Directors and Senior Management
Non-Executive Chairman
B.Sc. Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Member of the Society of Economic Geologists, Member of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia.
Mr Allchurch is a Geologist with more than 40 years experience in mineral exploration, mining and petroleum exploration, development and production. Mr Allchurch has been an executive director of a number of listed Australian mining and oil and gas companies since 1980 and has considerable experience in corporate management.
Mr Allchurch was appointed as a Director on 21 June 2000.
Special Responsibilities
Chairman of the Board
Member of Nomination Committee
Contact Peter Allchurch
pallchurch@platinumaus.com
Managing Director
B.Sc. (Mineral Eng), Grad Dip Management.
Mr Lewins is an Engineer with more than 20 years experience in Senior Mining Management roles, including development of mining projects from a resource stage through feasibility studies, commissioning of mines to sustained profitable mining operations.
Mr John Lewins was appointed as a Director on 3 May 2001.
Special Responsibilities
Managing Director
Member of Nomination Committee
Contact John Lewins
jlewins@platinumaus.com
Non-Executive Director
BBus. CPA
Mr Hughes is an accountant with some 20 years experience in both corporate and practice environments. During the last 14 years he has been directly involved in the management of petroleum and mining companies as a Senior Manager, Executive and Non-Executive Director. Mr Hughes is experienced in the evaluation, development and operation of resource projects.
Mr Eric Hughes was appointed as a Director on 21 June 2000.
Special Responsibilities
Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Contact Eric Hughes
pla@platinumaus.com
Non-Executive Director
B.Juris.LL.B.
Mr Blakiston is a Solicitor in the firm Blakiston & Crabb. For some years he has practised extensively in the field of corporate and resource law and has had considerable experience in commercial and corporate management. Mr Blakiston is a Director of Rox Resources Ltd (since 2003), Vulcan Resources Limited (since 2002), Axiom Properties Ltd (since 2006) and Aurora Oil & Gas Ltd since 2003).
Mr Michael Blakiston was appointed as a Director on 21 June 2000.
Special Responsibilities
Chairman of Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Contact Michael Blakiston
pla@platinumaus.com
Non-Executive Director
BSc (Geology and Metallurgy), MBA, FAusIMM, FAICD.
Mr Hansen has more than 35 years experience in senior positions in the mining industry. His career has spanned exploration, mine operations and development, corporate finance, stockbroking and investment. His most recent position was Executive Director of Corporate Finance (Mining) at HSBC Bank Australia with regional responsibility for resources debt and equity investment appraisals and underwriting transactions. He has also been a director of a public listed gold exploration and development company. Mr Hansen is a director of Heemskirk Consolidated Limited, Core Resources Pty Ltd and Endocoal Limited.
Mr Alexander Hansen was appointed as a Director on 21 January 2004.
Special Responsibilities
Member of the Audit Committee
Contact Lex Hansen
pla@platinumaus.com
Chief Financial Officer
B.Sc.(Hons.) (Econ.), CA
Mr Neill is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years experience in both the accounting profession and corporate sectors. For over the last decade he has worked in the resource sector with substantial experience in evaluations, feasibility studies, project and corporate finance.
Mr David Neill was appointed as Chief Financial Officer in May 2006.
Contact Chief Financial Officer David Neill
dneill@platinumaus.com
Company Secretary
FCIS, FAICD
Ms Swaby has been involved in financial and corporate administration for listed companies, as both Director and Company Secretary covering a broad range of industry sectors, for over 25 years. Ms Swaby has extensive experience in the area of secretarial practice, management accounting and corporate and financial management and sits on a number of advisory committees.
Ms Swaby is the principal of a coporate consulting company.
Contact Gillian Swaby
gswaby@platinumaus.com
Chief Operating Officer, South Africa
B.Sc. (Mining Eng)
Mr Freeman has over 35 years of operational and project development expertise in the mining industry. Most recently he was a Senior Vice President - Project Development for Katanga Mining Limited. Prior to this he was Managing Director for Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation in the Philippines. He has held senior operations and project development roles worldwide with Hindalco Industries Limited in India and Falconbridge / Noranda in Canada. His career also includes operational roles with diamond, gold and copper mining companies including SouthernEra Resources, De Beers and JCI, including over 19 years spent in Africa.
Mr Freeman has a B.Sc. in Engineering from Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia and a B.Eng in Mining from the Technical University of Nova Scotia.
Mr Freeman joined the Company in January 2010.
Contact Kim Freeman
kfreeman@platinumaus.com
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