DIRECTORS
David Hillier
FCA, AMP (Harvard), MAICD
Non-executive Chairman
David Hillier is a chartered accountant and has more than 30 years experience in commercial aspects of the resources industry. Until recently Mr Hillier was Chairman of Buka Gold Limited which successfully identified a number of gold anomalies in the Maryborough Basin in Queensland, an area not previously considered prospective for gold. In addition, throughout 2008 he worked as Chief Financial Officer and subsequently as an executive director of Buka's major shareholder based in London. Between 1989 and 2002, Mr Hillier held a range of senior executive positions in the Normandy Mining Limited Group of companies and was Chief Financial Officer of Normandy for six of these years. He has served as Chairman and as a director of a number of public companies in the gold mining and exploration field.Mr Hillier is a Non-Executive Director of Phoenix Copper Limited.
David Turvey
BSc (Hons)
Non-executive Director
Mr Turvey is a geologist and founding director of Equant Resources Pty Limited, a resource consulting company that provides technical evaluation and business development studies of global mineral projects. Mr Turvey is also a director of Sterling Mining Partners Pty Ltd, a consulting company that provides corporate advisory services. Mr Turvey was Managing Director of FerrAus Limited from 7 December 2005 to 1 July 2009 and Non-Executive Director thereafter until he retired from the FerrAus Board on 15 December 2009. Prior to 1998, Mr Turvey worked with companies including Normandy Mining, Chevron Corporation and CSR Limited managing successful mineral exploration programs and business development teams. His 28 years experience in the mineral industry has included seven years in expatriate management roles in South East Asia. Mr Turvey is a Non-Executive Director of Southern Gold Limited.
Peter Watson
LLB (Hons)
Non-executive Director
Educated in Perth and Melbourne and holding a Bachelor of Laws (with honours) degree from Melbourne University, Mr Watson has 40 years experience in legal practice. He has been a Partner (and Managing Partner in both Perth and Melbourne) of a national law firm. In 1999, Mr Watson joined Normandy Mining Limited (then Australia's largest gold mining company) as a Group Executive and Group Legal Counsel. Following the 2002 takeover of Normandy Mining by Newmont Mining Corporation of the US, Mr Watson established Watsons Lawyers. Over Mr Watsons's lengthy career he has acted for major players in the automotive, mining (particularly gold mining) and construction industries as well as a wide range of clients in many other industries. He has worked extensively in the mergers and acquisitions field, in takeovers, schemes of arrangement, trade sales and commercial joint ventures and has represented bidders for and owners/developers of numerous major projects.
Mr Watson also has extensive experience in all aspects of the resources industries (acting for explorers, mine developers and producers) and in corporate, project, multicurrency and commodity based financing.
Mr Watson is a Non-Executive Director of Phoenix Copper Limited.