Alexander Mining plc - Board of Directors

The Group has a Board made up of two executive and three non-executive Directors who have between them many decades' of experience within the industry, covering all facets from operating mines to financing mining projects.

The Directors and Senior Management of Alexander Mining plc combined have experience covering:

Operations, production and management
Engineering, geology, and exploration
Financial, commercial and corporate expertise
Proven financing ability in Europe and North America

Matthew Sutcliffe, Executive Chairman

Matt Sutcliffe graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1990 with a PhD in mining engineering. He is also a chartered engineer and worked as a mining engineer in underground nickel mines from 1990 to 1994 with Inco Limited, within its Manitoba division. He also has additional experience in operating gold and coal mines gained whilst working with Gencor and British Coal.

For 10 years before founding the Company he worked in the City of London as a mining analyst and corporate financier specialising in the resources sector. During this time he was a mining analyst at T Hoare & Co, head of mining at Williams de Broe and a director of corporate finance at Evolution Beeson Gregory (now Evolution Securities). At Evolution Beeson Gregory, he advised a large number of public natural resources companies, as well as arranging a number of equity listings for junior and mid-tier mining and oil and gas companies on AIM. Whilst at both Williams de Broe and Evolution Beeson Gregory, he was recognised as one of the industry pioneers for listing mining companies on AIM.

Martin Rosser, Chief Executive Officer

Martin Rosser is a chartered mining engineer who has 28 years’ practical industry and financial markets experience since graduating with a degree in mining engineering from the Camborne School of Mines in 1981.

Initially, he spent five years working as a mining engineer in Australia, both on underground and surface gold mines, including time with Western Mining Corporation as Shaft Superintendent at Central Norseman. In 1987, he returned to the UK and worked as a mining analyst with two City stockbrokers before he joined the FSA authorised and regulated natural resources industry specialist firm of David Williamson Associates Limited in 1989 as a founder employee and then executive director.

During this time, until joining Alexander in June 2005, he developed extensive worldwide mining industry contacts in the course of providing corporate finance, mining analysis and investor relations services to the firm’s clients seeking exposure to European investment institutions.

From 2002, until its takeover by Lonmin plc in January 2007, he was a non-executive director of AfriOre Limited.

Roger Davey, Non Executive Director

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Audit Committee

Roger Davey is a chartered mining engineer and a graduate of the Camborne School of Mines, with over 30 years’ experience in the mining industry. He is presently an Assistant Director and the Senior Mining Engineer at N M Rothschild (London) in the Mining and Metals project finance team, where for the last ten years he has had responsibility for the assessment of the technical risks associated with current and prospective project loans. Mr Davey was appointed to the board of Alexander in August 2006.

Prior to this, his experience covered the financing, development and operation of both underground and surface mining operations in gold and base metals at senior management and Director level in South America, Africa and the United Kingdom. This includes, from 1994 – 1997, being the General Manager of Minorco (AngloGold) subsidiaries in Argentina, where he was responsible for the development of the US$270m Cerro Vanguardia gold-silver mine.

James Bunyan, Non Executive Director & Deputy Chairman

Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee

Jim holds an MBA from Warwick University and a BSc in Biochemistry from Heriot Watt. He specialises in corporate development with international business development across a broad range of industrial and commercial sectors worldwide.

He has proven business skills in strategic business planning, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, turnarounds and fundraising, with particular experience in mining. For five years he was a director of Tiberon Minerals Ltd which developed the Nui Phao deposit in Vietnam from an exploration concept to one of the largest Tunsten polymetallic deposits in the world.

Emil Morfett, Non Executive Director

Emil Morfett, who joined the board in November 2007, has over 30 years’ of relevant experience, with eight years in the mining industry and twenty years in mining finance. He graduated with a B.Sc. in geology from the University of London and worked for Rio Tinto in Saudi Arabia. As a mature student, he completed an M.Sc. in mineral exploration at Queens University, Ontario, Canada.

He then worked in Johannesburg for Goldfields of South Africa, first as a geologist and then a valuator in the mineral economics department. In 1987, he moved to London to work as a mining analyst for Laurence Prust Stockbrokers and subsequently, in 1988, Smith New Court. In 1993 he became the Global Head of Mining Research at Bank Paribas and left in 1997 to become Vice President and Head of Mining Research for J P Morgan in London. During this period he was involved in many major mining transactions with a variety of responsibilities.

In 2001, he founded his own consulting business (Millstone Grit Limited, of which he is Managing Director), providing both equity and debt focused mining research and strategic advice. He continues to provide independent, bespoke research and financial analysis of mining companies and projects to select hedge funds, merchant banks and mining companies.

He is currently a non-executive director of Greystar Resources Limited, a Toronto Stock Exchange and AIM listed exploration and development company with a multi-million ounce, world-class gold deposit in Colombia.