Board of directors

• John Bryant
  Non-executive Chairman

  Mr Bryant is the Senior Independent Director of AIM listed IGas plc. He was previously Chairman of Gas Turbine Efficiency plc, KP Renewables plc and a board member of Attiki (Athens) Gas Company.

  He also served as President of Cinergy Global Resources Corp, responsible for all international business and global renewable power operations of this US-based electricity and gas utility provider. His earlier professional experience was gained with Midlands Electricity plc as Executive Director, Generation, and with British Sugar plc, Drexel Limited, BOC Limited and Unilever plc.

  Mr Bryant holds an MSc from Reading University and a BA from Nottingham University, and is a member of the Institute of Directors and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee.
• Rod Webster
  Chief-executive Officer

  Mr Webster is a graduate mining engineer from the University of Sydney. He has over 35 years of experience in the resources industry, including more than 15 years in managing director or chief executive officer positions.

  From 2001 to 2005, he was a senior executive at First Quantum Minerals Ltd (FQM), a Toronto Stock Exchange and AIM-quoted company, developing and operating copper mines in Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mauritania. He was the CEO of Kansanshi Mining Ltd and before that a non-executive director of Mopani Copper Mines Ltd, in which FQM held a major interest.

  Prior to his involvement with FQM, Mr Webster was a founding director and the CEO of an Australian base metals producer, Western Metals Ltd, and prior to this held senior management positions with Homestake Gold of Australia and BHP Minerals.

  Mr Webster is a Fellow of both the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has been a member of the Executive Committees of both the Australian Minerals Council and the International Zinc Association, and a non-executive director of numerous companies.
• Dr Wolf Martinick
  Non-executive Director

  Dr Martinick is an environmental scientist with extensive experience in the mineral resource industry. He has been involved with mineral exploration and mining projects around the world, especially in Australasia.

  He is a non-executive director of a number of ASX companies including Azure Minerals Ltd; Carbine Resources Limited; Sun Resources Limited; Uran Limited; and is Executive Chairman of ASX listed Ezenet Limited.

  Dr Martinick has been associated with the exploration and mining industry for over 40 years, and has particular experience in environmental, water, land access and indigenous people issues. He has conducted due diligence on mining projects globally on behalf of international financial institutions and resource industry companies for a variety of transactions, including listings on international stock exchanges, mergers and debt financing. He has in recent years been active in identifying and assessing mineral projects and prospects in various parts of the world. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
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  Alan Stephens
  Senior Independent Non-executive Director

  Alan Stephens joined Weatherly in July 2008. Alan is President, CEO and Director of Coro Mining Corp, a TSX quoted, Latin American focused, copper development company with an advanced copper-gold project in Argentina and several earlier stage projects in Chile.

  He is also Chairman of Valley High Ventures, a Vancouver based junior exploration company with base and precious metals projects in Mexico and Canada.With 32 years of experience in the mining business, Alan has previously worked as Vice President, Exploration with copper producer First Quantum Minerals and as International Exploration Manager for Cyprus Amax Minerals. He has taken part in operations in a wide variety of geographical zones including Africa, Europe, Asia and Latin America. He is chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.
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  Charilaos Stavrakis
  Independent Non-executive Director

  Mr Stavrakis, aged 57, recently served the Republic of Cyprus as Finance Minister from 2008 to 2011 as was the Governor for the Republic of Cyprus at the European Investment Bank (EIB). He has over 25 years experience in the banking sector, the majority of which spent at the Bank of Cyprus, where he ultimately held the role of Deputy Group CEO from 2005 to 2008.

  Mr Stavrakis has also held the Chairmanship of both the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (2005-2008) and the Cyrus Bank Employers Association. He retains his position as Non-Executive Director of GPB Financial Services (subsidiary of GazpromBank).

  Mr Stavrakis has extensive international banking experience in Cyprus, Australia, Russia and the UK. He is a graduate of Economics from the University of Cambridge and holds an MBA from Harvard University.
• Max Herbert
  Company Secretary

  Mr Herbert joined Weatherly in January 2008. He has many years extensive experience at senior managerial level in the UK and overseas power industries including 10 years with National Power, a FTSE 100 company. As Company Secretary, General Counsel and Regional Director (Asia) of National Power, he played a pivotal role in the establishment of strong corporate governance, the development of corporate strategy, contract negotiation and international business.