DIRECTOR

A lawyer by training, Rudolph practiced as an advocate at the Pretoria Bar from 1977 to 1989. Post 1989 he has concentrated on finding, acquiring and developing mineral exploration and mining projects in various African countries. He was a founding member of the Platmin group, where he  focused on building Platmin into a credible platinum producer and listing it on the Toronto Stock Exchange. After selling his Platmin interest in 2006, he also co-founded the Sephaku Group, where he initiated the acquisition of Sephaku’s flagship limestone and other projects. Rudolph was appointed  Co-Chairperson and Executive Director of the Company on 26 April 2013. Rudolph is one of the founding partners of Amed Funds.

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

Deon, a mining engineer, has over 35 years experience in the mining industry of which 25 years were in senior executive roles in predominantly listed companies. These include companies listed on the JSE, Nasdaq, NYSE, and TSX. During his tenure as Senior Executive of various companies Deon gained extensive experience in public equity raising, company restructuring and optimization, as well as management of large capital projects in South Africa, Australia and Zambia. He has also been involved in advisory roles for companies on organizational structure, business optimization and strategy.

CEO

Joe, a qualified geologist, is a business executive and strategic advisor with 18 years’ experience. Joe has amassed the bulk of his experience in executive management and high level advisory roles with private and listed entities (AngloGold Ashanti, Goldfields, Belcarra Group, TWP, Worley Parsons etc), in Africa, North and South America. Joe has been involved in the total mining value chain – target generation, exploration, feasibility studies, financing, project execution as well as corporate, strategic and business development. He has also been involved in executive roles outside the mining industry, and advisory roles to African and Middle Eastern governments. Joe is a former international sportsman, with national captaincy added to his resume. Joe brings a wide experience base and global network as CEO of Baobab Steel and Vanadium.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

David is a PhD geologist and business man with more than 30 years’ experience in mineral research and exploration. He has been involved in multi-commodity target generation, implementation and management of exploration programmes, feasibility studies, mining and deal-making spending his entire career in Africa.

David was a founding a director of Platmin, Taung Gold, Sephaku Holdings and other companies. He is co-founder of African Minerals Exploration and Development SICAR, a private equity fund focused on brownfields exploration in Africa.

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Maddie Srivastava is an engineer, B.Tech with Honours, by qualification and has an MBA degree from INSEAD business school, France. Maddie has around 20 years’ and multi-billion dollars’ of experience in business development, global M&A, corporate strategy, PE, financing, capital market and trading. He joined AMED Funds in 2016 and is an Executive Director responsible for deal origination, structuring, and execution. Previously he has worked for industry leaders like Rio Tinto, Nedbank, and GE Capital in various strategy and transactional roles.

TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Heinrich has over 25 years’ experience in business and operational management of major integrated steel operations. Experience includes executive  management, strategy development and management, business development and improvement and operational management. He was the General  Manager of three Steel Making Operations and Chief Technical Officer of a major international steel company. Studied Mechanical Engineering at the North West University and done The Executive Program (TEP) at Darden University of Virginia, United States of America.

ANALYST

Dawid has over a decade of experience on large scale projects in the banking and investment industry. He has run and been part of project teams responsible for the planning and execution of strategic projects at Absa, Standard Bank, Nedbank, and Investec. Experience includes business engineering, system optimization, and financial modelling.

Dawid is a qualified Industrial and Systems Engineer and holds the CFA charter.

COUNTRY MANAGER

Iain has over 40 years exploration and mining experience in Africa, holding senior positions with Anglo American Corporation, Ashanti Goldfields, ITM  Corporation, Reunion Mining and Takoradi Gold NL. He has operated in over a dozen countries in sub-Saharan Africa exploring for a range of  commodities. He has worked closely with Baobab Steel from initial exploration to the successful completion of its definitive feasibility study. Iain  is based out of Maputo.

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION MANAGER

Fatima graduated with an Honours degree in Business Management from the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. She has 7 years' experience in audit and accounting at KPMG Auditors and Consultants in Mozambique.

Fatima’s experience also includes 6 years' as Administrative and Finance Manager at Grindrod/Maputo Car Terminal Lda and TORA Group. She is resident in Maputo and joined Baobab Resources as Finance and Administration Manager in 2013.