At Australia Mining Congress you'll hear over 46 speakers, including 23 capital providers and 15 miners
The Australia Mining Congress is Australia’s only focused mining investment conference where miners and capital providers discuss innovative sources of raising capital, investment opportunities and strategies to drive the expansion of the mining sector.
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Mr Anil Ahuja
Vice President
Bhushan Steel
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ANIL AHUJA (46), Graduate in Mechanical Engineering & Post Graduate Diploma in Materials Management, having over 24 years senior professional experience in Steel Industry, with thrust on Supply Chain, Contracts & Project Management. Presently Vice President with Bhushan Steel Ltd, India, incharge of International affair & Supply Chain Management. Life Member - Indian Institute of Materials Management, presented papers in professional seminars & conferences.
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Aily Armour-Biggs
Chief Executive Officer and Investment Banking Consultant
Global Energy Advisory, UK
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Aily is the Advisory CEO within Global Energy Advisory; an energy sector specialist think tank supporting worldwide thought leadership with sophisticated stochastic modelling capabilities. She is one of the few people who have a truly global experience of the worlds financial and energy markets. Aily started her energy and banking career in the earliest days of privatization of the electricity industry in the UK. She was quickly promoted eight times making key contributions in the trading, retail and commercial businesses of Scottish Hydro Electric, London Economics, Scottish Nuclear, South Western Electricity and Energy Australia. She also was an Executive Director in investment banking for UBS in Zurich, Chairman of the Electricity Forwards Agreement Association in the UK. Before joining Global Energy Advisory she was Head of Power & Utilities, UK and Europe, for the Royal Bank of Scotland in London.
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Charles Asubonten
CFO
Palabora Mining Company
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ANIL AHUJA (46), Graduate in Mechanical Engineering & Post Graduate Diploma in Materials Management, having over 24 years senior professional experience in Steel Industry, with thrust on Supply Chain, Contracts & Project Management. Presently Vice President with Bhushan Steel Ltd, India, incharge of International affair & Supply Chain Management. Life Member - Indian Institute of Materials Management, presented papers in professional seminars & conferences.
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Mr Tim Barker
Resources Portfolio Manager
BT Financal
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Dr Don Barnett
Managing Director
Minec Pty Ltd
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Dr Don Barnett specialises in coal supply and demand economics, especially in relation to coal production and infrastructure pricing and capacity. He has developed a comprehensive production model of the Australian and selected overseas coal industries.
Recent consulting work includes:
• Estimating prices and tonnage losses pertinent to central Queensland rain events in January and February 2008 for BHP Billiton Marine and General Insurances,
• Advising international consultant on East Coast Australia coal chain costs and options,
• Selecting Australian coal investment targets for overseas client,
• Coal Price Forecast and Overburden Efficiency for a Queensland mine,
• Cost Analysis of NSW and Southern Queensland Deposits for Supply to two Power Plants,
• Profit Forecasts for a Hunter Valley Company,
• Coal Supply Costs to Macquarie Generation,
• Cost Competitiveness and Productivity of Hunter Valley Mines,
• Forecast coal throughput to the port of Dalrymple Bay, Qld and the cost competitiveness of the suppliers, the cost ranking of a major contractor’s coal mines,
• Cost ranking of a Queensland hard coking producer,
• Review of the Port Kembla Coal Terminal, including tonnage throughput, cost and price forecasts and analysis of the lease conditions for the Independent Price and Regulatory Tribunal of NSW,
• Delivered costs and supply of NSW coal to Macquarie Generation (and for a number of producers),
• Study of metallurgical coal markets for a buyer of a Queensland mine,
• Study of steam coal competitiveness for an Japanese buyer,
• The impact of rail and port charges on Australian and Canadian mines for a Canadian Client,
• Comparative cost ranking of selected mines from Australia, South Africa and Indonesia for an Asian IPP project,
• The cost ranking of all Australian coal mines for a large Japanese power company and a UK power producer,
• The comparative benchmarking of the productivity and cost efficiency of the Leigh Creek coal mine,
• The cost ranking of a number of Hunter Valley coal mines for internal cost reduction strategies, and
• The supply cost of NSW coal for domestic power generation,
• Expert Witness for CP Rail in Canada Transport Arbitration Hearing vs Elkview Mine, Vancouver, 1998.
