University and holds a Masters degree from Harvard University. She completed an undergraduate degree in chemistry and an MBA in finance at American University in Washington, D.C.

Born in La Paz, Bolivia, Xavier obtained an M.Sc degree in Engineering Geology from the University Of San Andres in 1968, a Diploma in Mining and Exploration from the Montanistische Hochschule in Austria, a Graduate Diploma in Engineering from Wits’ Leadership in Coal Technology Programme and an M. Engineering degree from Wits in 2002.

Xavier has been involved in coal since 1977 and established the Geological Survey’s National Coal Database (NCDB) which he managed from 1979 until 1989. After a brief spell at General Mining (Genmin) as IT Exploration Manager, Xavier joined the Minerals Bureau – Department of Minerals and Energy in 1995, as Chief Mineral Economist for Coal and Hydrocarbons. In 2007, he was employed as Coal Senior Analyst at Wood Mackenzie, a global energy company involved in coal consulting and research in Southern Africa. Since 2009 Xavier has been consulting privately through his company, XMP Consulting.

During recent years, he has actively promoted South Africa’s coal mining industry as part of government and industry decision-making groups. He lectures at the Universities of Johannesburg and the Witwatersrand as well as to several companies on various aspects of the local coal industry, including coal reserves, economics, quality, marketing and clean coal technologies. Xavier possesses extensive experience in South Africa’s coal reserves and resources. His main tasks comprise the optimisation of coal utilisation and marketing, the overview of economic empowerment in coal mining, evaluation of coal reserves, implementation of clean coal technologies and problems related to the environmental impact of the use of fossil fuels.

Xavier belongs to several local and international coal committees and groups involved in coal science and technology.

He has been awarded the Fossil Fuel Foundation’s Coal Annual Prestige Award for 2008.

Mamphela Ramphele, a South African national, is the Founder of Letsema Circle, a Cape Town based specialist Transformation Advisory Company in both the public and private sector. She is Chair of Technology and Innovation Agency, established in 2009, to help stimulate greater use of technology to address socio-economic challenges and promote sustainable economic growth. She was appointed Chair of Goldfields in November 2010. She is also Chair of Eduloan and Director of Anglo American Plc.

She was Chair of Convenors of the Dinokeng Scenarios sponsored by Nedcor/Old Mutual (see www.dinokengscenarios.co.za) that have energized national debates on South Africa’s future, launched in May 2009. The key message is that futures are created by citizen-leaders. She served as a Managing Director of the World Bank from May 2000 to July 2004. She served as Co-Chair on the Global Commission for International Migration (GCIM) between 2004-2005. Prior to joining the Bank, Mamphela Ramphele was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, a post she took up in 1996, becoming the first black woman to hold this position at a South African university. She joined the university as a research fellow in 1986, and was appointed Deputy Vice-Chancellor five years later.

She is an author of many important titles about critical socio-economic issues in South Africa. She has received numerous prestigious national and international awards, including 23 honorary doctorates acknowledging her scholarship, her service to the community, and her leading role in raising development issues and spearheading projects for disadvantaged persons throughout South Africa. She qualified as a medical doctor at the University of Natal in 1972. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cape Town, a BCom degree in Administration from the University of South Africa, and diplomas in Tropical Health and Hygiene, and Public Health, from the University of Witwatersrand.

Maximising Productivity, Operational Performance and Earnings while Curbing Costs, Focused on Long-Term Viability, Sharpening Ties with Boards, Clients, Regulators, Communities and Employees.

He is a recognized leader known for strategic vision to achieve business goals. Currently the CEO for Mota-Engil Africa, he is improving the efficiency and profitability of Africa Operations.

James has been with ASX for over six years and is the State Manager for ASX’s Perth office in Western Australia. Perth is home to over 870 companies listed on ASX with a strong focus on resources.

James is responsible for listing companies and monitoring their ongoing compliance with the ASX Listing Rules.

Prior to joining ASX, he managed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s corporate finance team in Western Australia.

