Africa

Allan Walmsley was appointed to the position of Managing Director in August, 2012. He has over 26 years’ experience in various industries in both finance and general management. Some of the companies he has worked for include Hunyani Paper and Packaging Company (Zimbabwe), Sun International (South Africa), Gallagher Estate Conference & Marketing (South Africa), Lonrho… read more »

Sachit Shah joined the board in July 2015. Sachit Shah holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Banking and Finance from City University London. He is the Executive Director of GA Insurance Limited. He has had the opportunity to work with AMP Asset Management in London and HSBC Bank PLC, London. He is from Africa.

Tom Borghols joined NMB in 2013 as a Chief Risk Officer. He is responsible for Credits, Special Assets, Operational, Market, IT and Fraud Risk and Compliance. Tom Borghols also heads the recently established Loan Centre where the centralised processing of loans takes place. Tom has over 30 years banking experience having worked with ABN AMRO… read more »

Stephen Galbraith is a Non-Executive Director of Acacia. Mr Galbraith has been employed by Barrick since August 2000 in treasury and finance functions, and is currently Managing Director of Barrick International (Barbados) Corporation. Mr Galbraith  previously held the role of Audit Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Stephen Galbraith holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accountancy from… read more »

Steve Lucas is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Acacia. Mr Lucas is a Chartered Accountant with long and wide-ranging financial experience as an executive and non-executive director in the energy and extractive industries. Steve Lucas was finance director at National Grid plc from 2002 to 2010 and previously worked for 11 years at Shell and… read more »

Andre Falzon is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Acacia. Andre Falzon is a senior financial executive with over 25 years of financial and management experience within the mining industry, including a period as Vice President and Controller at Barrick between 1994 and 2006. He is a Director of Detour Gold Corporation and was previously a… read more »

Michael Kenyon is the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Acacia. Mr Kenyon has more than 40 years of experience in the mining and mineral exploration industry and is a geologist by training. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Detour Gold Corporation. He has previously been Chairman of the Board of Directors of… read more »

Rachel English is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Acacia. Ms English is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Ms English has held senior positions in BG Group and Royal Dutch Shell, with responsibilities spanning finance, corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and business development.  She began her career at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and subsequently worked for… read more »

Hannes Henckel has been with Acacia and its predecessor companies since 2002 and prior to becoming Head of Discovery was involved in Africa wide target generation, project evaluation and exploration as Chief Geologist Discovery. Hannes Henckel has extensive experience in the field of exploration, covering various commodities. After a short stint at the University of… read more »

Charlie Ritchie joined Acacia as Head of Legal & Compliance in January 2017. Charlie comes to Acacia after more than 20 years in corporate and private legal practice across Australia, the UK and the USA. His legal career includes 13 years at the Rio Tinto Group, including considerable experience in the African mining sector. Until… read more »

Jaco Maritz has been with Acacia and its predecessor companies since 2001 in a range of increasingly senior finance roles covering all aspects of the finance function. He was initially employed by Placer Dome, which was acquired by Barrick in 2006, and was part of Acacia at its inception. In 2013, Jaco spent six months… read more »

Peter Geleta joined Acacia in May 2012 and has extensive experience on the African continent, having worked across a number of African countries in various operational and corporate roles. Prior to joining Acacia he held a number of roles at Barrick, including Organisational Effectiveness Director for Barrick Africa, Human Resources Director for the Australia Pacific… read more »

Knut Ulvmoen joined Dangote Industries Limited in 1996 as Finance Director. He previously had extensive finance experience in companies including Revisor-Centret, Norcem, Africa Bulkcem and Scancem. As Group Managing Director of Dangote Group, from 2002 to 2007, he was instrumental in Dangote Cement’s transition from importing cement to becoming Nigeria’s leading manufacturer. As part of… read more »

Juan-Carlos Rincon joined Dangote Cement in 2012 and has 24 years’ experience in the cement industry, having worked in multinational cement groups such as Diamante, Cemex, Asamer, and the Austrian engineering consultancy firm Austroplan. Juan-Carlos Rincon brings to the Group a high degree of managerial knowledge and international experience gained from working in the global… read more »

Peter Hyde joined the board as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee on 24 March, 2017. Peter Hyde brings extensive financial and UK corporate expertise to the Board, having spent more than 30 years in the financial services industry including extensively covering the transport and aviation sectors as a research analyst. Mr… read more »