• Expert Witness for Quintette Mines vs Japanese Steel Industry, 1988, British Columbia Court of Arbitration (dealing with mine, rail and port costs and options).
Publications: He has over 120 publications and papers and 4 books in the areas of coal supply, energy economics, mineral taxation and mineral policy.
His most recent papers have been on the
• East Coast Coal Chain and
• Australian coal cost movements.
His books are
• Minerals and Energy in Australia (Cassell, 1979),
• Future Environments Energy (Cassell, 1980),
• The Minerals Industry in Australia, 1970 80:
• A Pattern for Growth (with J. P. Hempill) (Aust.Govt.Printer, 1981) and
• Australia’s Coal Exports: Prospects to 2015 (McCloskey, 2002).
He has also published a Mine Cost Supply Model for Australian New Mines (McCloskey, 2003).
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Mr Robert Besley
Executive Director
Kimberley Metals
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Robert Bladier
Managing Director
National Stock Exchange of Australia
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Robert is a capital markets specialist, with more than 20 years experience in financial markets. He has extensive hands-on experience, including being head of derivatives for a large investment bank, leading strategy at the Australian Securities Exchange, and a management role in a registry services business. Robert also has considerable government and public policy experience.
As an investment banker, Robert managed a derivatives institutional sales desk, bringing him into contact with domestic and international fund managers on a daily basis, gaining an in depth understanding of funds management, particularly with a focus on derivatives.
Later, at ASX, Robert led strategic business development, with a focus on competition, new markets and positioning ASX as a commercial entity in a post-demutualisation environment.
In this role, Robert instigated a body of research that sought to better understand the interaction of Australia’s capital markets with successful industries, including an early focus on the mining industry. He brings this experience to his new role as Managing Director of NSX, the National Stock Exchange, with a goal of building an exchange that delivers high quality service to its companies and works with them to build their success as part of major industry sectors.
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George Boubouras
Executive Director, Head of investment strategy and consulting
UBS Wealth Management
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George joined UBS Wealth Management in January 2008 as Head of Investment Strategy & Consulting. He is responsible for the Advisory Investment Solutions (Equity, Fixed Income & Managed Funds) & also Co-Head of Investment Solutions in Australia, which includes the Discretionary Investment Solutions.
Prior to joining UBS, George held a number of roles in financial services industry, most recently with Macquarie Private Wealth in Investment & Strategy for their Key Client Group.
From 1996 to 2005 George worked at HSBC Asset Management (Australia) & was responsible for Portfolio Construction, Economic Analysis & Equity Strategy, including Asset Allocation for the Balanced Portfolios, and the Private Clients. Further, he was charge of Fixed Income, Hybrids and Foreign Exchange in Australia and a key member of the Global Fixed Income & Currency Team.
George joined Challenger Financial Services Group in April 2005 following the acquisition of HSBC Asset Management’s Australian operations. George managed the Challenger Australian Fixed Income Fund and was responsible for all economic inputs into the Fixed Income & Listed Property Teams.
Before joining HSBC Asset Management, George was employed at NSW Treasury. Prior to this, George worked at Westpac as a Financial Markets Economist. He began his career as an Economist at SBC (now UBS AG). George holds a Bachelor of Economics, Hon (Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia) having completed undergraduate studies at the University of California, Irvine. George also has a Portfolio Management Certificate at The University of New South Wales (UNSW) and is PS 146 Accredited.
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Riccardo Briganti
Head of Research
Macquarie Equities
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Riccardo Briganti is Head of Research for Macquarie Private Wealth.
