{"id":5296,"date":"2021-08-19T02:22:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T02:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perseusmining.com\/?page_id=5296"},"modified":"2025-10-31T06:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T22:59:16","slug":"our-leadership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perseusmining.com\/our-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Rick Menell<\/strong>
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Mr Rick Menell is an eminent South African citizen whose business career has spanned over 40 years and has involved senior leadership roles in a range of major African based resources companies.<\/p>

Trained originally as an exploration geologist at Cambridge and Stanford universities, Mr Menell worked as a geologist in Canada, USA and South Africa before spending time as an investment banker for the mining industry in New York and Australia with JP Morgan. After a period as an executive director for Delta Gold in Australia, working on new gold mines in Australia and gold and platinum projects in Zimbabwe, he returned to South Africa in 1991 and rejoined the mining industry there as finance director for diversified mining company Anglovaal Mining.<\/p>

Mr Menell led Anglovaal Mining from 1996 as CEO and then Executive Chairman until 2004. During this time, he managed the restructuring, transformation and modernisation of the group, including major investments in new platinum, gold, manganese, chrome, iron ore, coal and nickel mines in South Africa, new ferrochrome and ferromanganese smelters in South Africa, and investments in copper and cobalt mining, smelting and refining in Zambia. This work continued when he merged Anglovaal with Patrice Motsepe\u2019s ARM to form African Rainbow Minerals, where he remained Deputy Chairman, and also CEO of subsidiary Teal Mining and Exploration Inc, until he left the group in 2008.<\/p>

Up to 2011, Mr Menell also served as President of the SA Minerals Council, Chairman of Tourism SA, Chairman of Bateman Engineering, Deputy Chairman of Harmony Gold and of Associated Manganese Mines, and a director of Standard Bank Group, Telkom South Africa and Mutual & Federal Insurance. He has been a director of the World Gold Council, senior advisor to the WTO, the IOM and a Mining Council member for the World Economic Forum. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society (London), and of the SAIMM and the AusIMM.<\/p>

In 2011, Mr Menell joined Credit Suisse investment banking group as a Senior Advisor, working on transactions in all sectors, and throughout sub-Saharan Africa, leaving the group on its merger with UBS in 2023. He has retained an active involvement in leadership in the mining and mining supplies industries, retiring recently as Deputy Chairman of Gold Fields Ltd and as Senior Independent Director of the Weir Group (UK). He remains an Independent Non-Executive Director at Sibanye-Stillwater Limited, a precious and energy-transition metals mining company listed in Johannesburg and New York, having served for several years as Lead Independent Director.<\/p>

Mr Menell has also been active throughout his career in the non-profit sector, serving on numerous boards including the Business Trust, the NBI, BLSA and the CDE, all in South Africa. He is founding Co-Chairman of City Year South Africa youth service organisation, a trustee of the Foundation at the University of the Western Cape and a member of the Advisory Board of the African Leadership Academy. His activities focus on secondary, tertiary and post tertiary education and on active citizenship such as the SA Solidarity Fund, where he served as a full-time volunteer executive in a team dealing with health and humanitarian consequences of the COVID pandemic. He headed a funding effort that has raised approximately US$250 million in support of urgent programmes for everyone in need, both citizens and non-citizens.<\/p>

He has been involved in the founding and funding of a similar new initiative in 2023: the Resource Mobilization Fund. This has been set up at the request of the South African President to engage the private sector to assist in dealing with the enormous national challenges of power and water supply, failing transport infrastructure and eroding rule of law through public-private partnerships.<\/p>

Rick is the Chairperson of the Board’s Nomination and Governance Committee and sits on the Remuneration, Technical, and Sustainability Committees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr Ransom has more than 45 years of experience within the mining industry in Australia and abroad. He is a graduate of the University of Sydney (BSc Geology) (Hons) and Australian National University (PhD \u2013 Structural Geology). His earlier experience included roles as a project geologist with the Aberfoyle Group in Australia and Cominco Ltd in Canada. Dr Ransom also worked as a specialist consultant for 20 years with a clientele including CRA, BHP, Newmont and numerous companies in the microcap sector, specialising in structural geology.<\/p>

For 17 years, Dr Ransom worked for Acorn Capital Ltd as resource analyst\/portfolio manager focusing on the microcap materials and energy sectors. He is well known and highly regarded in the fund management industry. He retired from Acorn Capital Ltd in September 2016 but remains a consultant. Dr Ransom has extensive board experience gained over the past 25 years in small mining and exploration companies.<\/p>

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Craig Jones<\/strong>
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Mr Jones was appointed to the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Perseus Mining Limited on 1 October 2025. He has more than 25 years of global mining experience, having worked across Australia, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Indonesia and Canada.<\/p>

He was a member of Newcrest\u2019s executive team from 2012, having originally joined in 2008, and ultimately served as Newcrest\u2019s global COO, with broad responsibility for five operating assets spread across multiple jurisdictions. In that capacity, he played a critical role in the development of organisational strategies, due diligence and investor relations. Mr Jones also led high-level engagement with governments, communities and First Nations groups across PNG, Canada and Australia.\u00a0<\/p>

Beyond his executive roles, Mr Jones was a Newcrest nominee director on the Boards of SolGold and Lundin Gold and was Newcrest\u2019s representative on Joint Venture Committees including the Morobe Mining Joint Venture in PNG and the Red Chris Joint Venture in British Columbia, reflecting extensive global resource-sector connectivity and governance experience.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Amber Banfield<\/strong>
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Ms Amber Banfield was appointed to the role of Non-Executive Director of Perseus in May 2021.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

Ms Banfield holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental and Civil) degree and a Master of Business Administration, both awarded by the University of Western Australia.<\/span><\/p>

Ms Banfield held management positions with Worley for 20 years, contributing to the Australian company growing into the world\u2019s largest energy and resources engineering services provider. Ms Banfield’s most recent roles included Global Strategy Manager and Global M&A Manager where amongst other things, she was responsible for developing and implementing a company-wide Energy Transition strategy to grow decarbonizing businesses including hydrogen and renewables.<\/p>

Ms Banfield is the Chairperson of the Board\u2019s Sustainability Committee and sits on the Audit and Risk, and Nomination and Governance Committees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Elissa Cornelius
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Ms Cornelius is a Chartered Accountant (ICAA) with a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) from Curtin University and has over 20 years of experience in a range of financial roles with Australian and International companies.<\/span><\/p>

Ms Cornelius has held financial management roles with various companies involved with gold, base metals and oil & gas mining in Australia and internationally. Most recently, until her decision to step down from executive duties in October 2020, Elissa served as Perseus Mining\u2019s Chief Financial Officer, having first joined the company in 2010 and promoted to CFO in 2013. <\/span><\/p>

Ms Cornelius is the Chairperson of the Board\u2019s Audit and Risk Committee and is a member of the Remuneration, and Nomination and Governance Committees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Daniel Lougher<\/strong>
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Mr Daniel Lougher\u2019s professional qualifications including a Bachelor of Science (Honours) of Mining Geology, a Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mining) and a Master of Science (Engineering). Mr Lougher also holds a First Class Mine Manager\u2019s Certificate of Competency (WA) and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.<\/p>

In total, Mr Lougher\u2019s professional career spans more than 35 years involving a range of exploration, feasibility, development, operations, and corporate roles with Australian and international mining companies including a period of eighteen years spent in Africa with BHP Billiton, Impala Plats, Anglo American and Genmin.<\/p>

Mr Lougher is the Chairperson for the Technical Committee and sits on the Audit and Risk, and Remuneration Committees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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John McGloin<\/strong>
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Mr John McGloin is the former Chairman and CEO of Amara Mining and joined Perseus in April 2016, following the scheme of arrangement between Amara Mining and its shareholders becoming effective.<\/p>

