Management Team
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Charles CarvillCharles Carvill has been involved in the mining industry for over 30 years. He served as a Director of Tara Exploration and Development Limited, the parent company of Tara Mines, for over 20 years and was a founding member and subsequently Director of Minquest plc which later merged with kenmare Resources plc. He is founder and Chairman of Carvill Group Limited and Vico Properties plc., a Belfast based construction and development group with activities in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Germany. |
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Michael Carvill - Managing DirectorMichael Carvill is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers of Ireland (FIEI). He holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering (Queen's University, Belfast) and an MBA (Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania). He worked as a contracts engineer in Algeria and as a project engineer at Tara Mines, Ireland. He has been the Managing Director of Kenmare since 1986. |
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Dr. Alastair Brown - Director of ExplorationDr. Alastair Brown has almost 40 years experience in geology and mineral exploration. He has worked extensively on metallic and industrial mineral exploration in Zambia where he discovered the Maamba coal field, Australia and in Ireland where he discovered the Westport talc deposit. He was responsible for the development of significant gold mineralisation in County Mayo. Alastair Brown was responsible for the orebody development at Ancuabe and Moma, the development of the Congolone and Namalope orebodies plus the discovery of the Nataka deposit. He holds a BSc in Geology (University of Edinburgh), an MSc in Mineral Exploration (University of Leicester) and a DIC and PhD in Applied Geochemistry (Imperial College, University of London). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Material, Minerals and Mining. He joined Kenmare in 1987. |
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Dr Chris Gilchrist - Chief Operations OfficerDr Gilchrist has over 30 years experience in the mining sector. He joined Kenmare in 2005 from Cleveland Potash Limited (UK) where he was General Manager. He has worked in a number of management and technical development roles in his career with Anglo American, DeBeers, Gold Fields and the South African Chamber of Mines. He holds a BSc in Minerals Engineering and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and has extensive experience of working in Africa. |
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Tony McCluskey - Financial DirectorTony McCluskey has worked with Kenmare since 1991 as Company Secretary and Financial Controller, before being appointed Financial Director in 1999. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Cork and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. Before joining Kenmare, he worked for a number of years with Deloitte & Touche as a senior manager in Dublin and also worked overseas. |
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Deirdre Corcoran - Financial Controller & Company SecretaryDeirdre Corcoran graduated from University College Dublin with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Masters in Accounting. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte & Touche in 1995. She then worked as Finance Manager with Concern Worldwide, based in Ethiopia, for a number of years before joining Kenmare Resources in 1999 as Financial Controller. She was appointed Company Secretary in March 2000. |
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Sofia BianchiSofia Bianchi has extensive experience in banking, fund management and mergers & acquisitions (M&A). She is currently Portfolio Manager with BlueCrest Capital Management. She held the position of Deputy Managing Director of the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund with Standard Bank London from 2002 to 2007. She has previously held a senior position with European Bank for Reconstruction & Development. From 1987 to 1992 she was a member of a global M&A advisory team where she initiated, structured and executed cross-border M&A transactions. She holds a BA in Economics from George Washington University, Washington, DC and an MBA from Wharton School of Business, Philadelphia. |
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Ian EganIan Egan has worked in the natural resources industry for more than 35 years, including holding senior management positions at BHP Limited, Utah Mining Australia Limited, Mineral Deposits Limited and NL Industries Inc. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (FAusIMM) and a Fellow of the Australian Society of CPAs (FCPA). He has been awarded a BEc in Accounting and Law and an MEc in Industry Economics from the University of Sydney. He is currently a Director and Chairman of Fortitude Minerals Limited, a Director and Chairman of Simba Mines Inc. and a Director of CityView Corporation Limited. |
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Simon FarrellSimon Farrell has over 20 years experience in the mining industry at senior management and board level, principally in the areas of finance, marketing and general management. He holds a BComm degree from the University of Western Australia and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of both the Australian Society of Accountants and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He was appointed to the Board of Kenmare in January 2000. |
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Terence FitzpatrickTerence Fitzpatrick is a graduate of University of Ulster (Mech. Eng.). He worked as Project Manager and then Technical Director of Kenmare from 1990 to 1999. He was responsible for the development of the Ancuabe Graphite Mine, which achieved completion on schedule and budget in 1994. He was appointed to the Board of Kenmare in 1994. He owns an engineering business which manufactures equipment for mines and quarries. |
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Tony LowrieTony Lowrie has over 35 years association with the equities business. He was a partner with Hoare Govett, London from 1976 until 1986 when it was sold to Security Pacific. He then became a member of the main Board of Security Pacific Hoare Govett for a period from 1986 to 1991. He led a management buyout of Asian Equities in 1991 and became Chairman of HG Asia Securities in 1991. He held this position until HG Asia Securities was sold to ABN AMRO Bank in 1996 at which point he assumed the role of Chairman for ABN AMRO Asia Securities until 2004. He was formerly also a Managing Director of ABN AMRO Bank. He has been a Non-Executive Director in several quoted Asian closed end funds. His current directorships comprise of The Thai-Euro Fund, Edinburgh Dragon Fund, Quadrise Fuels International and Allied Gold. He has been a Non-Executive Director of Dragon Oil Plc., and had, for 18 years, been a Non-Executive Director of J. D. Wetherspoon Plc. |
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Peter McAleerPeter McAleer has over 40 years international experience at board and senior management level in the natural resources sector. He has been involved in the discovery and/or successful development of more than 10 base and precious metal deposits and has extensive experience in project development and financing. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and is qualified as a Barrister at Law. He has been involved in the management of mining operations in Australia, Chile, Europe and North America. In the late 1990's as a Director of Equatorial Mining Limited and President of Equatorial Latin America he was Equatorials representative on the Owners team which arranged the financing of the Minear El Tesoro copper project in Chile which involved raising project financing of US$296 million. He is also Chairman of Latin Gold Limited (Australia) and a Director of Kingsgate Consolidated Limited (Australia). |
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Senior Management |
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Gareth Clifton - Mozambique ManagerGareth Clifton holds a BA Economics degree from the University of Exeter and a MSc African Studies from the University of Edinburgh. He has worked in Mozambique for the last 9 years. He joined Kenmare in 2001 having worked as a General Manager for Union Transport LDA. He previously held the position as manager for a Mozambican shipping agent and also worked for the UNDP. |
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Chris Ellis - Project Implementation DirectorChris Ellis has over 30 years experience in the mining sector. He has BSc in Mechanical and Production Engineering, a Post Graduate Diploma in Mining and completed the Executive Development Programme at Witwatersrand University in 1980. He joined Anglo American Gold Division in 1973 as a Graduate Engineer and rose through positions of Chief Engineer and Engineering Manager on various gold mines in the Transvaal and Free State. He was appointed Project Manager for the Sadiola Project in 1994, a US$ 303 million opencast gold mining project in Mali, North Africa. On completion of this project in 1997 he worked in the AAC Technical Directors Office as Senior Divisional Engineer for the mines of Navachab, Sadiola and Konkola. Latterly he has provided engineering expertise and capital project control at Cleveland Potash and Iberpotash mines in the UK and Spain respectively. |
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Eamonn Keenan - Marketing ManagerEamonn Keenan holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University College Dublin and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He joined Kenmare in 1994 as accountant for the Ancuabe Graphite Mine in Mozambique. He returned to Ireland in late 1996 and became the Graphite Marketing and Logistics Manager. In 1999 he was appointed Project Development Manager for the Moma Titanium Minerals Project and was responsible for the co-ordinating the completion of the Definitive Feasibility Study on the Project. He now holds the position of Marketing Manager for the Moma Project. |
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