1. Dawn Mokhobo BA (Social Science)
Dawn is the Deputy Executive Chairperson of Partnership Investments. She is also Chairman
of African International Advisors and Kwanda Capital Investments. Dawn is a director and shareholder of Gidani (Pty) Ltd and she serves as a director of Engen Limited, Altron Limited, Sabvest Limited and Massmart Holdings Limited. Dawn has vast private and public sector experience, and has worked with significant organisations both locally (such as the Independent Electoral Commission) and internationally (such as the UN Special Committee
on Women and Economic Development).
2. Michael Solomon BSc Eng (Mining),
Mine Managers’ Certificate of Competency, Metalliferous, MDP Mining
After graduating, Michael worked for Anglovaal Mining Limited. He subsequently joined Steffen Robertson & Kirsten as a Senior Mining Engineer and then moved to the EL Bateman Group where he served as a Senior Mining Engineer and later as Principal Mining Engineer with Batepro/Van Eck & Lurie. He has served as Principal Mining Engineer and Mining Director of The Minerals Corporation and in this capacity he served as an adviser to Royal Bafokeng Resources. He was also contracted to Anglo Platinum as Programme Director responsible for mineral and mining rights conversion. Michael is a Fellow of both the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Institute of Quarrying. Michael currently sits on the Global Agenda Group for Mining and Metallurgy of the World Economic Forum.
3. Mike Eksteen
Registered Certificated Engineer, National Higher Diploma in Mining, Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency
Mike is a retired mining engineer with 38 years of operating experience in a range of commodities, including platinum group metals, gold, diamonds and base metals. He spent 34 years in various management positions in the Gold Fields Group. He was responsible for all aspects of reserve development, mine planning, shaft sinking, budgeting and cost control. He was also Senior Vice-president and Chief Operating Officer of Southern Era Resources, a Canadian exploration and mining company in platinum and diamonds.
4. Peter Gaylard (Professor) PrEng. BSc Eng (Chemical)
Peter has 34 years experience in extractive metallurgy, mostly in the platinum industry. He has been Senior Consulting Metallurgist for Impala Platinum, and also held other senior managerial and consultancy positions covering the full spectrum of the platinum extraction and refining process. He is an Honorary Research Associate and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town and previously previously worked as a Research Director of AMIRA International.
5. Mlibo Mgudlwa B Juris, LLB, Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Law
Mlibo’s experience includes corporate governance, contracting, litigation and general business management. He has practised as a Senior State Advocate for the High Court of Johannesburg and was admitted as an attorney in 2002. He holds an LLB degree from the University of Durban Westville and a Post-graduate Diploma in Corporate Law from Rand Afrikaans University (now University of Johannesburg). After 12 years in the legal field, Mlibo ventured into business, holding the position of CEO of Africa Wide Investment Holdings and is a Director of Sarong Investment Holdings, a company with interests in agriculture.
6. Goleele Mosinyi FCCA
Goleele is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants having qualified with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has experience in project finance, having worked with Fieldstone, the principal project finance advisory house, both in New York and Johannesburg. He then joined the mergers and acquisitions team at JP Morgan in Johannesburg working in the mining, financial services and petro-chemical sectors. In 2001, Goleele joined JP Morgan’s debt capital markets team in London working on loan syndications, ratings advisory and bond syndications. In 2003, he founded Kago Capital, which is a financial advisory firm. Goleele is a director of Fieldstone, Africa Development Capital, Africa Finance Investments, Africana Finance and Allan Gray Botswana.
7. Robert Rainey BCom, CTA, CMA, CA(SA)
Robert is the CFO of a Canadian public company with energy related assets in a number of African countries. His experience in the mining and energy sectors spans over 20 years and covers a range of commodities including platinum, gold, chrome, diamonds, copper/ cobalt, vanadium and tin mining. During his career, Robert has held the positions of CFO and CEO for several junior mining houses listed in Johannesburg, Canada, London and Australia, including Southern Era Resources Ltd and listed companies within the JCI Group.
8. Julian Williams MCom, CA(SA)
Julian is the founder of Wesizwe. He is a partner of Basileus Capital, which is a private equity/development capital company, focused on finding, funding and developing business opportunities across various sectors. He also founded the Abante Group, which provides hedge fund management, private equity, corporate finance advisory, securities finance and treasury outsourcing services. Prior to forming the Abante Group, Julian ran a specialist securities lending business.
9. Arthur Mashiatshidi MBA, BSc (Accounting and Finance)
Arthur Mashiatshidi is the former founder and Chief Executive of Decorum Capital Partners, a company that developed and successfully managed the New Africa Mining Fund. He holds an MBA from the University of Cape Town and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, (majoring in Accounting and Finance) from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Arthur holds a number of other business qualifications and has pursued the CFA® (Chartered Financial Analyst) programme with the Association for Investment Management and Research up to level 2. Arthur has an extensive mining background and was Vice-president at Gold Fields Limited from where he developed the New Africa Mining Fund. He is a nonexecutive director at Total South Africa, Howden Africa Limited, and is the non-executive Chairman of Kaya FM (Pty) Ltd. |
