Africa

President International Tax and Investment Center Daniel A. Witt has been working to promote free markets and helping to lower the barriers to tax, trade, and investment in transition economies for over 30 years. Having worked with 85 countries, he has co-developed a unique neutral table to bring together the public sector, private sector, and… read more »

Policy Lead, Extractive Industries Tax and Transparency Oxfam America Mr. Daniel Mulé is Oxfam’s Policy Lead for Extractive Industries Tax and Transparency, based in Washington, DC. Trained as a lawyer in the US and UK, his work focuses on fiscal reforms, corporate tax practices, transparency, anticorruption, and energy transition issues in the oil, gas, and… read more »

Business Analyst Chamber of Mines Burkina Cyrille Zongo is a Junior Business Analyst working with the Chamber of Mines of Burkina. Fulbright Scholar, Cyrille holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Rocherster Institute of Technology in, Rochester, New York and a Bachelor in Economics and Management  from the University of Ouagadougou. After working as… read more »

Executive Chairman and CEO Gerald Group Craig Dean is Chairman and CEO of Gerald Group. Craig has over 25 years of experience in the global commodities trading and shipping sectors, and previously was Partner in Audit at Deloitte & Touche. Gerald Group has established itself over six decades as the largest, independent and employee-owned global… read more »

Managing Director – Commodities Research BMO Capital Markets Colin Hamilton is a Managing Director and Commodities Analyst for BMO Capital Markets.  Based in London, he leads BMO’s market intelligence and price forecasting efforts across base metals, bulk commodities, precious metals and battery raw materials.  With a background as a metallurgist, strong focus on China and… read more »

CEO B2Gold Corporation Clive Johnson has served as a Director and the President of B2Gold since December 2006 and Chief Executive Officer since March 2007. Mr. Johnson oversees our long-term strategy and development as well as the day-to-day activities of B2Gold. Previously, Mr. Johnson was involved with Bema Gold and its predecessor companies since 1977…. read more »

CEO & Founder CGC Consulting & ADAPT Digital Solutions Clive is a global executive with over 20 years’ experience in international procurement and supply chain, strategy & sustainability. Clive has worked in mining, industrial and automotive industries and has gain extensive experience in strategy formulation and implementation, Procurement/ supply chain, supplier diversity, sustainable development and… read more »

Director Tavistock Group Charles Vivian started his communications career at Citigate Dewe Rogerson in 1997 before co-founding Pelham Public Relations in 2004. During that time he created a successful mining practice at the agency as well as growing the business into one of the fastest growing financial and corporate communications businesses in the UK; until… read more »

Director Tavistock Group Charles Vivian started his communications career at Citigate Dewe Rogerson in 1997 before co-founding Pelham Public Relations in 2004. During that time he created a successful mining practice at the agency as well as growing the business into one of the fastest growing financial and corporate communications businesses in the UK; until… read more »

Advisor to the Director ALSF Charles is the advisor to the Director/CEO of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) based in Abidjan. Charles is a lawyer with extensive experience in the natural resources and extractives sector. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ghana in 2002 and was called to the… read more »

Chief Commercial Officer Zanaco Chali is a financial services experts and strategist with background in corporate sales and leadership in a career covering agriculture, insurance and finance. Chali previously held sales and underwriting roles in the banking and insurance sectors. He has managed portfolios for Commercial, Emergent and Smallholder Farmers, SMEs, Corporate Clients and Consumer… read more »

Leadership & Career Coach Briony Liber is a Committee member and Mentoring Lead for Women in Mining South Africa. In her private capacity she is an executive coach working with STEM professionals in the mining industry. She has a +22 year background in the mining industry and prior to moving into the field of coaching… read more »

Chairman & CEO TechMet Limited Brian Menell is a British/South African industrialist and investor with natural resource and energy interests across both emerging and developed markets.  He is the Chairman and CEO of TechMet Limited, a private investment company with a portfolio of mining, processing and recycling assets that produce the metals critical to the… read more »

Founder Critical Resource Daniel Litvin is Senior Advisor to the Executive Committee of ERM, the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consulting firm. He is also the Founder of Critical Resource, which he grew to be a leading advisor to energy and mining firms and their investors on ‘ESG’, license-to-operate, and geo-political risks. Critical Resource was acquired… read more »

Head of Digital Innovation Enablement Sasol Sasol is a global chemicals and energy company, operating in over 22 countries. Bramley Maetsa is a senior manager of Digital Innovation Enablement at Sasol. Bramley has 17 years of experience working in IT, ranging from consulting, product development and service management in different geographies. He was part of… read more »