EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Andrew Woollett, Executive Chairman, with special responsibility for strategy, new business development, and investor relations. Andrew is a geologist with over 30 years of international experience in mineral exploration and development. He began his career with RTZ in Saudi Arabia and then worked in Greenland for the EU. Upon completion of an MSc in mineral exploration from the Royal School of Mines in 1981 he joined Cluff Resources plc and worked in the UK, Eire, Zimbabwe, and Shanghai. He was a founder director of Ivernia West plc and in 1989 set up Reunion Mining plc where he was Executive Chairman until the company was taken over by Anglo American plc. In 1996 he set up ZincOx with Noel Masson and joined the company as managing director in May 1999.
Peter Wynter Bee, Managing Director, with responsibility for general management of the ZincOx Group with special responsibility for legal and commercial affairs and human resources. Peter has been involved with every aspect of the company's business since its formation. He is a solicitor with over 30 years experience in private practice, in-house with KPMG and subsequently with Reunion Mining plc.
Simon Hall, Finance Director, responsible for the Group's financial affairs. Simon is a graduate engineer and chartered accountant with 19 years experience of business development including basic manufacturing and telecommunications. He was formerly head of finance at BT Consumer Mobile before joining ZincOx in 2006.
Jacques Dewalens, Technical and Production Director, is responsible for all process research and development and ultimately for the Group's production operations. Jacques joined ZincOx in September 2007 as head of technical services and production manager. Jacques is a chemical engineer with almost all his career with Umicore and its precursor zinc subsidiaries. He has over 35 years of experience in the zinc industry, and was intimately involved with the design and commissioning of a number of zinc plants including Skorpion in Namibia, Sun Metals, Tres Marias, New Boliden, Valleyfield, Onsan and Padaeng. In addition, he was general manager of Balen, one of Europe's largest zinc smelters.
Simon Mulholland, Project Development Director is responsible for developing the Group's projects. Simon joined ZincOx in 2006 as Group Projects Manager. He is a graduate in physics with an MSc in Industrial Robotics and Manufacturing Automation, and an MBA. Prior to joining ZincOx, Simon had worked as a project manager responsible for the development of new industrial plants involving large high risk processes in both the chemical and food sectors. He then took up the position of General Manager of Imperial Tobacco’s process and project development subsidiary.
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NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
Jeff Hewitt, Non-Executive Deputy Chairman, has a first class degree from Oxford, an MBA from Stanford and is a qualified accountant. He has worked as a management consultant and as financial director with a number of public companies. In 1996, Jeff joined Electrocomponents plc as Deputy Chairman and Group Finance Director and left in 2005 to follow a more plural career involving a number of plc non-executive roles. Jeff chairs the Audit Committee and sits on the Nomination Committee.
Rod Beddows, Non-Executive Director, has over 20 years experience as a strategy consultant and financial adviser to mining and metals companies; for the last five years as Chief Executive of Hatch Corporate Finance and before that he founded and was chief executive of Beddows and Co, one of the steel industry's foremost consultancy groups. He is also on the board of the Aluminium recycler, Recovco Ltd. He chairs the Nomination Committee and sits on the Remuneration Committee.
Gilles Masson, Non-Executive Director, is a civil engineer in mining with 18 years experience in export and project finance. He is currently an executive director with a leading European financial institution where he has worldwide responsibility for project finance in the mining sector. He is on the Audit and Nomination Committees.
Jerry Saville, Non-Executive Director, has an MA from Oxford and is a Sloan Fellow of the London Business School. Jerry has a wealth of experience in human resources and the management of change in high growth organisations. The first 27 years of his career were spent with Shell where he worked in a number of countries in a variety of roles including senior positions in human resources and strategic planning. Jerry chairs the Remuneration Committee and serves on the Audit Committee.
Guy Lafferty, Non-Executive Director, is Chairman of Hoegh Capital Partners Limited which advises companies that own 12.8% of the Company. Guy established Hoegh in 1990 as a specialist corporate finance company. He has advised Hoegh on its oil, gas and other direct investments since 1990. He was appointed to the Board on 6 May 2009.
COMPANY SECRETARY
Deborah Paxford, Company Secretary, was admitted as a solicitor in 1995 and has spent eight years in private practice with two leading London law firms and over five years as an in-house lawyer with a software company. Deborah joined the company as Assistant General Counsel in June 2007 and was made Company Secretary in February 2008.
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