Directors and Management
Michael Atkins BComm FCA
Non-Executive Chairman
Mr Atkins is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, and was a founding partner of a national Chartered Accounting practice from 1979 to 1987. Since 1987 he has acted as Executive Director and been involved in the executive management of several publicly listed resource companies with operations in Australia, USA, South East Asia and Africa. During the past three years Mr Atkins has also served as a director of the following other listed companies:
Trevor Matthews BComm CPA ASIA
Non-Executive Director
Mr Matthews had previously been appointed Company Secretary on 11 November 2004 and resigned on 11 February 2005. He has worked in the resources industry for 20 years and held executive positions with North Limited, WMC Resources Limited and other listed entities in both operational and corporate roles. Mr Matthews has significant experience in corporate governance, project development and finance.
Stanley Lewis
Executive Director
Mr Lewis is a real estate investor currently involved in a number of major joint ventures that has also owned and managed gold bearing properties in Liberia, Brazil and the Dominican Republic. Mr Lewis also has experience as a precious metals smelter, refiner and assayer, and he has owned a smelter and refinery in New York City and Baltimore, USA. M r Lewis has also represented precious metal lots at Johnson Matthey, Englehart and The Royal Canadian Mint.
Richard Alter
Non-Executive Director
Mr Alter has fifteen years experience as President and CEO of Baltimore based Manekin LLC, a real estate development company involved in the development of more than 10 million square feet of property throughout the Baltimore/Washington region with the diverse portfolio being valued in excess of US$750 million.
Mr Andrew Chapman
Company Secretary
Andrew Chapman is a chartered accountant with over 16 years experience with publicly listed companies where he has held positions as Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer and has experience in the areas of corporate acquisitions, divestments and capital raisings. He has worked for a number of public companies in the mineral resources, oil and gas and technology sectors. Mr Chapman is also company secretary for two other publicly listed companies.
He is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAA) and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia).