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Bob Bryan is Chairman of the Board of Highlands Pacific Limited. He is also Chairman of Pan Australian Resources Limited, Queensland Gas Company Limited and a Director of the Australian Property Growth Fund. He has more than 45 years experience in the exploration and mining sector. As founding Managing Director of the original Pan Australian Mining Ltd, he was instrumental in the development of the Mount Leyshon Gold Mine in Queensland. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and an Honorary Life Member of the Queensland Resources Council. He is also on the Boards of the Sustainable Minerals Institute and the W H Bryan Mining Geology Research Centre, both within the University of Queensland.
Mr Bryan is a member of the Board’s Remuneration Committee.
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Chairman Independent, non-executive director Appointed: 21 March 1997 Age: 73
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John Gooding is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Highlands Pacific Limited. He is a Mining Engineer with over 30 years experience in Gold and Base Metals resources including mining, exploration, smelting, refinery operations, sales & marketing, major capital expansion projects, commercial and management. He has held executive management positions with Normandy Mining, MIM, Xstrata, Ok Tedi Mining and Roche Mining. John has extensive experience in gold and base metal mining (both open-cut and underground) through the management and operation of mines in Australia, and internationally. He holds a Mine Managers Certificate (Qld, NSW & NT) and is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineers & the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy. John is a former board member of the Queensland Resource Council and has held directorships in a number of companies within the resources industry.
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Managing Director Appointed: 21 May 2007 Age: 55
CPEng. FIEAust. FAusIMM
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Andrew Berry has over 35 years investment banking experience, where he specialised in arranging financing for the petroleum and mining sectors. He worked for The Chase Manhattan Bank for 22 years and was based in New York, Singapore, the Middle East, Hong Kong and Australia. He was previously an Executive Director Chase Manhattan Asia Limited, Hong Kong, 1975-79; Managing Director Chase Manhattan Investment Banking Group, Australia, 1980-85; Chase AMP Capital Markets Limited, Australia, 1986-90; as well as a Director of several Australian and Southern African resource focused companies and the ASX listed Pacific Energy Limited. In addition to his present Director role with Highlands Pacific, Mr Berry is the Chairman of Viridis Investment Management Limited, which is the Responsible Entity for the ASX listed Viridis Clean Energy Group.
Mr Berry is a member of the Board’s Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee.
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Independent, non-executive director Appointed: 17 August 1998 Age: 69
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Ian Burvill is a Partner of Resource Capital Funds (RCF), a private equity firm which invests exclusively in the mining industry. Mr Burvill is based in Perth, where he co-ordinates RCF’s Australian investment activities. He has more than 21 years’ experience in the mining industry, ranging from mineral processing engineering to project finance to equity investment. Since joining RCF in 2001, he has served as a Director of several investment companies, including SouthCoal Pty Ltd (now a subsidiary of Excel Coal Limited), Pan Australian Resources Limited, Matrix Metals Limited and QMAG Limited (a private magnesia company). He is currently a Director of the Toronto listed Australian Solomons Gold Limited. Prior to joining RCF, he was in the resource banking department of N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited, and previously worked as an engineer for mineral processing consultants in Australia and the USA.
Mr Burvill is a member of the Board’s Remuneration Committee.
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Non-executive director Appointed: 6 March 2006 Age: 45
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Mike Carroll was appointed a Director of Highlands Pacific Limited in April 2008. He is a Fellow of Certified Practising Accountants with over 30 years experience in a broad range of industries (in all states of Australia). These include mining, petroleum, building and construction, property and a number of service industries. Mike has held executive management positions with Brambles Industries Limited, James Hardie and Comalco and is currently Chief Executive Officer of Neumann Associate Companies. He has extensive experience in acquisitions (including integration), Government and semi-Government relationships, business development, profit growth and Corporate Governance. Mr Carroll is a member of the Australian Institute of Directors.
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Non-executive director Appointed: 01 April 2008 Age: 56
FCPA, MAICD
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Ken MacDonald has over 30 years experience in corporate law, with particular emphasis on the energy and natural resources sector as a partner with Allens Arthur Robinson and its predecessors. He retired as partner on 31 December 2007 but remains an active consultant to the firm. He has advised the Queensland Government in many significant transactions, from leading the Queensland Government legal team for the Suncorp Metway merger and subsequent privatisation, through to most recently, the sale of the Queensland retail energy business. He regularly advises on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance issues, joint ventures, capital raisings and business regulation. In addition to his present Director role with Highlands Pacific, Mr MacDonald is the Deputy Chairman of Queensland Investment Corporation, a Director of QIC Private Capital Pty Ltd; QIC Retail Pty Ltd; Q-Invest Limited and a Director of RiverCity Motorway Group.
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Independent, non-executive director Appointed: 01 February 2008 Age: 58
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Rod Mitchell is the Chief Executive Officer of NASFUND of Papua New Guinea. NASFUND is the major private sector superannuation fund in PNG, managing the funds of over 85,000 active members and 155,000 inactive members. He is a Director of Credit Corporation Limited, a leading listed finance and property company in Papua New Guinea and a Director of DataNets, PNG’s leading Internet service provider. He is also interim CEO of the newly established PNG Business Coalition on HIV & AIDS. He has over 23 years experience in the financial investment industry in strategic, investment, operational and property analysis.
Mr Mitchell is a member of the Board’s Audit Committee.
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Non-executive director Appointed: 26 March 2001 Age: 47
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Fiu Williame-Igara was appointed a Director of Highlands Pacific in March 2005. She has extensive experience at policy level in economic development issues, with a comprehensive understanding of domestic, regional and international economic, financial, political, sociocultural and gender issues. Currently, she provides consultancy services to the public and private sectors. Previously, Ms Williame-Igara has managed a private enterprise, achieved First Assistant Secretary level in the PNG Department of Finance and Planning, and worked as a Regional Coordination Advisor for the South Pacific Forum Secretarial.
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Independent, Non-executive director Appointed: 24 March 2005 Age: 52
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Chief Financial Officer
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Craig Lennon, BBus (Acctg), CA, GDip AppFin (Finsia) Age: 35
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Craig Lennon has been with Highlands for seven years holding a number of positions within the finance department. He worked for companies in Australia, United Kingdom and Papua New Guinea and in industries including manufacturing, construction, retail, hospitality and mining. Craig also holds the office of Company Secretary and is currently studying a Graduate Diploma in Applied Corporate Governance with the Chartered Secretaries Australia.
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Chief Geologist
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Lawrence Queen, BSc (Geol), MSc (Econ Geol), MAusIMM Age: 48
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Lawrence Queen has been with Highlands for eleven years holding various senior positions within the exploration department. He has over 25 years experience in minerals exploration and project evaluation. During that time he has worked on mineral projects in Papua New Guinea, Alaska, Indonesia, Fiji, Australia and the southwest US.
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