Directors

Experience - Richard Court was Premier and Treasurer of Western Australia from 1993 – 2001. He retired from Parliament after nineteen years as the Member for Nedlands. His Government led the LNG marketing push into new markets, the successful deregulation of the Western Australian gas markets and the successful privatisations of the SGIO, BankWest, AlintaGas, Westrail Freight and the DBNG pipeline. Hon. Court graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree.

In addition to the directorships held in other listed entities detailed below, Richard Court is also Chairman of Resource Investment Strategy Consultants (RISC); a Senior Adviser to KPMG; a consultant to Australian Capital Equity Pty Ltd; Director of WesTrac Holdings Pty Ltd; and, Chairman of the Channel 7 Telethon Trust.

He was appointed Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia in June 2003 for service to the Western Australian Parliament and to the community, particularly the indigenous community, and in the areas of child health research and cultural heritage and to economic development through negotiating major resource projects including new gas markets furthering the interests of the nation as a whole.

Special Responsibilities - Audit and Risk Committee member.

Directorships held in other listed entities in the last three years — Non-executive chairman of GRD Limited until 16 November 2009 and Non-executive director of National Hire Group Limited, appointed Chairman of National Hire Group Limited 20 May 2010.

Alwyn Vorster, Managing Director
Qualifications: BSc Geology (Honours); MSc Mineral Economics; MBA; Insead Executive Management Program

Experience - Alwyn has a 25-year career in the mining industry during which he served in senior positions with global companies in both technical and commercial roles.  He joined Iron Ore Holdings in late 2010 from his previous role as Director Business Development of Oakajee Port and Rail (OPR), where he was responsible for the development of rail & port access terms and pricing, and where he was lead negotiator with 14 mid-west based mining and exploration companies.  He also acted as Chief Executive Officer of OPR for a period of five months.

Prior to OPR, Alwyn was regional manager for Rio Tinto Iron Ore based in Singapore, where he managed the teams responsible for all sales contract and shipping scheduling of ~170Mt annual sales to Asia.  He was a Rio Tinto representative on the Channar Joint Venture management committee, the oldest and highest profile mining joint venture between Australian and Chinese companies.

Alwyn relocated from South Africa to Australia in the mid-1990’s in a business development role with Kumba Resources.  For a number of years, he led the marketing program for the Hope Downs Iron Ore Project, at the time a joint venture between Kumba Resources (an Anglo American subsidiary) and Hancock Prospecting.  Prior to Hope Downs, he coordinated investments and divestments for Kumba Resources (then Iscor Mining) in iron ore, heavy minerals and coal projects. 

His earlier career in South Africa included a period leading the Kumba Coal marketing division where he managed the sales and logistics chain for 16Mtpa of coking coal and thermal coal to international and domestic buyers, and gained initial experience as geologist at the Sishen and the Thabazimbi iron ore mines in exploration and mining roles. 

Alwyn is a current member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and serves on the executive committee of the Australia China Business Council (ACBC).

Mr Vorster has not held any directorships in other listed entities in the last three years..

Experience - Mr Randall has had extensive experience in corporate, management and marketing in the resource sector including over 25 years with the Rio Tinto group of companies. His iron ore experience has included senior technical and commercial management roles in Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd and a commercial advisor to the Hope Downs project. Mr Randall is also a non-executive director of four other ASX listed resource companies as noted below.

Special Responsibilities - Audit and Risk Committee member.

Directorships held in other listed entities in the last 3 years - Current director of Thundelarra Exploration Ltd, Matilda Zircon Ltd, Royal Resources Ltd and Summit Resources Ltd. Previous Directorships: Olympia Resources Ltd (resigned 20 November 2008), Northern Mining Ltd (resigned 6 October 2008) and United Minerals Corporation NL (resigned 18 February 2010).

Brian O'Donnell, Non-Executive Director
Qualifications - B Com, FCA

Experience - Mr O’Donnell has 25 years’ experience in the finance and investment industry. He joined Australian Capital Equity (ACE) as Group Treasurer in 1996, and was appointed to the Board in 2001. As Finance Director for the ACE Group, Brian has overall responsibility for all finance facilities and lender relationships for the ACE Group, in addition to responsibility for investment assessment, execution and management. Prior to joining ACE, Mr O’Donnell was employed by the Deutsche Bank Group (1991-1996), Challenge Bank (1988-1991) and Arthur Andersen (1985-1988).

Mr O’Donnell graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of Western Australia in 1985, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1987. He has served on the Boards of several listed and unlisted public and private companies. Among other directorships, Brian is currently Non-Executive Chairman of the Landfill Gas & Power Holdings Pty Ltd Group and @www Pty Ltd, a Non-Executive Director of Landis & Gyr Holdings AG and Fremantle Football Club.

Special Responsibilities - Audit and Risk Committee member.

Mr O’Donnell has not held any directorships in other listed entities in the last three years.

Ryan Stokes, Non-Executive Director
Qualifications - B.Comm (Curtin)

Experience - CEO of Australian Capital Equity Ltd (ACE) and Executive Director of Seven Group Holdings (SGH).  Ryan has been working with ACE and Seven for the past 10 years.  Prior to that, he spent 3 years working for an investment bank in New York.

Directorships - Mr Stokes is CEO of Australian Capital Equity Ltd (ACE) and Executive Director of Seven Group Holdings (SGH). He is also Chairman of vividwireless, a Director of WesTrac, Seven Media Group (SMG), Yahoo!7, Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH), Engin (ENG), an alternate Director for Seven West Media (SWM), Director of the Perth International Arts Festival and Australian Institute of Management WA.

Simon Roberston, Company Secretary

Mr Robertson gained a Bachelor of Business from Curtin University in Western Australia and Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University in New South Wales.  He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and Chartered Secretaries Australia. Mr Robertson currently holds the position of Company Secretary for a number of publically listed companies and has experience in corporate finance, accounting and administration, capital raisings and ASX compliance and regulatory requirements.

Mr Robertson was appointed on 19th November 2007.