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Dr. Jacek Guzek

Associate Director

Deloitte South Africa

Jacek leads the Strategic Sensing and Insight competency in the Strategy practice of Deloitte Consulting South Africa. He is a seasoned strategist with a considerable experience in strategy assessment, articulation and implementation, market analysis, and crafting diversification and growth strategies. Jacek focuses on helping organisations in sensing and interpreting major shifts and changes in their external environment that may result in substantial impact, and positioning organisations to take advantage of emerging opportunities and improve their strategic decision-making.

Gary Felthun

Partner - Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice

White & Case

Gary Felthun is a partner in the Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and is based in Johannesburg.
Gary is focused on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. He advises a range of listed and private clients, including prominent mining organizations, corporates and private equity firms, on both international and domestic transactions, and in recent years has acted on many of the leading and most high profile mining, private equity and healthcare deals in South Africa. Prior to joining White & Case Gary was a director at a leading South African law firm.

Shirley Webber

Managing Director - Head of Natural Resources

Absa Bank

Shirley joined Absa Bank Limited in 2011 and is the Coverage Head for Natural Resources at Absa (Corporate and Investment Banking). Her responsibilities include maintaining and growing relationships in the mining, metals, oil, gas and chemical industries. She has a wealth of experience working with key clients such as Anglo American, Glencore, Petra Diamonds, First Quantum Minerals, Tullow Oil and Sasol amongst others.

She was previously the Sector Director of Mining, Resources and Commodities at FirstRand Bank Limited in Johannesburg.Shirley holds a CAIB (SA) Associate Banking Diploma, a B.Com (Ed)(Cum Laude) and a B.Com Honours degree in Financial and Strategic Management

Nicky Black

Director - Social & Economic Development Programme

ICMM

Nicky joined ICMM in June 2017.  She is responsible for providing strategic and operational leadership to ICMM’s work in this area, including the skills for the common future, community relations, security and human rights, tax and mineral resource governance.

Nicky has over 15 years' experience working in sustainable development.  Before joining ICMM, Nicky spent seven years with the De Beers Group of Companies in London. Her last role with De Beers was as the Head of Social Performance, with responsibility for the company’s social management programme, sustainability reporting and communications, and working with the board and executive committee to set and align sustainability strategy. 

Nicky holds a PhD in Strategic Management from the University of Waikato in New Zealand, a  Master’s degree in Political Sociology from McGill University in Canada, and a degree in Human Sciences from the University of Oxford in the UK.

Bady Baldé

Deputy Executive & Africa Director

EITI

Mamadou Bady Baldé is the Deputy Executive and Africa Director. A member of the senior management team, he provides strategic, technical and political oversight of EITI implementation. Bady also supervises the development and implementation of country strategies to increase the relevance and impact of the EITI in Africa.

Bady leads the Secretariat’s work on transparency in commodity trading between state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and international trading companies, and provides support on other policy work, including transparency in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) and Public Financial Management (PFM). Before joining the Secretariat, Bady worked at the Central Bank of Guinea, the German Development Corporation and as a Consultant at the World Bank. In 2012, Bady was seconded as an expert in Natural Resources Governance in the Governance, Economic Reforms and Financial Management Department of the African Development Bank in Tunis. He holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration in International Development from the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, and a Maîtrise en Gestion des Entreprises from the University of Conakry. Bady is married with two children.

Sabine Dall'Omo

CEO

Southern & Eastern Africa, Siemens

Of German descent, Sabine Dall’Omo has worked at Siemens for over 25 years and is additionally a permanent South African resident.

After attaining her Higher Commercial Certificate from Heinrich-Thoene College in 1985, Sabine did her vocational training at Siemens Germany from 1986-1989. Progressing up the ranks, she took on the responsibility of Commercial Officer: Accounting Services and shortly thereafter as Commercial Officer: Sales Office until 1995. Dall’Omo’s career path at Siemens then led her to California, USA as a Financial Analyst for Siemens Rolm Communications after which she returned to Siemens Germany as a Senior Financial Officer: Corporate Planning & Controlling.  In 1998, Sabine became Commercial Manager within Siemens’ Automation & Drives business, first at Siemens Germany for just over three years, and then at Siemens in Shanghai, China.

In May 2004, Sabine made the move to South Africa as Head of Performance Controlling for Siemens Southern Africa. She continued in this role until August 2008. From September 2008 to January 2012, she was appointed CFO for Siemens Africa’s Healthcare Sector.  During this time she also served as a member on the board of Siemed (Pty) Ltd, Impilo (Pty) Ltd and Siemens Medical Services Diagnostics (Pty) Ltd. In February 2012 Sabine became the CFO of Siemens (Pty) Ltd. Additional responsibilities for assigned countries: Botswana, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Dr. Kwasi Ampofo

Lead Metals Analyst

BloombergNEF

Kwasi Ampofo is a Metals and Mining Analyst at BloombergNEF based in London. His research covers battery metals, the digitalisation of the mining industry and renewable energy investments in emerging markets. Prior to BloombergNEF, he was a mining engineer at Anglo American and a management consultant at Nous Group in Australia. He completed his PhD in Mineral Economics at the University of Queensland, Australia.

