Board
Charlie Lenegan
Chairman, Non-Executive
Qualifications: Bsc Economics (Hons)
Appointed Chairman on 29 November 2010, Mr Lenegan is a former Managing Director of Rio Tinto Australia. He has had a distinguished 27 year career with Rio Tinto where he held various senior management positions across a range of commodities and geographies.
His responsibilities at Rio Tinto included senior roles in various feasibility studies and in the planning and development of the Kaltim Prima Coal mine in Indonesia and the Argyle Diamond mine in Australia. His experience also extends to senior operating roles at the Tarong Coal mine in Queensland and the Kelian Gold mine in Indonesia.
He is a former Chairman of the Minerals Council of Australia, a former President of the Australian Mines and Metals Association and a former Board member of the Business Council of Australia. He is currently a director of OZ Minerals Ltd.
Special Responsibilities: Chairman Renumeration and Nomination Committee, Chairman Sustainability Committee.
During the past three years Mr. Lenegan has held the following ASX listed Company directorships:
| Company | Date Appointed | Date Resigned |
|---|---|---|
| ERA Limited | Appointed July 2005 | Resigned February 2008 |
| Coal and Allied Limited | Appointed December 2006 | Resigned February 2008 |
| OZ Minerals Limited | Appointed February 2010 | Continuing |
Kevin John Wilson
Managing Director, Executive
Qualifications: BSc (Hons), ARSM, MBA
Appointed a Director on 9 August 2007, Mr Wilson has over 25 years experience in the minerals and finance industries. He was previously the Managing Director of Leviathan Resources Limited, a Victorian gold mining company, from its IPO in 2005 through to its sale in 2006. His experience includes eight years as a geologist with the Anglo American Group in Africa and North America; and 14 years as a stockbroking analyst and investment banker with CS First Boston and Merrill Lynch in Australia and New York.
During the past three years Mr. Wilson has held the following ASX listed Company directorships:
| Company | Date Appointed | Date Resigned |
|---|---|---|
| Leviathan Resources Limited | 21 December 2004 | 20 December 2006 |
Maree Arnason
Strategy Director, Executive
Qualifications: BA
Appointed a Director on 7 April 2011, Ms Arnason has over 25 years’ experience working across the resource, energy and manufacturing sectors in Australia and New Zealand and has worked with Rey Resources in an advisory capacity over the last three years. Ms Arnason has held senior leadership roles in remote and corporate environments with BHP Iron Ore, BHP Billiton, Carter Holt Harvey, SCA, Wesfarmers Energy, CITIC Pacific Mining and has recently operated a strategy consultancy business advising several resource projects in Western Australia.
Ms Arnason is member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, a National Director of the Australia China Business Council and a member of the Western Australian Branch Executive. Maree is also an Executive Director of a private company, Energy Access Services, which launched an energy trading platform for the Western Australian wholesale gas market in late 2010.
Lexton (Lex) Mark Graefe
Non-Executive, Independent
Qualifications: BEc, CPA
Appointed a Director on 1 October 2011, Mr Graefe has extensive management and commercial experience, working in the mining industry for the last 30 years in Australia, Africa and Asia. His experience includes leadership roles in project studies, engagements with governments and stakeholders, and various CFO roles. Mr Graefe has previously held the role of CFO/Company Secretary for Sphere Resources and has also held senior leadership roles with Shield Mining, Resolute Mining (Tanzania), Rio Tinto Indonesia and Rio Tinto India. Mr Graefe also held a number of management, commercial and financial roles with Hamersley Iron.
Special Responsibilities: Audit Committee and Risk Committee.
Brett David Clark
Non-Executive, Independent
Qualifications: B Econ
Appointed a Director on 1 October 2011, Mr Clark has over 20 years’ experience in the resources sector in business development, acquisitions, operations management, asset management, project management, business improvement, and financial roles. Mr Clark currently advises Murchison Metals on their major JV projects and has previous director or executive experience with Wembley Resources, Tethyan Copper, Ernst and Young, Snowden Group, Rio Tinto/Hamersley Iron and Western Mining.
Special Responsibilities: Sustainability Committee.
Ronnie Beevor
Non-Executive, Independent
Qualifications: BA (Hons)
Appointed a Director on 2 August 2010, Mr Beevor is an investment banker and is a Senior Advisor to Gryphon Partners, having previously been Head of Investment Banking at NM Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited between 1997 and 2002. He has had extensive involvement in the natural resources industry, both in Australia and internationally. He was formerly a non-executive director of ASX-listed Oxiana Limited which successfully developed the Sepon gold-copper project in Laos as well as the Prominent Hill copper-gold deposit in South Australia. Mr Beevor is Chairman of AIM-listed EMED Mining Public Limited and a non-executive director of Bannerman Resources Limited, Bendigo Mining Limited, QMAG Limited and Talison Lithium Limited.
Mr Beevor has an Honours Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and qualified as a chartered accountant in London in 1972.
During the past three years Mr Beevor has held the following ASX listed Company directorships:
| Company | Date Appointed | Date Resigned |
|---|---|---|
| Bannerman Resources Limited | 27 July 2009 | Continuing |
| Bendigo Mining Limited | 1 November 2002 | Continuing |
| Oxiana Limited / OZ Minerals Limited | 19 April 2002 | 11 June 2009 |
