Africa

Chief Financial Officer Kumba Iron Ore Bothwell Mazarura is the Chief Financial Officer at Kumba Iron Ore, a position he held since September 2017. Prior to that he served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director at Wescoal Holdings Limited, since July 2016. He previously held various senior financial roles at Lonmin Plc since 2010… read more »

Director DMRE Bongiwe Mabusela is working for department of Mineral Resources and Energy in the Republic of South Africa as a Director: Empowerment Transactions Assessment.  She has more than 10 years’ experience as a Senior Manager in government.  Her journey includes taking initiatives to ensure inclusivity and diversity in the mining sector.  These initiatives have… read more »

Managing Director Thor Projects Ben Burnand has over 20 years’ experience in building teams to execute change, having worked on four continents and across a broad range of industries and topics. He spent 14 years with An-glo American, first managing various capital mining projects and then developing frameworks to evaluate and develop capital in-vestments. Before… read more »

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chair Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) & Global Battery Alliance (GBA) CEO Eurasian Resources GroupCo-Chair Global Battery Alliance Mr Benedikt Sobotka is the CEO of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), an international company headquartered in Luxembourg. ERG is a leading diversified natural resources group with integrated mining, processing, energy, logistics and marketing. The… read more »

Consultant Gender, Labour & Safeguarding Specialist Bashiratu is a feminist organizer, journalist, unionist, gender, labor and safeguarding specialist. She consults for the IndustriALL Sub-Saharan African Office on issues of Gender, Gender-based Violence and Harassment and issue related to discrimination, building  and working with workers in the sectors to ensure that Collective Agreements, policies and legislations… read more »

Secretary General Guinea Ministry of Mines and Geology With over 18 years of experience in the petroleum, gas, and mining extractive industries, and having managed multi-functional and culturally diverse teams in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania, Mr Camara’s expertise in strategy development, financial modelling and implementation is utilised to evaluate a wide range… read more »

Senior Specialist: Legal AngloGold Ashanti Aviona is a young mining lawyer from South Africa, with experience in practice and in-house for listed mining houses. Named by Mining Review Africa as one of the most influential women in mining, she is passionate about influencing young people to take up space in the mining industry as well… read more »

CEO Hindustan Zinc Vedanta Resources Mr. Arun Misra – CEO Zinc Business, has been leading Hindustan Zinc, the world’s second largest integrated producer of Zinc & Lead and 6th largest Silver producer since August 1, 2020. Following this in June 2022, Mr Misra has taken on additional responsibility of managing the operations & growth of… read more »

Head of Sustainability Andrada Mining Arno Barnard is a mining executive who has benefitted from over 10 years’ experience across Africa, in both junior and senior, gold, tin and copper mining companies, including Endeavour Mining, consulting for Randgold Resources ,Impala Terminals (Trafigura) and Metorex Mining. He has experience in departments covering the full mining value… read more »

Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory IFC Arjun Bhalla is the Global Climate Advisory Lead for IFC’s Infrastructure and Natural Resources Department focusing on designing decarbonization pathways and climate resilience strategies in the energy, transport and mining sectors. He is also the private sector lead for the World Bank Group Climate Smart Mining Initiative focusing on developing net… read more »

Fund Manager, Credit Resource Capital Antony is a Fund Manger of the Credit Funds at Resource Capitals Funds. Resource Capital Funds is a global mining focused alternative asset manger with 25 years of experience in the sector, investing $4.9Bn across over 200 portfolio investments. Resource Capital Funds has a multi-fund strategy and in-house platform of… read more »

United Kingdom High Commissioner South Africa Antony joined the Civil Service in 1993 and began his career in the Department of Trade and Industry where his posts included Private Secretary and then Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State (1996-2000). After four years in the Embassy in Washington as First Secretary Trade Policy and… read more »

CEO and Founder ClearHub Contributor to:– Women in Mining, COP24, TEDx, Responsible raw materials & Minerals Diplomacy – Fellow, Blockchain Climate Institute – Advisor, Sustainable Finance Working Group, – UK Chair, Sustainable Mining, G100 Group – Mentor, Smart Water Innovation Network – Innovation Judge, International Water Association Contributor to Ofwat, Open Data System – Author,… read more »

Group Director – Corporate Relations and Sustainable Impact Anglo American Anik is Group Director – Corporate Relations and Sustainable Impact, having joined the GMC in 2015. She is a non-executive director of Anglo American Platinum and chairs the Anglo American Foundation. Anik’s remit includes corporate communication (including brand and employee engagement), international and government relations,… read more »

Head of the Extractives Industries Taxation Department Mozambique Revenue Authority Anibal Mbalango is currently General Coordinator of the Extractive Industry Taxation Unit at the Mozambique Revenue Authority. Prior to this position, Mr. Mbalango served as Deputy Director General for Tax Policies, Revenue and Natural Resources Control at the MRA. Mr. Mbalango is currently a Doctoral… read more »