Dean Moore
Dean Moore, Non-executive Director, British, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales with extensive public company experience having previously been Chief Financial Officer of N Brown Group plc, T&S Stores PLC and Graham Group plc; Interim Chief Financial Officer of Cineworld Group plc, De La Rue plc (having been an independent non-executive director upon appointment) and Dignity plc; senior independent director of Cineworld Group plc and Volex plc; and a non-executive chair of Tuxedo Money Solutions Limited. Dean is currently a non-executive director of THG Plc where he chairs the Audit and Remuneration Committees.
Linda Naylor
Linda Naylor, Independent non-executive Director, British, is a graduate of the London School of Economics and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales. A former partner in Grant Thornton UK LLP, her experience has been gained over more than twenty years working as a Nominated Adviser in the Capital Markets team and as an Audit Partner specialising in the natural resource sector. She was Chair of the Audit Committee whilst a Governor of Portsmouth University. As Finance Director of AIM listed Chaarat Gold Holdings Limited from 2009 to 2018, she worked as part of a small executive team. Her responsibilities encompassed financial reporting, investor relations and fund raising as that company transitioned from gold explorer to developer in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Clive Whiley
Clive Whiley, Senior Non-executive Director, British, has forty years’ experience in regulated strategic management positions since becoming a Member of the London Stock Exchange in 1983. He has extensive main board director experience across a broad range of financial services, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, leisure, retail, media and mining businesses: encompassing the UK, Europe, North America, Australasia, the Middle East, Africa and the People’s Republic of China. Mr Whiley is currently Chairman of Mothercare Plc and STV Group PLC and Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of Mpac Group plc, Chairman of China Venture Capital Management Limited, First China Venture Capital Limited and Y-LEE Limited. Formerly Chairman of De La Rue plc and Dignity plc and a Non-Executive Director of Sportech PLC, Grand Harbour Marina plc and Stanley Gibbons Group plc.
Adam Usdan
Adam Usdan, Non-executive Director, USA, holds an MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University with majors in Finance, Marketing, and Accounting, and a BA in English from Wesleyan University. He is the President of Trellus Management Company LLC, an equity hedge fund based in the USA. Mr Usdan founded Trellus Management in January 1994 and has been in the investment advisory industry for over 30 years. Mr Usdan began his investment career in 1987 at Odyssey Partners where he was responsible for managing long/short U.S. equity (small to mid-cap) pools of capital.
Roger Goodwin
Roger Goodwin, Finance Director, British, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He has been with the Company since 1996 having previously held senior positions in a number of public and private companies within the natural resources sector. He has a strong professional background, including that as a manager with KPMG, with considerable public company and corporate finance experience and experience of emerging markets.
Mladen Ninkov
Mladen Ninkov, Chairman, Australian, holds a Masters of Law Degree from Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Bachelor of Laws (with Honours) and Bachelor of Jurisprudence Degree from the University of Western Australia. He is the principal of Keynes Capital. He has a mining, legal, fund management and investment banking background and is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of the Dragon Capital Funds management group, a director and Head of International Corporate Finance at ANZ Grindlays Bank Plc in London, and a Vice President of Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. in New York. He also worked at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in New York and Freehill Hollingdale & Page in Australia. He has been chairman and director of a number of both public and private mining companies.
