Michael Farrow (aged 55) - Non-Executive Chairman
Michael Farrow is a principal and director of Consortia Partnership Limited, a Jersey licensed trust company. He currently sits on the board of a number of listed companies. He has also been Group Company Secretary of Cater Allen Jersey, a banking, trustee and investment management group. He was appointed on 21 November 2007. Michael was formerly an Army Officer and holds an MSC in Corporate Governance and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries & Administrators.
Nikolajs Zuks (aged 57) - Managing Director
Mr Zuks is the founder of Bellzone. Mr Zuks has in excess of 25 years experience in mineral exploration and development in Australia, Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia. Mr Zuks was responsible for the development of the Mid West Iron and Steel Project in Western Australia, an integrated mining and processing project. He was appointed immediately after the Company’s incorporation on 21 November 2007. Mr Zuks previously established Linia Prava Central Asia, which was acquired by ASX listed Nimrodel Resources Limited (ASX: NMR).
Mr Zuks was co founder of Murchison Metals Limited, Indo Mines Ltd and Simba Mines Inc. Mr Zuks was also instrumental in the development of the Mambramo forestry project in Irian Jaya, Indonesia.
Tony Gardner-Hillman (aged 53) – Non Executive Director
Tony is a full-time independent Non-Executive Director with a varied portfolio of appointments. He has extensive experience of the legal and financial market places gained through his former career in the law and in trust company business. He was a partner at Crills, Jersey for over 16 years, where he headed the Financial Services Business and Regulation team. In 1987 he co-founded Jersey Trust Company where he remained a Director until disposing of his shareholding and resigning as Non-Executive Group Chairman in 2008. He is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales and holds a first class honours degree in Jurisprudence from Oxford University.
Simon Farrell (aged 59) - Non Executive Director
Mr Farrell has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Western Australia and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has held a number of senior management and Board positions, principally in the resources sector over the last twenty years. Mr Farrell has over 25 years in the resources sector with Bougainville Copper, Kalgoorlie Super Pit, Hamersley Iron and Woodie Woodie Manganese. He is currently a non executive director of LSE listed Kenmare Resources plc. He is also currently Chief Executive Officer of Coal of Africa Ltd, and since he assumed that role, the company’s Market Capitalisation has grown from less than $A 5 million to approximately $A 1.5 billion.
Terry Larkan (aged 48) - Finance Director
Terry has more than 25 years experience working in Africa, Australasia as well as North and South America, either employed by or consulting to organisations in the mining industry. Terry’s expertise lies in the areas of finance, accounting and other supporting business areas such as IT and supply chain management and is augmented with extensive experience in the areas of corporate and project governance. Terry’s recent career has included roles as financial controller with a multi site mining company, Partner in Ernst & Young and his last position was as Vice President – Risk and Assurance with Barrick Gold Corporation based in Toronto. Terry holds a Bachelor of Accounting Science, an MBA, is a Certified Internal Auditor as well as being a Member of the Chartered Institute of Secretaries & Administrators.
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