Corporate Governance
Key Personnel
- Dr Peter Fiore
- Executive Chairman
- Qualifications
- BDSc, MBA
Dr Fiore is a director of several mining companies that hold concessions in Africa. Dr Fiore brings to the company consulting services and relationships in Africa. Dr Fiore has created a resource house of African concessions through guile and tenacity. Dr Fiore is an experienced and superb entrepreneur who has experience in the IPO and corporate governance processes. Dr Fiore is also a director of Gemstar Diamonds Ltd, Africa Resources Ltd (process of liquidation) and Resource Investments (International) Pty Ltd.
- Mr Anthony Lewis
- Director and Company Secretary
- Qualifications
- MBA BA GAICD GDAppCorpGov
Anthony has developed extensive management competencies over 20+ years engaged in business development, project management, strategic planning, contract administration, commercial negotiation and relationship management. Anthony has international experience with a Japanese global trading house; key marketing roles with an Australian primary produce exporter; change management and cost analysis experience with a capital city municipality and wide exposure to industry as a commercial manager with a major water utility.
In 2006 Anthony established a company to develop innovative solutions for water management, wastewater recycling and environmental infrastructure projects. In early 2008 the company acquired a Pilbara-based general contracting company with particular focus on mine dewatering. Over recent years Anthony has joined a number of minerals exploration companies in board, company secretarial and executive management roles.
- Mr John Chegwidden
- Non Executive Director
- Qualifications
- CA
Mr Chegwidden has over 20 years experience as an accountant and management consultant, including managing his own chartered accounting practise. Mr Chegwidden has a strong knowledge of the agribusiness, mining and resource sectors in Australia, with key competencies in agribusiness management, materials processing, marketing and financial management. More recently he has consulted to a number of listed companies and negotiated with capital financiers on the behalf of junior exploration and agribusiness companies.
Mr Chegwidden was a founding director of Hazelwood Resources Ltd, an ASX listed exploration and mining company. He was also a director of Aurox Resources Limited, an ASX listed mining and exploration company, and served in the capacity of both executive and non - executive director until January 2006. Currently Mr Chegwidden is an executive director of 3D Resources Limited, and a director of Hazelwood Resources Limited.
- Mr Donald Low
- Non Executive Director
Mr Low holds a bachelor of Economics from the University of Western Australia and has extensive experience in corporate advisory, finance and management. His experience lies in a number of sectors including, but not limited to, plantations, telecommunications, manufacturing, infrastructure development and financial services.
Mr Low has served on many boards of both private and publicly listed companies in Asia and Europe. His most recent role was that of Acting Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of Anglo-Eastern Plantations Plc, a London Stock Exchange listed company.
Donald also sits as a Non-Executive Director/Chairman of the Audit Committee of Oriented Media Group Berhad, a digital media company listed on the ACE Board of Bursa Malaysia (the Malaysian Stock Exchange). Donald is also the non-executive Chairman of Atech Holdings Limited (ASX:ATH).
Risk Management
The Board is responsible for overseeing the Company's risk management and control framework.
Responsibility for control and risk management is delegated to the appropriate level of management within the Company with the General Manager having direct responsibility to the Board for the risk management and control framework. Arrangements put in place by the Board to monitor risk management include monthly reporting to the Board in respect of operations and the financial position of the Company.
