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Director Tavistock Group Charles Vivian started his communications career at Citigate Dewe Rogerson in 1997 before co-founding Pelham Public Relations in 2004. During that time he created a successful mining practice at the agency as well as growing the business into one of the fastest growing financial and corporate communications businesses in the UK; until… read more »

Advisor to the Director ALSF Charles is the advisor to the Director/CEO of the African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) based in Abidjan. Charles is a lawyer with extensive experience in the natural resources and extractives sector. He obtained his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ghana in 2002 and was called to the… read more »

Chief Commercial Officer Zanaco Chali is a financial services experts and strategist with background in corporate sales and leadership in a career covering agriculture, insurance and finance. Chali previously held sales and underwriting roles in the banking and insurance sectors. He has managed portfolios for Commercial, Emergent and Smallholder Farmers, SMEs, Corporate Clients and Consumer… read more »

Leadership & Career Coach Briony Liber is a Committee member and Mentoring Lead for Women in Mining South Africa. In her private capacity she is an executive coach working with STEM professionals in the mining industry. She has a +22 year background in the mining industry and prior to moving into the field of coaching… read more »

Chairman & CEO TechMet Limited Brian Menell is a British/South African industrialist and investor with natural resource and energy interests across both emerging and developed markets.  He is the Chairman and CEO of TechMet Limited, a private investment company with a portfolio of mining, processing and recycling assets that produce the metals critical to the… read more »

Founder Critical Resource Daniel Litvin is Senior Advisor to the Executive Committee of ERM, the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consulting firm. He is also the Founder of Critical Resource, which he grew to be a leading advisor to energy and mining firms and their investors on ‘ESG’, license-to-operate, and geo-political risks. Critical Resource was acquired… read more »

Head of Digital Innovation Enablement Sasol Sasol is a global chemicals and energy company, operating in over 22 countries. Bramley Maetsa is a senior manager of Digital Innovation Enablement at Sasol. Bramley has 17 years of experience working in IT, ranging from consulting, product development and service management in different geographies. He was part of… read more »

Chief Financial Officer Kumba Iron Ore Bothwell Mazarura is the Chief Financial Officer at Kumba Iron Ore, a position he held since September 2017. Prior to that he served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Director at Wescoal Holdings Limited, since July 2016. He previously held various senior financial roles at Lonmin Plc since 2010… read more »

Director DMRE Bongiwe Mabusela is working for department of Mineral Resources and Energy in the Republic of South Africa as a Director: Empowerment Transactions Assessment.  She has more than 10 years’ experience as a Senior Manager in government.  Her journey includes taking initiatives to ensure inclusivity and diversity in the mining sector.  These initiatives have… read more »

Managing Director Thor Projects Ben Burnand has over 20 years’ experience in building teams to execute change, having worked on four continents and across a broad range of industries and topics. He spent 14 years with An-glo American, first managing various capital mining projects and then developing frameworks to evaluate and develop capital in-vestments. Before… read more »

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chair Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) & Global Battery Alliance (GBA) CEO Eurasian Resources GroupCo-Chair Global Battery Alliance Mr Benedikt Sobotka is the CEO of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), an international company headquartered in Luxembourg. ERG is a leading diversified natural resources group with integrated mining, processing, energy, logistics and marketing. The… read more »

Consultant Gender, Labour & Safeguarding Specialist Bashiratu is a feminist organizer, journalist, unionist, gender, labor and safeguarding specialist. She consults for the IndustriALL Sub-Saharan African Office on issues of Gender, Gender-based Violence and Harassment and issue related to discrimination, building  and working with workers in the sectors to ensure that Collective Agreements, policies and legislations… read more »

Secretary General Guinea Ministry of Mines and Geology With over 18 years of experience in the petroleum, gas, and mining extractive industries, and having managed multi-functional and culturally diverse teams in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania, Mr Camara’s expertise in strategy development, financial modelling and implementation is utilised to evaluate a wide range… read more »

Senior Specialist: Legal AngloGold Ashanti Aviona is a young mining lawyer from South Africa, with experience in practice and in-house for listed mining houses. Named by Mining Review Africa as one of the most influential women in mining, she is passionate about influencing young people to take up space in the mining industry as well… read more »

CEO Hindustan Zinc Vedanta Resources Mr. Arun Misra – CEO Zinc Business, has been leading Hindustan Zinc, the world’s second largest integrated producer of Zinc & Lead and 6th largest Silver producer since August 1, 2020. Following this in June 2022, Mr Misra has taken on additional responsibility of managing the operations & growth of… read more »