Riccardo joined Macquarie in 1995 as international economist in the institutional research team. He subsequently held senior positions within the Equity Strategy and Quantitative Strategy teams. In these roles he formulated and conducted research on asset allocation, country selection and quantitative strategies and managed relationships with institutional clients.
Prior to joining Macquarie, Riccardo worked at the Commomwealth Department of Finance, the Victorian Chamber of Commerce and a leading economic consultant. Riccardo holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) from Monash University and a graduate diploma in Applied Finance.
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Michael Carrick
Chief Executive Officer
CGA Mining
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Michael Carrick is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years experience in the resources sector. He was previously Executive Chairman of AGR Limited, the entity which owned and developed the Boroo Gold Project in Mongolia, and Chief Executive Officer of Resolute Limited, one of Australia’s largest gold producers. Prior to joining Resolute, Mr. Carrick was a senior partner of Arthur Andersen.
Mr. Carrick holds degrees majoring in economics, law, business administration and accounting and has been responsible for the acquisition, development and operation of a number of major gold projects, both in Australia and internationally. He was appointed a director of the company on 6 January 2004, and does not hold directorships in any other listed company.
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Dr. Chris Caton
Chief Economist
BT Financial Group
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Chris Caton is the Chief Economist for BT Financial Group. He was Chief Economist at Bankers Trust from 1991 until July 1999. From 1994 to 1997, he was also Chairman of the Indicative Planning Council, which advised the Government on matters relating to the housing industry.
Previously he worked in the Treasury, the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and for an economic consulting firm in the United States.
Chris was educated at the University of Adelaide and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Ken Chapple
Managing Director
Gold Aura
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Ken Chapple is Managing Director of Gold Aura Limited. Ken has worked in the exploration industry for over 30 years and previously worked for Union Resources Limited for 9 years and before that BHP for 23 years. For the last 15 years he has been mainly involved in overseas projects. His exploration successes to date include the Gameta gold deposit in PNG and the Mehdiabad zinc deposit in Iran and more recently the new under-cover polymetallic discovery at Croydon in north Queensland.
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Nick Crawley
Director
Navigator Project Finance
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With a degree in astrophysics and a Masters in Applied Finance, as well as experience in consultancy and banking on both sides of the globe, Nick Crawley is the founder and now Managing Director of Navigator Project Finance. Navigator provides financial modelling and analytical services to companies and investment banks globally who are seeking to put together finance for large-scale projects, such as Mining, Power Stations, Petrochemicals, Infrastructure and toll roads.
Nick has spent the past 12 years understanding and improving the financial modelling process, underpinning the complex project finance process. Nick has recruited and managed several highly talented and successful teams and has worked extensively in both consulting and investment banking environments.
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Dan Denning
Managing Editor
The Daily Reckoning
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Dan Denning founded and edited a financial newsletter on small-capitalization stocks in 1998 and edited Strategic Investment, from 2000 to 2006. His macro-economic and stock-market forecasts in were read by over 45,000 subscribers in 70 countries. His analysis for The Daily Reckoning is read by more than 500,000 people regularly. Dan is also a regular columnist for Money Week, a London financial weekly.
In 2002 Dan spent a year observing U.S. markets from Paris before relocating to the London offices of Fleet Street Publications. In 2004 Dan spent six months travelling the globe in search of investment opportunities. This trek resulted in the New York Times bestseller, The Bull Hunter (John Wiley & Sons).
Dan's latest project has him currently residing in Australia where he pens the The Australian Small Cap Investigator and The Daily Reckoning Australia. He is also a contributing editor to the Australian resource investing publication, Diggers & Drillers.
Dan received his undergraduate degree in literature from the American University in Washington, D.C. in 1995. He earned a master's degree in the Liberal Arts from St. John's College in 1997.
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David Evans
Founder and Full Time Investor
Goldnerds
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Full-time investor. Organized some fellow-investors to research and compare gold companies on the ASX, and sells the research at goldnerds.com.au. Rocket scientist: doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, specializing in the mathematics and statistics in demand on Wall St. Wrote the carbon accounting models measuring Australia’s compliance with the Kyoto protocol.
