South Africa

Mark has 12 years experience working with entities in Australia, including 8 years with Dominion Mining.  In 1994 Mark joined NM Rothschild & Sons Limited in the London mining project finance team assessing mines and projects globally.  In 1997 Mark moved to the investment banking team at UBS to focus on global mergers and acquisitions, equity… read more »

Alexander is a partner of Zachary Capital Management, providing advisory services to a number of private investment companies including Silja Investment Ltd, focusing on the principal investment activities for these companies. From 2001 to 2007 Alexander worked in the corporate finance division at JPMorgan in the U.S, advising on corporate mergers and acquisitions as well… read more »

Errol is a geologist, registered with the South African Council of Natural Scientific Professionals, a Recognised Overseas Professional Organisation for JORC purposes. Errol has more than 24 years of industry experience across all aspects of exploration, mine development and operation, with a key focus on gold and base metals. Errol has a wealth of public… read more »

Denis Waddell is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in the management of exploration and mining companies. Denis Waddell founded Tanami Gold NL in 1994 and was involved with the Company as Managing Director and then Chairman and Non-Executive Director until 2012. Prior to founding Tanami Gold NL, Denis was the Finance Director of the… read more »

Kgotso B Schoeman, CEO of Kagiso Capital, established by the Kagiso Trust where he has been involved for 15 years. Spearheading the trust’s transition from being dependent on international grants from donors to a trust that is now self-financed through its investment company. Amongst others, Kgotso was responsible for managing the trust’s budget. Kgotso B… read more »

Bridgitte Matthews: Self-employed consultant, She provides financial and tax consulting services to clients in various industries and also acts as a facilitator, providing training in the risk, governance and banking sectors. Fluent in English, Afrikaans, Zulu, Tswana and French. Bridgitte Matthews is an independent non-executive director of various companies in the agricultural, logistics, hospitality and arts… read more »

Lesego is presently Managing Director of AWCA Investment Holdings Limited. Prior to this she was financial director of Golding Mia Kutlwano, a stockbroking firm. She also serves as a non-executive director on the board of Sasfin Holdings and is a board member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA).

Alec has 35 years’ experience in banking and has held a senior executive position in the Barclays Group. Formerly he was also CEO and executive director of CorpCapital Bank after starting Fulcrum Bank.

Sipho is executive chairman of Izingwe Capital (Pty) Ltd as well as chairman of AngloGold Ashanti and Munich Reinsurance of Africa. He has previously served on the boards of AFROX, SPESCOM, Bytes Technology Group, Scaw Metals and Old Mutual Leadership Group. Sipho also previously worked as the executive director of Nedcor Investment Bank. He was… read more »

A chartered accountant, Geoffrey was previously FD of Cargo Africa Group (a subsidiary of Imperial Holdings).

A chartered accountant, Cameron V McCulloch was the group financial manager at Pinnacle Technology Holdings before becoming a senior manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. He joined the group in 2002. Cameron V McCulloch previously held the position of FD, before being appointed COO in 2008.

Neville founded VDS in 1988. He is currently the managing director of VDS. Neville also focuses on stakeholder engagement, acquisitions and general strategy.

Ian is the cofounder of PostNet Southern Africa (Pty) Ltd and was previously brand manager at Beecham and marketing manager at Hoechst. He is a former Mayor of Midrand and past Chairperson of the Franchise Association of Southern Africa.

Wale Tinubu is the Group Chief Executive of Oando PLC, Africa’s leading indigenous energy solutions provider listed on the Nigerian and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges. He serves on the board of various blue-chip companies as Chairman and Director. In 2007, he was named a Global Young Leader by the World Economic Forum, Geneva, in recognition of his… read more »

Noluvuyo is a seasoned investment banking and corporate finance professional, having spent time at Goldman Sachs International and Anglo American (both based in the United Kingdom) where she was responsible for M&A execution, investment evaluation and strategic long term financial planning. During her time at Goldman Sachs and Anglo American, she executed cross-border transactions in… read more »