Hon. Gwede Mantashe

Minister of Mineral Resources & Energy

Republic of South Africa

Gwede Mantashe served as Minister of Mineral Resources (2018 - 2019). He is the National Chairperson of the ANC and he is also a former chairperson of the SACP. Gwede Mantashe was born in 1955 in the village of Lower Cala in the Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He studied at Unisa in 1997 and completed a B.Com Honours degree in 2002. He also acquired a Master's degree from the University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in 2008. Mr Mantashe joined the migratory labour force to eke out a living in the mining industry. Beginning his mining experience at Western Deep Levels mine in 1975 as a Recreation Officer and, in the same year, moved to Prieska Copper Mines where he was Welfare Officer until 1982.

In 1982, Mr Mantashe moved to Matla Colliery where he co-founded and became the Witbank branch chairperson of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), a position he held until 1984. He was then elected NUM Regional Secretary in 1985. In recognition of his skills, Mr Mantashe became the NUM's National Organiser from 1988 to 1993 and its Regional Coordinator between 1993 and 1994.

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Mxolisi Mgojo

CEO

Exxaro Resources

Mxolisi Mgojo has been in the mining industry since 2001. Prior to that, his career includes 10 years as a software engineer and 8 years in the finance industry including Societé Generale Investment Banking. Mgojo has been with Exxaro Resources since its inception in 2006, heading the Base Metals and Industrial Minerals business before being appointed as the Executive Head of Coal in August 2008. In May 2015 he was appointed as CEO Designate and took over the reins from Sipho Nkosi as Chief Executive Officer on 1 April 2016. Before joining Exxaro, Mgojo was a founder member of Eyesizwe Coal where he was the Marketing and Logistics Manager. Mgojo sits on the boards of Exxaro Resources and Tronox Limited.

On 24 May 2017 Mgojo was elected as the President of the Minerals Council South Africa (MCSA) after serving on the then Executive Council of the Council since 2015 and the Collieries Committee of the Council prior to becoming a member of the Council’s Executive Council. Mgojo got re-elected again for a fourth term as the President of MCSA in June 2020.

Mgojo has a BSc degree in Computer Science (Northeastern University, USA), an Honours degree in Energy Studies (Rand Afrikaans University), a Diploma in International Financial Management and an MBA (Henley Management College, UK). He has also completed a Societé Generale Investment Banking and Corporate Finance Programme (Kellogg, USA) and an Advanced Management Programme (Wharton). In January/February 2018 Mxolisi attended the Executive Programme at Singularity University in San Francisco, USA.

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John Reade

Chief Market Strategist & Head of Research

World Gold Council

John Reade joined the World Gold Council in February 2017 as Chief Market Strategist. He is responsible for producing strategy and developing insights on the gold market; leading our global dialogue by engaging with leading economists, academics, policy makers, fund managers and investors on gold; and leading our research team.

John has over 30 years’ experience in the gold industry and related fields, most recently as a partner and gold strategist with Paulson & Co for the past seven years. Prior to that, he worked as a precious metals strategist at UBS for 10 years; a gold equity analyst in South Africa for 5 years; and over 8 years held various positions in production and project evaluation in the gold division of Gencor, then a leading South African mining house.

John has a degree in Mining Engineering from the Royal School of Mines, a constituent of Imperial College, London.

Mark Cutifani

Chief Executive

Anglo American

Mark is a member of the Board and Group Management Committee (GMC), is a non-executive director of Anglo American Platinum, Chairman of Anglo American South Africa (AASA) and Chairman of De Beers. He was appointed as an independent director of Total S.A. on 26 May 2017 and The Power of Nutrition on 12 February 2018. 

Mark was previously CEO of AngloGold Ashanti Limited, a position he held from 2007-2013. Before joining AngloGold Ashanti, Mark was COO at Vale Inco where he was responsible for Vale’s global nickel business. Prior to this he held senior executive positions with the Normandy Group, Sons of Gwalia, Western Mining Corporation, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines and CRA (Rio Tinto).

Mark graduated from Wollongong University, New South Wales, with a BSc in Engineering and holds two honorary doctorates awarded by Wollongong and the Laurentian University in Canada.

James Nicholson

Head of Corporate Responsibility

Trafigura

James is Head of Corporate Responsibility at Trafigura, having joined the company in 2010 to help establish a Corporate Affairs team.
 
Trafigura is one of the leading physical commodity trading groups in the world, with revenues of USD147 billion in 2020.
 
