Management & Board
Directors
Philippe Henri Edmonds, Chairman
Age 57, (MA Cantab)
Mr Edmonds is a director of a number of public and private companies and has considerable experience in introducing natural resources start-up companies to AIM, including African Platinum Plc (formerly Southern African Resources Plc), Central African Mining & Exploration Company Plc, Central African Gold Plc and White Nile Limited. Mr Edmonds is currently Chairman of Central African Mining & Exploration Company Plc and White Nile Limited. He holds an honours degree in land economy from Cambridge University. He was born in Lusaka, Zambia, educated in Zambia and England and played cricket for England and Middlesex from 1974 to 1987.
Andrew Stuart Groves, Managing Director
Age 40
Mr Groves has significant experience in operations management in Southern and Central Africa and is director of a number of private companies, including companies in Zambia and Zimbabwe. In particular he has experience in introducing natural resources start-up companies to AIM, these include African Platinum Plc (formerly Southern African Resources Plc), Central African Mining & Exploration Company Plc, Central African Gold Plc and White Nile Limited. Mr Groves's current directorships include Central African Mining & Exploration Company Plc, Central African Tantalum Limited and White Nile Limited. He was born in Harare, Zimbabwe and educated in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Christopher Chapple, Chief Development Officer
Aged 42
Mr. Chapple, an Oxford University Law graduate, has significant experience in structuring and executing M&A and financing transactions across a range of industries, including resource companies, in the UK and internationally. He has a strong track record in the development and successful execution of transformation strategies for public and private companies, including most recently as CEO of Williams F1 Team, and Chief Development Officer for SUAL International, one of Russia's largest corporations. He began his corporate career at Goldman Sachs where, as a Vice President, he was responsible for leading teams in charge of delivering advice and transactional execution for large UK and international M&A deals. From 2001-3 he was Executive Vice President of Marconi Plc, having been recruited to lead the company's asset disposal programme and support credit and negotiations. He successfully completed 16 disposals, raising over £2 billion, and assisted with the implementation of the corporate restructuring programme.
Andrew Burns, Chief Financial Officer
Age 45
Mr. Burns has over 20 years' financial experience working across various sectors in the corporate arena. He trained as a Chartered Accountant for Price Waterhouse Cooper, after which he had various directorships with both private and public companies. Most recently he was Chief Financial Officer of AIM listed company, Livermore Investments Group Limited, prior to which he was Finance Director of the FTSE 250 company, Luminar plc. He was also Senior Executive Business Development of the media group, Rank Group plc, and a Non-executive Director for the AIM listed investment group, Inflexion plc.
Bernard Swanepoel, Non Executive Director
Age 47
Bernard Swanepoel brings a wealth of mining expertise to the Board of CAMEC after his many years' broad experience in the mining industry. He was previously Chief Executive officer of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited for 12 years, where he oversaw the growth of Harmony into one of the largest gold producers in the world.
Management
Gordon Thompson, VP Mine Development
Age 45
Gordon Thompson was previously Vice President and Head of Operations at South Deep, the deepest level gold mine in South Africa. His primary responsibility will be to bring CAMEC's planned platinum mine into operation in Zimbabwe within 18 months, ultimately producing 150,000 ounces per annum.
Laurent Décalion, MD Boss Mining
Age 33
Laurent Décalion was born in Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). He was educated in Belgium, and graduated as a technician in electro mechanics at Haute Ecole Blaise Pascal in Arlon. In 2004 he joined Boss Mining, Congo Cobalt Corporation, Savannah Mining and Mukondo Mining in Luita (Katanga Province) and is now Chairman and General Manager of those companies, which are part of the CAMEC Group. Laurent has been instrumental in the conception, realisation and construction for various innovative mining processes and structures including the establishment of the world's first industrial unit that performs lixiviation on heaps of cobalt ore, with a capacity of 60,000 tonnes. He was also the first one to introduce lixiviation on heaps of copper ore in Congo DRC, by building an industrial unit of lixiviation of copper heaps in Luita.
Charlie Foster, VP Exploration
Age 61
Charlie was previously Senior Vice President of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, and prior to that he was Exploration Manager for Yunnan Mining Ltd and DiamondWorks in China. He has also held geological and consulting positions with various companies including Echo Bay exploration and Texas Gulf Corporation. He is now responsible for all CAMEC's exploration projects in the DRC, South Africa, Mozambique, Mali and Zimbabwe.
Christopher John Parry, Regional Manager West Africa
Age 45
Chris is a qualified mining engineer, with a Mining Engineering degree from the University of Leeds. He has a strong background in mining production, project planning and evaluation. Chris has experience in executing exploration and mining projects in remote under-developed areas in Africa, South America and the Arctic. He joined CAMEC Plc in March 2005 to assist in project generation and development, and for the most part has been based in Bamako, Mali, driving the company's West African programme.
Izak Cornelis Holtzhausen, Country Manager Mozambique
Aged 40
Mr Holtzhausen has considerable business experience in a number of disciplines including supermarkets, commercial trading, manufacturing, entertainment and mining with companies including Sasmic Imobiliria Lda, a property holding company, and Abrincadeira Lda. He was born in South Africa and has a thorough knowledge of business dealings in Mozambique, where he resides.
Euan Kay, Managing Director, D.E.C.A. Lda (Chimoio, Mozambique)
Age 49
Euan grew up and was educated in Zimbabwe, after which he served for three years in the security forces. He then worked as a safari camp manager, professional safari guide and commercial and instrument rated bush pilot in Botswana's Okavango delta from 1983 to 2004. Euan has also worked in a managerial capacity for Linyanti Explorations Safaris, Drystone (Pty) Ltd and Eastern Air (Pvt) Ltd and was Chief Pilot for Northern Air, before joining D.E.C.A in November 2004.
Allan Emile Saad, Consulting Geologist
Age 52
Allan Saad is an independent consulting geologist who graduated with an Honours degree in geology from Johannesburg University, and a Masters degree from the Potchefstroom University in South Africa. He spent 18 years with Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Limited, rising to Business Development Manager for Africa. Since leaving Rio Tinto in 1999, Allan has focused mainly in the fields of mining, acquisitions, and project generation. He was also active in formulating new mining legislation in South Africa.