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Greg Ferron
Senior Manager, Global Resources, Listings Business Development
Toronto Stock Exchange
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Derek Fisher
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Moly Mines
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Dr Fisher is a geologist with over 37 years world wide experience in the resource industry. He has been the principal in a number of companies listed both on the Canadian (“TSX”) and Australian (“ASX”) stock exchanges and has over 20 years experience as the manager of publicly listed companies.
Dr Fisher began his career with the NSW Geological Survey in 1966 as a student geologist and following graduation in 1969 from the University of New England, Armidale NSW, he moved into the mineral exploration industry with the Canadian nickel company, INCO.
Following exploration work in the Solomon Islands and Australia he moved to Canada where he completed his doctorate at the University of Toronto. On return to Australia in the early 80’s, he moved into junior mining companies and since then, companies in which he has been a principle have developed mines or mineral processing operations in Australia, Mongolia, Africa and America.
Dr Fisher is an honorary life member of the Australian mining industry organisation, the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) having spent 13 years on it’s council and 4 years as President.
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Eddie Grieve
Manager, Listings and Capital Access
Australian Securities Exchange
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Julian Hanna
Chief Executive Officer
Western Areas
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Julian Hanna is Managing Director of Western Areas, a nickel exploration and mining company which listed on the Australia Stock Exchange in July 2000 and on the Toronto Stock Exchange in December 2005. Julian is also a non executive director of Canadian listed company, Mustang Mineral Corp.
Western Areas main assets include the high grade Flying Fox nickel mine, the Diggers South and New Morning/Daybreak nickel deposits and substantial nickel interests in Manitoba, Canada.
Julian originally trained as a geologist in New Zealand. During a 30 year career, he has been involved in the discovery and development of a number of gold and nickel deposits in Western Australia.
Julian is looking forward to presenting an outline of the Company’s strategy to become a major nickel producer in Australia and Canada.
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Mark Hansen
Managing Director
Prairie Downs Metals
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Mark Hansen trained as a geologist and has over 25 years experience in the exploration and mining industry, both as an exploration and development geologist and as a consultant and independent expert. He has experience in project and corporate analysis, including employment as a mining analyst and adviser in the securities industry. He has 15 years experience as a director of listed companies in both Australia and Canada.
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Alan Heap
Managing Director, Global Commodity Analysis
Citi Investment Research
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Dr. Alan Heap is Managing Director & Global Head of Commodities, focusing on Metals and Minerals. Alan, who is based in Sydney, joined Citi Investment Research (Australia) in 1992, and started his career in the Metals & Mining industry in 1981. Previously he held positions with a number of mining and metals companies in Australia and the UK, including Renison GoldField, Tennant Trading, Consolidated GoldFields and Johnson Matthey. Alan has a PhD from the University of Reading and a B.Sc from the University of Wales.
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Michael Holland
Senior Vice President
Yorkville Advisors
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Robert Hook
Portfolio Manager
SG Hiscock
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Robert commenced at SG Hiscock in October 2004. Prior to this, he was at HSBC Asset Management where he was Head of Australian Equities. Previous experience includes; Senior Portfolio Manager – National Asset Management in Australia. In London he was Executive Director (Head of Far East Equities) at Prolific Asset Management; CIO (International) for Broadgate Asset Management and Portfolio Management roles at Hoare Govett. He was also a senior Partner of stockbroker firm, Mathinson & Hollidge Inc in Johannesburg. He has 32 years of investment experience and has an M.B.A. and B.Comm.
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Peter Ingram
Chairman and Managing Director
Universal Resources
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A Western Australian by birth, Peter Ingram graduated in geology from the University of Western Australia in 1965.
After working for a number of International and Australian mineral exploration companies he established a successful consulting geological practice based in Perth, undertaking assignments for both major and junior client companies.
