Ghana

The Honourable Mona Quartey has 26 years of experience in risk management, treasury and corporate finance. Based in Accra, Ghana, she is Managing Partner of BVM Advisory Services, which acts as a consultant to government and private sector bodies. From July 2014 to January 2017 Mona Quartey served as Deputy Finance Minister in charge of… read more »

Robert Doyle has more than 30 years of mining; from international resource exploration, development, and fundraising, to production. Most recently, Robert was Founder, and Chief Executive Officer of Medoro Resources, now known as Gran Colombia Gold Corp. Prior to this, Robert served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Pacific Stratus Energy, Chief… read more »

Anu Dhir is a co-founder and executive of ZinQ Mining, a private base metals and precious metals royalty company that focuses on the Latin America region. She is also the managing director of Miniqs Limited, a private group primarily interested in developing resource projects. Prior to this, Anu was Vice President, Corporate Development and Company… read more »

Gil Clausen is the President and CEO of Brio Gold Inc. and former President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Augusta Resource Corporation. He serves as an independent director of Plata Latina Minerals Corporation in Ghana. With over 30 years of executive, financial, developmental and operational industry experience, Gil has been responsible for executing growth… read more »

Tim Baker was appointed Chairman of the Board in January 2013. Tim most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Kinross Gold Corporation from June 2006 to November 2010. He is a geologist with over 30 years of global project development and operational experience including in Chile and Tanzania where… read more »

Mitch Wasel joined Golden Star in 1993 and initially spent six years involved in the Gross Rosebel project in Suriname. In 1999, Mitch Wasel transferred to Ghana where he has been involved with many exploration projects, most recently the development at Wassa and Prestea. In 2005 he took over as Exploration Manager, Africa and in… read more »

Karen Walsh joined Golden Star in July 2012 as Vice President People and Organizational Development. Prior to joining Golden Star, she spent six years consulting in the mining industry following her role as Senior Vice President, Human Resources for Placer Dome Inc. Karen Walsh has a broad range of human resources expertise including recruiting, succession… read more »

Katharine Sutton joined Golden Star in July 2016. Previously, Katharine Sutton was Head of Investor Relations at Amara Mining plc in Ghana, the West African gold explorer/developer, and Centamin plc, the Egyptian-focused FTSE 250 gold producer. Prior to that, she held the role of Account Manager at Buchanan Communications, where she advised a number of… read more »

Martin Raffield was appointed Senior Vice President, Project Development and Technical Services August 2011. Prior to this, he worked from June 2007 as Principal Consultant and Practice Leader for SRK Consulting in Denver. Martin started his career in 1992 in South Africa working in geotechnical engineering at a number of deep level gold mines for… read more »

Bruce Higson-Smith joined Golden Star in September 2003 and served as Vice President, Corporate Development until his appointment as Senior Vice President Finance and Corporate Development in January 2012. Bruce is a mining engineer with over 30 years of experience in mining and underground mining operations in Africa. Prior to joining Golden Star, Bruce worked… read more »

Daniel joined Golden Star in September 2006 as Vice President, Operations and was appointed Executive Vice President Operations and Chief Operating Officer in January 2013. He was subsequently appointed to the board in November 2014. Daniel has more than 30 years of experience in the mining sector in Ghana and West Africa. Most recently, Daniel… read more »

André van Niekerk joined Golden Star in 2006. André spent close to five years in Ghana as the head of finance and business operations, after which he was transferred back to the corporate office to take the role of Controller. André was appointed to the role of EVP & CFO in 2014. Whilst based in… read more »

Sam Coetzer was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Golden Star in January 2013. Sam joined Golden Star in March 2011 and served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer until December 2012. Sam is a mining engineer and a member of the World Gold Council. He has over 26 years of international… read more »

Helena is an experienced finance and accounting professional, having served in this area for the past 15 years in Unilever Ghana Ltd. Her areas of expertise are Treasury and brand profitability management. Helena was appointed as Finance Director for PZ Cussons Ghana in January 2009 and she held this position until she retired in April… read more »

Charles, a trained lawyer, joined PZ in June 2003. Charles’ background is in law, where he practised as a legal advisor in many financial institutions before moving into Human Resource Management. Charles became HR/Corporate Affairs Director for PZ Cussons Ghana in June 2005, a position he held until he retired in May 2016 to become… read more »