Susan Shabangu is the Minister of Mineral Resources of the Republic of South Africa as well as a member of the African National Congress’ National Working Committee. She serves on the National Executive Council (NEC) of African National Congress. Shabangu sat on the Board Directors of the 2010 FIFA World Cup LOC.

• Minister of Mineral Resources of the Republic of South Africa since 11 May 2009.
• Member of the African National Congress (ANC) National Working Committee since December 2007.
• Member of National Executive Council (NEC) of African National Congress (ANC).

Academic Qualifications

Attended Madibane High School in Soweto (1977).

Career/Positions/Memberships/Other Activities

• Became involved in political career since 1980.
• Assistant Secretary, Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW), Federation of Transvaal (1980).
• Active member of the Anti-Republic Campaign Committee (1981).
• Involved in the formation of the Release Mandela Campaign Committee (1982).
• Organiser/Administrator for the Amalgamated Black Worker’s Project (1984 – 1985).
• Representative of the Transport and General Worker’s Union (T and GWU) at the Industrial Council.
• National Women’s Co-ordinator for the Transport and General Workers Union (T and GWU).
• Member of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) National Women’s Sub-Committee working with women’s issues and representing the T and GWU on National level.
• Involved in the voter education programme with COSATU National Election Task Team aimed at workers during the election campaign.
• Served in the ANC National Election Steering Committee. – Elected at a COSATU Special Congress as a regional candidate to the National Assembly (1994).
• Advisor to the September Commission assigned to look at future of the unions during transitional stage and later Member of Parliament.
• Has actively participated in committees such as Labour, Transport and Trade and Industry since 1994.
• Served in the ANC East Rand PCO Management Committee (1995 – 1996).
• Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy of the Republic of South Afrrica (April 1996 – April 2004).
• Vice-Chairperson of the National Labour and Development Institute.
• National Treasurer of SANCO
• Deputy Minister for Safety and Security of the Republic of South Africa from April 2004- 10 May 2009.. Source:The Presidency

Bernie Sheahan is Director of the Infrastructure and Natural Resources Department, Africa and Latin America, for the International Finance Corporation (IFC). He is responsible for IFC’s investments in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa in power, transport, utilities, telecommunications and extractive industries. From 2007 to 2010 he was responsible for investments in power, transport and utilities for Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe. Prior to this Bernie from 2003 to 2007 was Director of IFC’s Infrastructure Advisory Department which supports the efforts of IFC member countries in introducing private participation and public-private partnerships, in the delivery of public services.

Bernie has also served as Director of Strategy, from 1999 to 2003, with responsibility for the development of IFC’s operational strategy and business plans, led IFC’s initiative on incorporating sustainability into the Corporation’s activities and the development of the Equator Principles, been Manager for Strategy in Latin America and the Caribbean, and in 1998 acted as the first Change Manager for the IFC. He has also been a Visiting Lecturer on Project Finance at the Georgetown School of Business.

Bernie holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA fromHarvardUniversity. He is an American and French national.

Geoff advises on a wide range of matters in the energy and resources sector including M&A, projects and equity capital markets issues. He acts for a number of Australian and international public listed companies on their activities in Australia and elsewhere, including in respect of the planning of acquisitions and foreign investment issues.

Geoff is Allen & Overy’s Global Head of Mining, a member of the Global Partnership Selection Committee and is the Managing Partner of the Perth office. He has held directorships in listed public companies in both the mining and energy sectors and is a former national president of AMPLA – the resources and energy law association.

Geoff is acknowledged in various independent legal directories as a leading individual in Australia in the energy and resources sector: Chambers Global and Chambers Asia Pacific (Energy & Resources sector), Asia Pacific Legal 500 (Energy & Resources sector), Who’s Who Legal (Mining and Oil & Gas sectors) and ALB, and has been voted by peers as one of Australia’s Best Lawyers in each year 2009 to 2012 in each of the categories of Corporate, Corporate/Governance, Energy, Mining, M&A, Natural Resources and Oil & Gas.

