Miles A Kennedy, Non-Executive Chairman
B.Juris
Miles Kennedy has held directorships of Australian listed resource companies for the past 23 years. He was the Chairman of Kimberley Diamond Company NL from September 1993 until December 2007 and non-executive Chairman of Blina Diamonds NL from November 2002 until Decmber 2007. Mr Kennedy is the current non-executive Chairman of Marine Produce Australia Limited (since February 2006) and is a non-executive director of Pangea Diamondfields plc, which has diamond interests in four African countries. He was also the founding Chairman of Macraes Mining Company Ltd. He has extensive experience in the management of public companies with specific emphasis in the resources industry. He is a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and the High Court of Australia. He is also an Attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa.
John Firth, Chief Executive Officer (South Africa)
MBA, B.Agric.Admin
John Firth has extensive experience in the exploration, production and marketing of rough diamonds in various countries, including Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa, Namibia and the Ivory Coast. Mr Firth has a degree in agriculture administration from Stellenbosch University in South Africa and has completed his MBA. He is currently completing a PhD at the University of Pretoria.
Richard Linnell, Non-Executive Director
BSc. (Hons.) BSc. (Special Hons. in Geology) (UCRN)
Richard Linnell has nearly 40 years of experience in the mining and metals industry and has significant global experience in the development and marketing of resources and commodities. Having graduated with an Honours degree in geology from what was then the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in Zimbabwe, Mr Linnell has spent a large proportion of his career with subsidiaries of the BHP Billiton Group and is a former SA Non-Executive Director of their South African operations. He has a range of other directorships in the resources field in South Africa and Australia.
John R Hutton, Non-Executive Director
John Hutton has held the position of Managing Director of Marine Produce Australia Limited, a listed Western Australian company researching technologies and developing markets for the cultivation of fish and prawns, from October 2003 to February 2006, and since August 2006. With a background in accounting, Mr Hutton has experience in merchant banking, budgeting, financial planning and tax related matters. He is a director of a number of successful private companies involved in the resources, pearling and tourism industries and is closely involved in the management of a highly successful pearl farm, producing Australian South Sea Pearls.
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