Corporate

Board of Directors 

Dr Wolf Martinick  
PhD, BSc Agric
Chairman

Appointed as Non Executive director on 21 December 2006 and Chairman on 6 March 2008. Dr Martinick is an environmental scientist with more than 35 years experience in the resources industry and has been involved with mineral exploration and mining projects around the world. Dr Martinick is Chairman of Weatherly International Limited, an AIM listed mining group with extensive copper mining and smelting interests in Namibia, Chairman of Ezenet Limited, and a Non Executive Director of the ASX listed companies Uran Limited, Sun Resources Limited, Carbine Resources Limited and Azure Minerals Limited. 

 

Dr Iain Scott  
PhD Min. Processing, BSc Met (Hons)
Managing Director

Appointed as an Executive Director on 19 April 2007 and appointed as Managing Director on 20 June 2007. Dr Scott holds a PhD in mineral processing and a first class honours degree in metallurgy. A highly credentialed mining executive with over 25 years experience in the minerals processing industry. Dr Scott is the former General Manager of Operations for copper, gold and bulk commodities producer, Straits Resources Limited.

 
Mr Garry Korte
B.Comm, CA, ACMA
Finance Director and Chief Financial Officer

Appointed as Finance Director on 28 December 2007, Mr Korte's experience includes holding the position of Chief Financial Officer for a mining and materials handling contractor for seven years as well as three years working as a corporate finance executive for a merchant bank specializing in the mining sector.  Most recently he was General Manager Commercial for Brambles Industrial Services responsible for negotiating major mining and transport contracts and developing business growth proposals for board approval.


The Earl of Warwick
Independent Non Executive Director

Appointed as a Non Executive Director on 14 May 1991, and held the position of Chairman of the Company for four years to 1 December 2005. The Earl of Warwick has extensive management and property experience in Australia and overseas, and is Chairman of Central Asia Resources Ltd.








Mr Ricardo Leiman
B.Comm, MBA
Non Executive Director

Appointed as a Non Executive Director on 3 November 2006. Mr Leiman holds Masters of Business Administration from the University of Rochester NY, USA and the University of Nyenrode, the Netherlands as well as an Economics degree from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He started his career with Credit Lyonnais Bank in Brazil followed by management positions with Louis Dreyfus in Brazil, Eximcoop in the Netherlands and Trader Classfied Media in London and Paris. In 2002 he rejoined Louis Dreyfus as COO North America, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and Asia, later becoming COO Soft Commodities. Mr Leiman joined Noble Resources Limtied in April 2006.

Mr Phillip Laskaris
BA (Hons), LLB
Independent Non Executive Director

Appointed as a Non-Executive Director on 20 March, 2008 Mr. Laskaris holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Bachelor of Laws from the Australian National University.  Mr. Laskaris is a barrister practicing from Francis Burt Chambers in Perth.  He started his legal career in 1987 in Fremantle, Western Australia with a mid-sized law firm becoming a partner in 1989 and then principal of the firm in 1996.  He joined the independent bar in 2002.  He is on the roll in the High Court of Australia, the WA Supreme Court of Australia, the WA Supreme Court and the NSW Supreme Court. 



Mr Nicholas Morland
ICAEW, ACA
Non Executive Director

Appointed as Non Executive Director on 8 May 2008, Mr Morland is a London based Chartered Accountant involved in investing in, and the management of, a worldwide portfolio.  The portfolio is privately owned and has an emphasis on commodities.  Previous roles have concentrated on situations where change management, new business planning and capital raising have been involved.  These include as Chief Executive Officer of MIM, an insurance start up, Group Underwriting Deputy with Alea, General Manager Europe Portfolio Enginerring with QBE and Group Opertions Director at Hiscox. Mr Morland is a director of Minories Insurance Management Limited, Legion Limited, Prospect Publishing Limited and Tresilian Leisure Limited.


Mr Matthew Lilly
(LLB)  
Company Secretary/Legal Counsel

Mr Matthew Lilly was appointed to the position of Company Secretary on 27 February 2007. Mr Lilly gained his legal training at Parker & Parker and served seven years at Alcoa as Corporate Solicitor and Company Secretary. Prior to joining the Company he served a privately owned group as Commercial Manager and Company Secretary with a wide range of responsibilities including legal counsel, compliance with banking covenants, insurance management, corporate affairs, strategy, business restructure, business acquisition and divestment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

 


 

 

 

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