For the past 28 years Mr Ingram has been a director of a number of Mining and Exploration companies, including: Joint and later sole Managing Director of the Metana Minerals NL group of companies, Chairman of Glengarry Resources Limited and Marlborough Resources Limited and a non-executive director of Dragon Mining NL.
Mr Ingram and geologist Mr Maurie Hoyle established Universal Resources in 1999 and entered into agreements with the then Pasminco Australia Limited (now Zinifex Limited) to acquire the Roseby Copper Project in Queensland.
Mr Ingram’s talk will present an up-date of the Roseby Copper Project, focussing on the financing and the current development status.
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Robert Lederer
Private Client Advisor
Commodity Broking Services
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John Lee
Principal
Mau Capital Management
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John Lee is the founder and principal of Mau Capital Management where he manages two successful resource equity hedge funds. He is a CFA charter holder with degrees in Economics and Engineering from Rice University. Mr. Lee has a keen interest in the history of money and economics, and previously studied under Mr. James Turk, a renowned authority on the gold market.
Since 2001, Mr. Lee has researched hundreds of mining companies and personally met with dozens of management teams. He actively consults and advises resource companies on project acquisitions, strategic marketing, and corporate financing.
Mr. Lee is a sought-after speaker at all major resource investment conferences such as Cambridge House and Terrapinn International and a publisher of articles at various online news websites such as Kitco.com. He recently had a keynote article in Canadian Hedge Watch Vol.8 Issue #1 called "2008 Fundamental and Technical Review for Gold and Gold Stocks".
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David Lee
Principal
Mercer Investment Consulting
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David is a Principal in the Melbourne office of Mercer’s investment consulting business. He is responsible for servicing a number of key clients and developing investment solutions involving alternative assets, including: private equity, opportunistic property, distressed debt, agribusiness, insurance linked securities and other specialised alternative investment opportunities.
David brings with him over 25 years experience in a wide range of asset consulting assignments for major Australian, New Zealand and Asian superannuation funds and other financial institutions. Prior to joining Mercer, David was Managing Director, Global Strategic Services for Citigroup Asset Management, located in New York and then London.
David has lectured in finance and investments at the University of Adelaide, the Australian National University, the University of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, and Macquarie University.
David has a Master of Philosophy in Economics from Cambridge University, a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Economics, with Medal in Commerce, from the University of Adelaide, and a Graduate Diploma in the History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Melbourne. He has a Certificate in Investment Management as mandated by the FSA in the United Kingdom. He is currently completing a PhD in the Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne on the methodology of financial economics.
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Andrew Matheson
GM - Coal
Aquila Resources
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Andrew graduated as Geological Engineer from RMIT in 1987 and has approximately 20 years professional experience within the mining and engineering sectors. During this time he has gained broad experience in a range of disciplines from exploration, project development and construction, infrastructure management and underground and open cut mining operations.
He has worked on projects in Australia, Africa, Indonesia, New Caledonia and Europe. The majority of his time has been spent in the iron ore and coal industries with BHPBilliton.
Andrew joined Aquila in June 2006 is based in Brisbane and manages the company’s coal portfolio.
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Dominic McCormick
Chief Investment Officer
Select Asset Management
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Dominic has worked in financial services and investment management for over 20 years and maintains a high and well respected industry profile through his regular contribution to industry articles and conferences. Dominic’s expertise, particularly in relation to absolute return investments, became the foundation for the first Select Portfolio Solutions, launched in 2002. Dominic has overall responsibility for investment strategy and research of SELECT’s range of absolute return focused portfolios. Prior to co-founding SELECT, Dominic provided investment consultancy advice to a number of Australia’s major financial planning organisations. Dominic joined the research area of Bridges in 1993 and in 1996 was promoted to head of research where he remained until 2001. Prior to that, Dominic worked at Pembroke Financial Planners and AMP where his career in financial services began in 1985.
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Roy McKelvie
CEO & MD
Gresham Partners Private Equity
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Roy is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Gresham Private Equity Limited. He is also a Director of Gresham Partners Limited and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
He has more than 18 years experience in the Private Equity industry as a Director of 3i plc in Europe and as Managing Director and Head of DB Capital’s Asian business located in Hong Kong and Sydney prior to joining Gresham as Managing Director.
