Board Moves October 14, 2019

Tim Mason has been appointed chief executive of Eagle Mountain Mining and will join the company in January 2020. Charlie Bass will then step down as chief executive but remains a managing director to ensure a smooth transition, particularly of the company’s corporate activities in Arizona. Mr  Mason has 18 years of experience in the mining and engineering sectors across a broad range of corporate, operations, business development and engineering roles.

Tim Staermose has been appointed non-executive director of Emu NL. Mr  Staermose has 23 years of equity capital markets and equity research experience. He manages investments and advises high networth individuals and family offices on investing in stock markets around the world.

Colin La Galia has been appointed chief executive of Epichem. Mr  La Galia is a highly experienced executive in phamaceuticals, health care, devices and diagnostics, as well as business development locally and internationally. Dr Martine Keenan, chief executive since 2018, will resume her former role as head of drug discovery and joins the board.

Paul Goldfinch, co-founder and major shareholder of GO2 People, has joined the board as executive director.

Simon Mitchell has joined the board of Mount Ridley Mines as non-executive director. Mr  Mitchell is a geologist and finance executive with 29 years of resources industry experience in technical and corporate roles, including 10 years of gold exploration and mine development experience in Australia, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. Ashley Hood has resigned as managing director, having been appointed to the role in September 2016.

Ian Macliver will be retiring from the board of Otto Energy at the upcoming AGM in November. Mr  Macliver was involved in the public launch of Otto Energy in late 2004.