Mr McGloin is a geologist and graduate of Camborne School of Mines. He has worked for many years in Africa across the mining industry, consultancy and subsequently and investment banking<\/p>

Over the years, Mr McGloin has held senior positions with African Platinum, Randgold Resources, Avocet Mining, European Goldfields, Titanium Resources Group, Arbuthnot Banking Group following, Evolution Securities and Collins Stewart.<\/p>

Mr McGloin is the Chairperson of the Board\u2019s Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Technical Committee, as well as the Nomination and Governance Committee.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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James (Jim) Rutherford<\/strong>
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James (Jim) Rutherford joined the Perseus Board as an Independent Non-Executive Director in June 2025. He is a highly experienced investment professional with over 25 years spent working in the global mining and metals sector, including senior roles at Capital Group, HSBC James Capel, and Credit Lyonnais Securities.<\/p>

Jim currently serves as a Director of Manara Minerals Investment Co, and is a Non-Executive Director of Ecora Resources and Minera Cobre de Colombia. He was previously Non-Executive Chairman of Centamin plc, and held Board roles with Anglo American, GT Gold, and Dalradian Resources.<\/p>

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Ms Amanda Weir has more than 20 years’ experience in the mining industry and has held executive level roles for nearly half this time, including as Chief Transformation Officer and Senior Vice President of Canadian Operations for Newcrest. She was involved in integrating Newcrest’s operations into Newmont and became Newmont’s Interim Group Head Mineral Resource Management. Previously she was General Manager Transformation and Effectiveness at Evolution Mining and held various strategy, innovation and technical roles at BHP over a nine-year tenure.<\/p>

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Lee-Anne de Bruin<\/strong>
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Ms Lee-Anne de Bruin is a Certified Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Accounting from the University of Witwatersrand (Johannesburg).<\/p>

Ms de Bruin has over 18 years of senior financial, operational, and strategic management and board director experience across multiple industries and jurisdictions. She has extensive experience in the resources sector, and has held senior positions at Gem Diamonds, BHP, Newmont, and Resolute Mining before joining Perseus in 2020.<\/p>

Ms de Bruin is a Director of the Perseus Mining subsidiaries in Ghana and Cote d\u2019Ivoire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jacob Ricciardone<\/strong>
Chief Development Officer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mr Jacob Ricciardone joined Perseus Mining in January 2025. He brings nearly two decades of industry know-how, with an extensive background in mining engineering and strategic planning. He has held top leadership roles in multinational companies, overseeing both open-pit and underground mining projects. Mr Ricciardone\u2019s skill set spans operational, technical, and corporate development, with a particular focus on strategic planning. Within the Company, he is responsible for exploration, project development, and technical services, providing leadership across the full mine development lifecycle.<\/p>

In his previous role as Vice President of Strategic Planning at Gold Fields Limited, Mr Ricciardone played a key part in shaping the strategic planning framework for the group. During his time at Gold Fields, he successfully led a diverse team to deliver M&A transactions and conducted technical due diligence for assets throughout Africa, Australia, and South America. Prior to this, he held various senior engineering and management roles with Barrick Gold in Papua New Guinea and Golden Star Resources in Ghana.<\/p>

Mr Ricciardone holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering) and a Master of Science (Mineral Economics) from the Western Australian School of Mines, as well as a Master of Business Administration from Curtin Graduate School of Business. He is a member of AusIMM and a Chartered Mining Professional.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Melanie Pollard<\/strong>
Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ms Melanie Pollard has over 15 years\u2019 experience in the international development sector and resource industry, and has lived and worked in Europe, West Africa, Papua New-Guinea and Australia. She started her career as Project Manager with the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe, an EU-led international organiastion in the security, defense and justice & home affairs fields, before moving to the resource industry. Melanie has extensive experience in sustainability, international human resources, HSS, stakeholder engagement, learning and development and communications and has held various roles at Chicago Bridge & Iron and Resolute Mining before joining Perseus in June 2023.<\/p>

