Luke Frederick Atkins LLB - Chairman
Luke Atkins is currently the Executive Chairman of the successful ASX listed mining and exploration company, Bauxite Resources Ltd, a role which he has held since co-founding the company in 2007. He has played a key role in third party negotiations to successfully access funding, joint venture
partnerships, land and infrastructure.
Mr Atkins has had extensive experience in capital raisings and has held a number of executive and non executive directorships of private and publicly listed companies including a number of mining and exploration companies.
Mr Atkins is a lawyer by profession and was previously the principal of Atkins and Co Lawyers, a Perth based legal firm which he owned and managed for 7 years. Mr Atkins brings to the board extensive experience in the areas of mining, exploration, and corporate governance.
Daniel Lewis Tenardi - Non Executive Director
Dan Tenardi is a highly experienced mining executive with some 40 years in the industry, including with a number of global resource industry leaders across a range of commodities, including iron ore, gold, bauxite, and copper. His wealth of knowledge and depth of experience in managing bulk ore operations is ideally suited to the Company's ongoing business plan.
Mr Tenardi is currently Managing Director of Bauxite Resources Ltd, where he is overseeing the rapid growth of the company from its initial exploration phase to the forthcoming direct shipping operations.
Mr Tenardi previously spent 13 years with Alcoa, at its bauxite mines in the Darling Range in Western Australia, and a further two years at Alcoa's Kwinana refinery. He has substantial gold mining experience, including with Roche Mining at the Kalgoorlie Superpit and at Anglo Gold Ashanti's Sunrise Dam. Mr Tenardi subsequently worked at executive level for Rio Tinto's Robe River Iron Associates and their East Pilbara Division, and was appointed as a Director of Robe River Iron Associates in the latter years of his employment with Rio Tinto.
Prior to his current role, Mr Tenardi held the positions of General Manager of Operations and Chief Operating Manager at CITIC Pacific Mining. At CITIC Pacific, Mr Tenardi helped develop the largest magnetite iron ore mine in Australia and was responsible for the strategic development of the Company's Australian and global mining operations.
These roles have helped Mr Tenardi foster close working relationships with Chinese stakeholders in all aspects of mine development.
David John Brook, BA Hons (First) - Non Executive Director
Mr Brook is an experienced mining industry executive and consultant specialising in the fields of investor relations, financial and corporate communications, government and community relations and sustainability. He has almost 20 years experience in the global resources sector and government in Australia, New Zealand and Asia, including with resource industry leaders Rio Tinto and Alcoa.
Prior to starting his own investor relations and financial corporate communications consultancy, Mr Brook was Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Affairs for Consolidated Minerals Limited, an ASX 200 and AIM listed diversified mining company. He managed investor relations and corporate communications strategy during one of the most highly competitive corporate actions in recent years. Mr Brook has extensive networks in the Australian, UK and US financial and investment markets.
Mr Brook brings to the Board extensive corporate experience in the mining and government sectors. As a government relations and issues management adviser for Alcoa Australia, Mr Brook managed Alcoa's state and federal government relations strategies for major growth projects in Australia. Previously Mr Brook worked in corporate communication management roles with Western Australian minerals sands miner, Iluka Resources Limited, and Rio Tinto subsidiary, Robe River Iron Associates.
Between 1990 and 2000, Mr Brook served as a diplomat, posted in Wellington, Canberra and Thailand. He has an excellent knowledge of Asian trade and investment practises and government regulatory regimes, as well as significant experience and networks in international trade, economics and government relations.
Christopher John Forrester - Non Executive Director
Mr Forrester brings to the board extensive strategic development, operational and marketing skills, with over 30 years business and management experience.
Mr Forrester was responsible for the establishment and development of Entyre Rubber Systems Pty Ltd and after selling the company, played a key role in the growth transformation of the company into an ASX listed enterprise, trading as Reclaim Ltd. Reclaim went on to become the Australian industry leader in its sector, undergoing significant expansion nationally and internationally, securing markets in Asia, the Middle East, the US and the UK.
As Executive Director of Reclaim Ltd, Mr Forrester was responsible for overseeing the day to day operational management of the company, the ongoing review of process improvement and the identification and implementation of expansion strategies. Mr Forrester has had extensive business dealings in China and the Middle East.
Prior to his work with Reclaim Ltd, Mr Forrester worked in the agriculture industry, the mining industry, as a sub contract miner, and as the Assistant Manager of the blast hole division of Thomson Drilling.
Robert (Sam) Middlemas - Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
Mr Middlemas is a chartered accountant with more that 15 years experience in various financial and company secretarial roles with a number of listed public companies operating in the resources sector. He is the principal of a corporate advisory company which provides financial and secretarial services. Previously Mr Middlemas worked for an international accountancy firm. His fields of expertise include corporate secretarial practice, financial and management reporting in the mining industry, treasury and cash flow management and corporate governance