Responsible for driving Trafigura’s responsibility and stakeholder engagement agenda worldwide, James’ focus has included developing the company’s leadership positon on transparency and responsible sourcing. 
 
In 2014, Trafigura became the first independent commodity trading company to publicly support the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and go on to disclose its substantial payments to governments in EITI implementing countries.  The standard set by Trafigura latterly formed the basis of an industry reporting norm.  In 2019, James was appointed to the International Board of the EITI.
 
James leads Trafigura’s efforts in pursuit of the responsible sourcing and supply of metals and minerals.  Of note in this respect has been James’ initiation and oversight of the ‘Mutoshi Pilot Project’ - a leading effort by government authorities, Trafigura and the NGO ‘Pact’ to support the responsible sourcing of cobalt from semi-mechanised mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
 
Prior to Trafigura, James worked at the De Beers Group for over 9 years.

H.E. Mokgweetsi Masisi

President

Republic of Botswana

Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi is the fifth and current President of Botswana, serving since 2018. He has also served as Minister of Education since 2014, and previously he was Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration from 2011 to 2014. He was first elected to Parliament in 2009.

Hon. Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane

Minister of Tourism

South Africa

Mpho Makwana

Chair

IIAMI

Mpho is an accomplished business leader with diverse experience spanning a period of more than 29 years in executive and C-Suite roles in the public and private sectors. He is currently Independent Non-Executive Chairman of JSE-listed ArcelorMittal South Africa Limited as well as Lead Independent Director – Nedbank Group Ltd (NDBKF.PK), Nedbank Ltd. Furthermore, he serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Investing in Africa Mining Indaba, Illovo SA (Pty) Ltd, Gibela Rail (RF) (Pty) Ltd. He is Chairman of SAFCOL SOC Limited (State Forestry SOC) and family owned business Epitome Investments (Pty) Ltd.

e is also Chairman of Boardroom Alliance (Pty) Ltd – which holds the sub-Saharan trading license for Executive Search firm Heidrick & Struggles. Non-Executive Director BioTherm Energy (PTY) Ltd; one South Africa’s foremost renewable energy companies. He also volunteers as a Member of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Fund’s Fund Raising Committee and is a Trustee on the Board of the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund. In April 2016 he was one 14 trustees appointed by HE The President of the Republic of SA to serve as a Trustee on the Board of Trustees of BRAND SA. During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Mpho led the team that kept the lights on; firstly, as Interim Chairman & CEO (3rdQ 2009) and as Chairman of Eskom Holdings Limited SOC from 10 June 2010 until his term as Director concluded on 27 June 2011, after serving on that board for nine years. Qualifications: Bachelor of Administration (B.Admin) University of Zululand, B.Admin (University of Pretoria), EDP, Kellogg School of Management and Post. Grad Diploma, Retailing Management, University of Stirling.

H.E. Julius Maada Bio

President

Sierra Leone

On May 12th, 2018 H.E. Julius Maada Wonie Bio was inaugurated as the 5th President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. H.E. President Bio completed his primary, secondary and undergraduate education in Sierra Leone. Always driven by a passion to serve his country, H.E. President Bio started his illustrious public service journey as a school teacher before joining the Sierra Leone Army where he rose through the ranks as Brigadier. He previously served as Chief Secretary of State, Chief of Defense Staff, Minister of Information, Minister of Marine Resources, Deputy Head of State, and ultimately as Head of State of Sierra Leone from January to March 1996. As Head of State, President Bio presided over the conduct of the first democratic elections in Sierra Leone in nearly three decades.

In Sierra Leone, Julius Maada Wonie Bio is popularly referred to as the “Father of Democracy” because of his outstanding contribution towards the restoration of democracy and attainment of peace in Sierra Leone. President Bio is a well-known Philanthropist and Humanitarian through the work of the Maada and Fatima Bio Foundation. The Foundation donated food and other items to victims and families affected by the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone and during the environmental disasters of 2015. Most recently, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bradford, United Kingdom, pursuing a doctorate programme in Peace Studies.

Claudia-Liza Armah

News Anchor and Broadcaster

Channel 5

With more than 15 years journalism experience, Claudia-Liza Armah has notched up hours of live broadcasting, working with the UK’s biggest television channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and of course Channel 5. Currently the face of 5 News Tonight, Claudia-Liza is the first black lead anchor to present the programme. Covering the day’s big and topical stories with discussion, debate and in-depth interviews with political leaders and those at the centre of major events.

Born and brought up by her Ghanaian mother on an estate in London, but still very close to her father who lives in Ghana, her passion for education saw her excel in school and go on to study a degree in History and Journalism at Queen Mary University of London and City University, then later completing a Master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism. She is a strong advocate of social mobility and mentors a number of young people supporting their applications to some of the UK’s top universities and offers advice and support to those who want to enter the world of broadcast journalism. She's also committed to work on equality, gender equality, education, diversity and inclusion.