Ms Pollard holds a Master\u2019s degree in International Relations from La Sorbonne University, Paris (France), is a Councillor of the WA Chapter of the French-Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FACCI) and a member of Bureau Veritas Impartiality Committee.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Martijn Bosboom<\/strong>
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Martijn Bosboom was appointed Perseus\u2019 General Counsel and Company Secretary in 2013. Mr Bosboom holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia and a Master of Laws from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. He also holds the Graduate Diploma of Applied Corporate Governance issued by, and is a Fellow of, the Governance Institute of Australia.<\/p>\n

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Mr Matthew Scully has built his career in Project Management within the mining sector completing both greenfield and brownfields projects of varying sizes on three continents over the past 15+years. The latest project prior to joining Perseus was the completion of the 100% Evolution Mining owned $180 million Mt Carlton Gold\/Silver Project in North Queensland.<\/p>

Mr Scully has a range of experience in various commodities including Manganese, Nickel, Copper and Gold and has managed projects both for underground and open pit operations.<\/p>

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Mr Thomas has a degree in Mineral Processing from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London University, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining, a Chartered Engineer (Engineering Council, UK), a European Ing\u00e9nieur (FEANI), and a Practitioner Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mr Stephen Kofi Ndede was appointed the General Manager of the Edikan mine of Perseus mining in 2017 after working in the company as the Mining Operations manager for 2 years. Before joining Perseus Mr Ndede was the Business Improvement Manager of Golden Star Resources.<\/p>

Mr Ndede has over 30 years\u2019 experience in mine planning and operations and over the years has worked for Anglogold Ashanti, RandGold Resources and other companies in West-Africa. Mr Ndede has a track record of turning around distressed companies to profitable entities and was instrumental in turning around the fortunes of Iduapriem mine around in the early 2000s into a profitable mine.<\/p>

Mr Ndede holds an MSc (1993) in Mining Engineering from the Camborne School of mines and a post \u2013 graduate Diploma in Mining Engineering from Tarkwa School of Mines.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Michael Cardinaels<\/strong>
General Manager Operations, Sissingu\u00e9<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mr Michael Cardinaels was appointed to the role of General Manager at Sissingu\u00e9 in March 2020. Mr Cardinaels joined Perseus in September 2017 as Mining Manager taking the operation from construction to full scale production and was subsequently appointed to the role of Operations Manager in March 2019.<\/p>

Mr Cardinaels received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Queensland and holds qualifications in Management from the Australian Institute of Management and an Unrestricted Quarry Manager\u2019s certification.<\/p>

Mr Cardinaels has 20 years of experience in the mining industry with multiple commodities.<\/p>

Mr Cardinaels began his career in underground gold mining followed by multiple operational and technical services roles in open cut coal in Australia. Prior to joining Perseus, he spent more than 5 years managing a major expansion and production at MMG\u2019s Kinsevere open pit Copper Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mark Somlyay<\/strong>
Group General Manager-Commercial<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mr Mark Somlyay was appointed to his current role in November 2018, having spent the previous 4 years based at Perseus\u2019s African operations where he oversaw the financial, supply chain and commercial functions.<\/p>

Mr Somlyay holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Queensland and is a Certified Practicing Accountant (CPA). Prior to joining Perseus, Mark has spent 18 years in senior Finance, Commercial and Business Improvement roles in Australia, Africa and internationally with a range of companies including London Mining, Inmet Mining, Barrick Africa, Oceana Gold and Xstrata.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perseus\u2019s management is fundamental in the continued ongoing success of our business. Board of Directors Rick MenellIndependent Non-Executive Chairman Mr Rick Menell is an eminent South African citizen whose business career has spanned over 40 years and has involved senior leadership roles in a range of major African based resources companies. 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