Mr. Simpson is the Exec-Chairman of Peninsula Energy Limited a Wyoming and RSA focused energy developer. He is both a Science and Arts graduate from Curtin University, Western Australia. Mr. Simpson has over 25 years of experience in the management of listed resource companies with a focus on either minerals or energy; including uranium, oil, gas, gold, vanadium and mineral sands. Mr. Simpson has had a principal involvement in a number of successful mineral discoveries in Africa, Australia and North America. Previously held positions include senior executive roles with Gindalbie Mining NL, Australian Minerals Sands NL, Panorama Resources NL and Tanganyika Gold Limited.

Lara is Core Consultant’s Managing Director and founder. Lara began her career as an analyst for an asset management company in Cape Town, Foord Asset Management, where she gained experience in analyzing the South African platinum, gold and oil and soft commodity sectors.

During this time she also edited a financial text book for Rhodes University as well as started a Mathematics Tuition project for 300 disadvantaged matric learners, through Mark Shuttle worth’s LEAP Science and Maths School. She was then head hunted by the Steinmetz Group as the lead analyst, where she was responsible for sourcing, analysing and valuing potential mining acquisitions in Africa and the Baltic regions. The Steinmetz resource portfolio principally included diamonds and ferrous metals, but they did also have a small portfolio of base and minor metals including nickel, cobalt, copper and lithium. Lara also contracted to Ernst & Young where she produced a consolidation template for the National Treasury and reviewed excel models for African Rainbow Minerals, Eskom and South African Government Infrastructure Projects. She also contracted to Metal Bulletin and produced the Metal Bulletin Lithium Markets Outlook report.

This contract work formed the inception of Core Consultants. Since this time, Lara has engaged in a number of projects, including authoring the Metal Bulletin Coking Coal Study as well as market entry studies in coke, ferroalloys, manganese and lithium markets. She is presently co-authoring a quarterly publication on Lithium and Rare Earth Metals with Peter Harben, which will be available in April 2011. Lara holds an Honors Degree in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management and a BSc-Ed in Chemistry, Statistics, Economics and Science and Mathematics Education both from the University of Cape Town (UCT). She is currently a CFA level 2 candidate.

Diedrik Tas is a partner in McKinsey & Company’s Benelux office. His main interests are in the field of Metals & Mining industries with a special affinity for shaping new strategies, performance improvement, achieving operational excellence, value based management/management by objectives and creating growth opportunities.

Since joining the Firm in 1998, he has primarily served major clients in metals and mining on a global scale. Some examples of his recent work are listed below:

• Developing a global iron ore strategy for a major basic materials player
• Leading large-scale transformation programs for leading European steel plant
• Assisting a basic materials player to optimize its operational asset configuration and allocation
• Scanning strategic partnership opportunities for one of Europe’s leading players in the Copper value chain
• Performing various due diligence and M&A projects in the iron and steel industry
• Developing a global growth strategy for one of the commodities of a leading mining house
• Scanning and identifying potential acquisition targets in iron ore for a global leading mining company
• Assisting in the technical and market due diligence of a series of iron ore projects in North America and Europe for private equity player
• Developing a vertical integration strategy for a global steel company, identifying and assessing key acquisition targets in iron ore and coal
• Developing a product and customer marketing strategy to support the expansion of a global iron ore producer
• Developing Value-in-Use based iron ore price bands for a leading mining company
• Developing a raw materials sourcing strategy for a base metals producer
• Optimizing the mill-concentrator complex of a polymetallic mine

Next to his client work, Diedrik Tas leads McKinsey’s proprietary research on iron ore and steel. The research he has lead includes the development of detailed supply-demand perspectives for iron ore and steel, the assessment of the dynamics in the steel making raw materials industries such as iron ore, scrap, coking coal and coke, as well as evaluating the impact of the current financial and economic crisis on the global steel value chain. Diedrik is also leading our global Basic Materials Institute, which groups our global experts and researchers in the basic materials industries.

Diedrik Tas has a PhD in applied biological sciences (focus: interphase chemistry and heterogeneous catalysis). He also holds an engineering degree with “Maxima Cum Laude” from the KULeuven.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Diedrik was a Project Manager at DSM Research (Geleen, the Netherlands), focusing on innovative research for the synthesis of polyester resins.