Roy holds a Bachelor of Science in Production Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, an MBA from the University of Edinburgh Management School and has completed the Senior Investors Program at INSEAD in Paris.
He is a Director of Noel Leeming, GEON, Witchery and Barminco.
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Patrick McManus
Managing Director
Mineral Sands
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Mr McManus is a mineral processing professional with over 25 years experience in the mining industry. He has worked in operational, technical and corporate roles for RioTinto, RGC and Bemax. He has experience at many sites in Australia and overseas, including Eneabba, the Murray Basin, Madagascar, Indonesia and the USA.
He has a Mineral Processing degree from Leeds University and an MBA from Curtin University. He has been the Managing Director of Mineral Sands Ltd since January 2007.
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Colin Milton
Head of International Business Development
London Stock Exchange
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David Moore works as Commodity Strategist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and is focussed on monitoring, analysing and forecasting trends in the major non-ferrous metals including aluminium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc, as well as gold and oil. David has twenty-five years experience in economic and financial market research. David worked for the Commonwealth Bank from 1983 to 2002, spending time as an industry analyst and also working in financial and foreign exchange markets, then worked for the ASX until early 2007, before rejoining the Commonwealth Bank
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David Moore
Commodities Strategist
PBS Commonwealth Research
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David Moore works as Commodity Strategist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and is focussed on monitoring, analysing and forecasting trends in the major non-ferrous metals including aluminium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc, as well as gold and oil. David has twenty-five years experience in economic and financial market research. David worked for the Commonwealth Bank from 1983 to 2002, spending time as an industry analyst and also working in financial and foreign exchange markets, then worked for the ASX until early 2007, before rejoining the Commonwealth Bank
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Managing Director
Rox Resources
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Ian Mulholland is Managing Director of ROX RESOURCES LIMITED, a Perth-based junior exploration and development company.
Ian holds a Masters degree in exploration and mining geology from James Cook University and has 25 years broad experience in a number of commodity groups including gold, nickel, base metals, uranium and diamonds. His experience covers exploration activities, feasibility studies and mining operations with both major and junior companies.
He has been directly involved in several gold and base metal discoveries during his career, including the Mt Windsor copper-lead-zinc and the Mt Carlton gold-silver deposits in Queensland; the Nimbus silver-zinc deposit, the Mount Martin gold deposit, and several nickel laterite deposits in Western Australia; and the Toka Tindung and Mount Muro gold deposits in Indonesia.
Rox currently has its focus on zinc-lead projects in Australia and Laos where it has discovered McArthur River style and Mississippi Valley Type sulphide mineralisation.
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Greg Peel
Senior Writer
FN Arena
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Greg Peel is the senior writer and a principal of FNArena.com, an internet-based financial news, data and analysis service with a database of over 21,000 registered readers. He became a financial journalist in 2003 after a period of financial market consultancy work. In 1994 Greg left his role as director of the Equity Derivatives Trading division of Macquarie Bank.
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Wayne Richards
Managing Director
Brockman Resources
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Mr Richards has over 20 years experience in the mining and mineral processing industry, with extensive experience in the development and operation of nickel/cobalt and iron ore businesses. He commenced his career at Queensland Nickel Pty Ltd in 1985 and moved to Western Australia in 1997 as the Refinery Manager of the Murrin Murrin Nickel-Cobalt Project. He has been involved in the design, construction, commissioning and ramp-up of several significant Brownfield and Greenfield Projects within Australia. Mr Richards recently fulfilled senior executive roles within BHP Billiton Iron Ore, as the Deputy Vice President of Boodarie Iron in Port Hedland and the Project Integration and Commissioning Leader for BHP Billiton’s mine, port and rail expansions. Mr Richards joined Brockman Resources Limited (formerly Yilgarn Mining Limited) on 1 August 2007.
