Johann has over 40 years’ experience in the resources industry in Australia, South Africa and Indonesia. He is a Director of a number of private resource focused companies.
Chris has over 35 years’ experience in the exploration and mining industry in Australia and overseas. He was a founding member and Executive Director of coal mining company Excel Coal Limited, which became Australia’s largest independent coal mining company before being acquired by Peabody Energy Inc. in October 2006. Chris commenced his career in the UK coal industry, followed by positions within Shell’s exploration group in Southern Africa and CRAE in Western Australia. He has also held senior positions for BP Coal (London and USA), Agipcoal Australia and for the Stratford Joint Venture. Chris has core skills in geology, mining engineering and minerals processing, mainly in the coal industry with some experience in tungsten, gold, base metals and diamonds. He has had overall responsibility for the design and engineering of four new mines during his career with Excel. Chris is a Non-Executive Director of Ausquest Limited (ASX: AQD).
Greg has over 25 years’ experience in capital markets, practicing in the area of Corporate Finance. He has extensive experience in both Australia and the United Kingdom through his close links to the stockbroking and investment banking community. His career specialised in mining and natural resources with a background in the finance and management of listed companies.
Greg is Chairman of Ausquest Ltd (ASX: AQD); Cobra Resources plc (LON: COBR) and Non- Executive Director of BMG Resources Ltd (ASX: BMG) and Golden State Mining Ltd (ASX: GSM).
He continues his close association with the capital markets in Australia and the United Kingdom, through his private company Hancock Corporate Investments Pty Ltd.
Keith has over 22 years of mining and resources project delivery and company management experience in Australia and overseas in the areas of mechanical design, contract management, construction management, commissioning and operations management. He was previously Managing Director and co-founder of Kirrama Resources Limited, a commodities development company with chromite and manganese projects in Madagascar. Mr McKnight has extensive experience spanning a range of commodities and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Honours) from the University of Limerick.
A highly accomplished mining professional with more than 30 years’ experience in the Australian coal sector and more recently the metals sectors, Mr. Caruso has led companies through diverse phases of the business cycle, including rapid growth and transformation. Most notably, Mr. Caruso was CEO and Managing Director of ASX listed Metarock Group Limited (formerly Mastermyne Pty Ltd). During his 18-year tenure, 13 as a public company, he oversaw the company’s ASX listing in 2010 and nationwide expansion.
Mr. Caruso holds a post graduate degree in Business Management and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and has held multiple chair and director roles on boards of industry associations and economic development corporations.