Greg Thompson is the Executive Director International TI Australia. He has been a director of Transparency International, Australia since 1995.

Greg was CEO of AngliCORD from 2001- 2008. Previously he was a senior manager at World Vision Australia, being Director of Advocacy and Education from 1995 until his appointment to his role at AngliCORD.

He had first worked in the Development Sector as Development Education Officer of the Australian Council of Churches (ACC) from 1977 until 1988. Greg was the founder of One World Week in Australia. He served as Secretary of the ACC’s Church and Society Commission and also served for 7 years on the ACC’s Commission on International Affairs. He was an active member of the Development Education Network of the World Council of Churches’ Commission on the Churches Participation in Development.

Greg has been a director of Australian Volunteers International since 2008. He serves as a representative of Civil Society on the Multi-Stakeholder Group for the EITI Pilot in Australia. Greg is a member of the General Synod Public Affairs Commission of the Anglican Church of Australia and of the Synod of the Diocese of Melbourne.

He served on the Executive Committee of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) chairing the Advocacy and Public Policy Committee of ACFID for more than 12 years and Chair of ACFID’s Human Rights Working Group. He has represented the sector at the Earth Summit in Rio and also at the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva in 1998, 99 and 2000. In 2008, Greg was awarded the ACFID Award acknowledging his contribution to the sector. Greg was co-Chair of the inaugural National Sorry Day Committee in 1998.

Kobus is the Founder and Group Managing Director of The Beijing Axis (www.thebeijingaxis.com), a China-focused international advisory and procurement firm operating in four principal areas: Commodities, Capital, Procurement and Strategy. Clients include global multinationals with a ‘China/Asia agenda’; and Chinese/Asian multinational firms with a ‘go-global agenda’.

Kobus has been working in Asia for over 18 years and is based in Beijing. Before founding The Beijing Axis, he was Head of Investment Strategy and Global Market Research for Asia Pacific for Standard Chartered Bank Plc and, prior to that, he was a Senior Strategy Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Asia. In his early career, he was an Emerging Market Investment Strategist in London; a Treasury Economist with Standard Merchant Bank in Johannesburg; and an Economist with the South African Reserve Bank in Pretoria.

He holds an MBA from INSEAD in France, a Master of Business from Curtin in Australia and BCom Honours degrees in Finance/Investments and Economics, respectively from UJ and Unisa in South Africa.

He is regarded as a thought leader in China cross-border business, has published extensively and has been invited to present as the keynote speaker and to lead discussions in over 20 countries.

Luuk van Duijse has been responsible for developing Caterpillar's Electric Power business in the Mining Industry since 2009. Prior he was leading transformational change projects for Caterpillar's Electric Power Division across EAME and was regional sales manager in Dubai, Hamburg and Geneva with Caterpillar since 2011. Under Luuk the company has introduced its vision of being a total solution provider of electric power for mines optimizing mining customer's CAPEX and OPEX. Before joining Caterpillar, Luuk held a number of positions including global sales manager, with Norwegian company Schat-Harding – a world leader in Marine Safety systems- after graduating in Mechanical Engineering from TH Rijswijk in the Netherlands.

Orlee Wertheim is Head of the Global Mining Business Development team with Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange. She is responsible for the development and execution of the Exchanges global strategy for attracting new listings in the mining sector.

Ms. Wertheim joined the Business Development team from TSX’s Listed Issuer Services department, where her responsibilities included assisting companies through the listing application process and working with issuers listed on the TSX to structure transactions and to ensure compliance with TSX rules.

Prior to TSX, Ms. Wertheim worked as a corporate lawyer, where she acted for both domestic and international public companies.

Ms. Wertheim completed her law degree at University of Ottawa and is admitted to the Ontario Bar.

Prior to ABG, Andrew was employed by JP Morgan Cazenove in the Corporate Finance Team and has over 10 years of experience in advising a range of mining and other companies in their capital-raising activities and in other strategic objectives. Prior to joining JP Morgan, he worked for the Kuwait Investment Office in London.