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Mr John Robertson
Founding Director
EIM Capital Managers
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John Robertson has worked as a business strategist and investment market professional for over 30 years. He was responsible for resources sector investment strategy at a leading institutional broker before being appointed chief economist. He has managed futures market trading activities for an international resources group. He has been chief financial officer of an ASX listed investment company. For the past two years, he has been a manager of the Emerging Resources Company Share Fund. His corporate valuation and advisory work has covered resources, consumer goods, financial services and IT. He began his career as a Treasury economist before spending several years as a staff member of then Treasurer, John Howard.
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Louis Rozman
Director
Pacific Road Capital
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Troy Schwensen
Editor and full time investor
The Global Speculator
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Troy Schwensen is a full time investor/trader. He is the editor of The Global Speculator newsletter and a research analyst with www.goldnerds.com.au. Troy is a CPA with previous accounting and finance roles with The Fosters Group and Goodman Fielder.
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Jonathan Shellabear
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dominion Mining
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Darren Smorgon
Director
CHAMP Private Equity
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Darren Smorgon is a Director of CHAMP Private Equity, and has been with the CHAMP group since 1999. His responsibilities include all aspects of the investment process from deal origination, and the assessment of potential investee companies, including due diligence and analysis, to deal execution and implementation, monitoring and exit management. During his time at CHAMP he also spent 12 months in New York with Castle Harlan, Inc.
Mr Smorgon holds Bachelor of Economics (with Merit) and Masters of Commerce (with Merit) degrees from the University of New South Wales and is an Associate of the Securities Institute of Australia.
Mr Smorgon is currently a Director of three CHAMP portfolio companies- Australian Discount Retail Pty Limited, Study Group International and Golding Contractors Pty Limited, one of Queensland’s oldest and largest private businesses, which provides contracting services to the mining and civil industry.
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Managing Director, Commodity Trading Group
Ebullio Capital Management
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Robert Stewart
Managing Director
Whitehaven Coal
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Rob Stewart is Managing Director of Whitehaven Coal Limited having joined the company as Chief Executive Officer in October 2007. During the 10 years prior to this appointment, Rob held various management roles with contracting firm Thiess Pty Ltd including as General Manager, responsibility for the company’s contract mining and construction activities in NSW and ACT. In his earlier career, Rob was employed by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria where he gained extensive experience in mining, construction and management. Rob holds qualifications in both civil and mining engineering
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Founding Director
EIM Capital Managers
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Tony oversees the investment decision making and analytical processes for the EIM Capital Managers Emerging Resources Company Share Fund. He has been involved in the Australian resources industry and funds management for 18 years. He has a technical and financial background, being employed as a geologist with experience in several Australian underground and open cut mining operations before becoming an institutional equities analyst and investment manager. For seven years, he has managed funds, including specialised resources sector equity portfolios, for various institutional funds management companies before founding E.I.M. Capital Managers. EIM Capital Managers distinguishes itself by a focus on undervalued emerging producer natural resources companies and the use of an advisory panel of highly qualified and experienced industry practitioners.
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Ms Jane Zhu
Head of Asia Pacific
London Stock Exchange
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Jane Zhu became Head of Asia Pacific of the London Stock Exchange in Oct. 2004, and is based in the Exchange Asia Pacific Office in Hong Kong.
She is responsible for all the Exchange business development in the region.
She joined the London Stock Exchange in 1998, as Head of Asia
Pacific in International Business Development Dept. responsible for the Exchange's business development in the Asia and Pacific, and Middle East and Africa regions since 2002.
Before joining the London Stock Exchange, she worked for five years at the London International Financial Futures and Option Exchange (LIFFE), as Senior Manager with responsibility for marketing the Exchange in South East Asia and China.
Previous to this, she held various senior positions in project financing, venture capital and technology transfer industries in Europe, Hong Kong and China.
Jane Zhu gained BA degree in China and received her MBA degree for International Financing in London, United Kingdom. She is married and has one daughter.
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