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Position: Executive Director and Chairman
Peter M. Boycott (66) was appointed to the board in May 1997 and Chairman in June 1997. He has a MA in Mechanical Sciences from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Accountant. During his career he has been involved as Finance Director and substantial shareholder in a number of private investment and property groups including engineering and manufacturing companies supplying thermal processing systems to major mining groups. He has been a director of several public companies quoted in Australia and Canada.
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| | | John Theobald
Position: Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
John Theobald (53) joined the Group as Chief Operating Officer in April 2008, joined the board in June 2009 and was appointed Chief Executive Officer on October 6, 2010. He is a Chartered Engineer with a BSc Honours in Geology from the University of Nottingham. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society and Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. Prior to joining the Group he held senior operational and new business positions with the major industrial minerals group SCR-Sibelco, he has also worked in the junior resource sector and for major companies such as Anglo American, Phelps Dodge and Iscor covering a wide range of metals, coal and industrial minerals. He has been a director of several public companies quoted in Canada.
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| | | Brian Wides
Position: Executive Director and Director of International Business Development
Brian M. Wides (68) joined the board in June 1997 and was appointed Finance Director in September 1997. In July 2006 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer and on October 6, 2010 was appointed Director of International Business Development after standing down as CEO. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Witswatersrand and is a Chartered Accountant (South Africa). His specialist experience includes corporate finance, management consultancy and creating shareholder value for a large spectrum of private and public companies in the UK, Australia and Canada.
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| | | Chris Orchard
Position: Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
A. Chris Orchard (57) joined the Group as Chief Investment Officer in December 2007 and was appointed to the Board in June 2009. He has a BSc Honours in Mining from the University of Leeds and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities Investment. After graduating he worked in the South African mining industry and on returning to the UK spent twenty years as an investment banker in the City specializing in the resources sector. He was Managing Director of Hambros Equity UK, a Director of RBC Dominion Securities and prior to joining the Group managed the investment operations of a private wealth management firm. He has been a director of several public companies quoted in Canada and Australia.
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| | | Mike Atkinson
Position: Non-Executive Director
Mike H. Atkinson (66) was appointed director in February 2006 and is currently the Group's Senior Independent Director. He also chairs the Nomination Committee. He has an MA in History from the University of Cambridge and is a qualified management accountant. He worked for the National Coal Board as a capital investment analyst before joining the UK Department of Energy (later the Department of Trade and Industry). He was a senior civil servant for nearly twenty years until his retirement in 2004, and held a range of financial, management and policy posts including Director of Coal and Chairman of British Coal.
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| | | Dr. John Whellock
Position: Non-Executive Director
Dr. John G. Whellock (63) was appointed director in March 2003 and currently chairs the Audit Committee. He has a BSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham and is a member of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum. He has over thirty years of experience in the development and implementation of extractive metallurgy, mineral and chemical plants. He is the founder of JW Technologies providing innovative technology and thermal processing equipment for the metals, minerals and chemical industries. Prior to this he worked for Minproc Technology Inc and was founder and Vice-President of Tolltreck International Ltd.
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| | | Anthony Yadgaroff
Position: Non-Executive Director
Anthony H. Yadgaroff (62) was appointed director in March 2003 and currently chairs the Group's Remuneration Committee. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, and has specialised in investment research, management, and consultancy during a forty year City career. Allenbridge Group, which he founded in 1984 to provide advisory services to private and institutional investors, was acquired by Close Brothers in February 2011. He is Chairman of AllenbridgeEpic Ltd, which advises major UK pension funds with assets exceeding £25 billion. He serves on the boards of several charities and non-profit organisations.
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| | | Peter T. J. Mason
Position: Company Secretary
Peter T. J. Mason (30) joined the Group as corporate counsel in October 2010 and was appointed Company Secretary in July 2011. He has a BA in history from the University of Warwick and is a qualified solicitor. He began his career in private practice with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, working in London and Tokyo with a focus on mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining the Group he worked for Star Energy, the UK subsidiary of PETRONAS.
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