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Executive Chairman
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William M O’Keeffe
B.App.Sc (Metallurgy)Mr O’Keeffe was appointed Chairman of Riversdale on the 14 of September 2004. Mr O’Keeffe commenced work with Mt Isa Mines in 1975. He held a series of senior operating positions, rising to Executive Management level in commercial activities. In 1995 he became Managing Director of Glencore Australia (Pty) Limited and held the position until July 2004. He has previously held directorships in Anaconda Nickel Limited, Mt Lyell Mining Co Limited and BMA Gold Limited.
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Managing Director
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Steve Mallyon
B Bus, MBA, CPA Mr Mallyon was appointed Managing Director on 1 August 2008 and assumed responsibility for the operating activities and financial performance of Riversdale and its operations and projects in Australia and Africa. Mr Mallyon has over 20 years’ experience in the natural resources and construction material sectors, with extensive operational, project development and corporate finance experience. He was previously Managing Director of RBC Capital Markets, and has held senior executive roles with Billiton Plc, RGC Limited and MIM Holdings Limited, including exposure to mining operations in Australia, Africa, South America and a number of emerging markets in Asia. Mr Mallyon does not hold any other directorships.
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Non Executive Director
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Tony Redman
Bsc (Mining), Msc [Mineral Production Management] London. Mr Redman was appointed a non executive director on 27th May 2009. Tony Redman joined the Anglo American Group in 1970 and worked in the Base Metals Division and the Gold Division before joining the Coal Division in 1979.He held the position of CEO and Chairman of Anglo Coal in 2005 when he was appointed Group Technical Director of Anglo American plc. Tony retired from Anglo American at the end of 2008. During the recent past he held Non Executive Director positions with Anglo Platinum and Aricom plc .He has since resigned from both of these companies.
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Deputy Chairman and Non Executive Director
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Mr Andrew Love
BCOM, FCA, MAICD was until recently a Senior Partner of Ferrier Hodgson Chartered Accountants. He is currently the Chairman of Roc Oil Company Limited and Lend Lease Primelife Limited, is a Non-Executive Director of Eircom Holdings Limited and a Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney. Mr Love has extensive experience in the energy and resource sectors both in Australia and internationally.
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Mr Gary Lawler
BA, LLB, LLM (Hons), AISA Mr Lawler was appointed as a non-executive director on 28 January 2009. He is a leading Australian mergers and acquisitions lawyer who has been involved in some of Australia's most notable merger and acquisition transactions. Mr Lawler has over 30 years experience as a practising corporate lawyer and is currently a senior partner of the legal firm Gilbert + Tobin who he joined in 1995. Prior to that time he held partnerships with Clayton Utz (1981-1989) and Freehills (1989-1995). Mr Lawler was also previously a director of Dominion Mining Limited.
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| Non Executive Independant Director |
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Mr NK Misra
CA Mr Misra was appointed a non exectuve director on 25 may 2010. He is the Vice President and Group Head (Mergers & Acquisitions) for Tata Stell Group and is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Mr Misra has extensive experience in the mining and steel industries and having joing Tata Steel in 1981 he has helf various positions in the Tata Group and related subsidiaries. He presently holds the position of Director in Tata BlueScope Steel Limited, India, Tata Steel Processing and Distribution limited, India, Tata NYK Shipping Pte Ltd, Singapore, Riversdale Energy Mauritius Limited, Mauritius and new Millennium Capital Corporation, Canada.
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SENIOR MANAGEMENT
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| Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary |
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Mr Niall Lenahan
BCOMM, MBA, CA (Aust), FCA (IRE) Mr Lenahan has over 25 years experience in the resources sector as a finance executive. He was previously CFO of Kingsgate Consolidated Limited and prior to that CFO of AurionGold Limited and Goldfields Limited. He has broad commercial and financial experience in industries involved in mineral resources, construction/engineering and shipping/ transport. Mr Lenahan has previously acted as a director of Goldfields Kalgoolie Limited.
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| Project Development Manager: South Africa |
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Mr Jim Coleman
BE Mining (Hons), 1st Class Mgt Cert. Mr. Coleman joined the company in January 2008. He has previously held senior positions in the Australian coal mining industry in Central Queensland (Saraji and Blackwater), New South Wales and Western Australia. Mr. Coleman founded and directed a major Australian mining consultancy firm and has extensive experience in exploration, feasibility studies, mine operation, mine development and training.
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| Chief Mining Engineer: Mozambique |
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| Mr David Lawerence
BE Mining, Grd Dip Applied Finance, M AusImm. Mr Lawrence has been with Riversdale since October 2009 and has over 27 years in the resource sector. His diverse experience covers a range of commodities and business positions with extensive operational, project development and corporate development achievements. Mr Lawrence has worked in underground hard rock mines at Mount Isa and in Western Australia prior to holding senior positions with BHP Billiton corporate in roles including global multi site benchmarking, operational excellence and business integration during BHP's merger with Billiton and the acquisition of WMC. Mr Lawrence was the General Manager of a successful open-cut mine in Central Queensland prior to taking senior project management roles with BHP Billiton's Cannington Mine and Metallurgical Coal group where he worked with Project Development and Business Development groups to deliver growth projects.
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| Chief Finance Officer Africa |
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Mr Steve Thomas
Steve Thomas joined Riversdale in January 2005 from the automotive industry, where he held senior roles in a number of major South African automotive-related companies. Steve's background includes financial and general management roles with a strong emphasis on business improvement.
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| Chief Operating Officer Africa |
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Mr Andries Engelbrecht
Andries Engelbrecht joined Riversdale in August 2005 as Engineering Manager at its Zululand Anthracite Colliery in South Africa after spending 10 years at Ingwe Collieries, a division of BHP Billiton in various Engineering Management roles. He was appointed as the General Manager at ZAC in 2006 during which period he was instrumental in the development of new technologies and practices aimed at the optimization of ultra low seam mining.
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| Group General Manager: Human Resources & Industrial Relations |
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Mrs Roshnee Bardien
Roshnee Bardien joined Riversdale Holdings in November 2006 as Human Resources Executive responsible for operations within South Africa. Mrs. Bardien led the team that concluded ZAC’s first successful wage negotiations in 2007, having signed a two-year agreement. An Industrial Psychologist by profession, Mrs. Bardien has held senior positions for large corporates and multinationals in South Africa and abroad. Mrs. Bardien’s areas of expertise extend to human resource development, industrial relations, policy design and development. Prior to joining Riversdale, Mrs. Bardien held the position of Human Resources Director for RoyalSechaba – a subsidiary of Mvelaphandha Resources (Pty) Ltd.
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