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| The Lord Daresbury - Non-Executive Chairman (aged 57)
| | | Peter Daresbury has held numerous executive positions, including CEO from 1997 to 2000 of the Greenalls Group, which had an annual turnover of £983 million and a FTSE market capitalisation of £1.7 billion. In 2000, the company was re-named The De Vere Group plc, and Peter Daresbury became Non-Executive Chairman until he stood down in 2006. Peter Daresbury has also served as Non-Executive Chairman of Kazakhgold Group Ltd from 2005 to 2007 and Executive Chairman of Highland Gold from 2002 to 2004. Peter is currently Chairman of AIM quoted Nasstar plc, Aintree Racecourse Company Ltd, Mallett plc and North West Business Finance Ltd, a new Private Venture Capital and Loan Fund (VCLF) for the Northwest.
Current directorships include Sumatra Copper and Gold Ltd, and in addition, since 2005, Peter sits on the Fleming Family and Partners Private Equity Committee. |
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| Karl Smithson - Chief Executive Officer (aged 44)
| | | Karl Smithson (44) was appointed as Stellar's Chief Executive Officer with effect from 1 January 2007, having built the portfolio of Stellar's assets within Mano River Resources since 2000. He led the listing of Stellar on AIM through a reverse takeover of West African Diamonds and has over the years successfully raised over £12million in equity funding for Stellar.
Karl has 22 years of resource sector experience gained with a number of companies in senior management positions, including De Beers (10 years), SouthernEra Diamonds (two years) and African Aura/Stellar (10 years). Karl's working career has been focused on diamond exploration in Africa and he has been responsible for a number of new diamond discoveries in Botswana, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Karl is a geology graduate of Kingston University in the UK. He completed his MBA in 2006 at the Graduate School of Business in Cape Town, South Africa and was awarded with the Old Mutual Gold Medal. |
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| James Campbell - Non-Executive Director (aged 46)
| | | James is the Managing Director of African Diamonds plc, and a Director of Bugeco sa, Swala Resources plc, Boteti Mining Pty Ltd as well as Stellar Diamonds plc. Previously, he worked for De Beers for over 20 years, culminating in being General Manager responsible for resource delivery in the Global Mining and Exploration group.
During his career with De Beers he also led small-scale mine development as well as being involved in corporate management and being Nicky Oppenheimer's Personal Assistant.
James holds a degree in Mining & Exploration Geology from the Royal School of Mines (Imperial College, London University) and an MBA with distinction from Durham University. James is a Fellow of the Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Materials, Chartered Engineer (UK), Chartered Scientist (UK), a Professional Natural Scientist (RSA) and a member of the Institute of Directors of South Africa.
As part of his social commitment to South Africa, he acts as vice chairman of the South African Ballet Theatre and acting chairman of Common Purpose SA. He is also a licensed Lay Minister in the Anglican Church of South Africa and an accomplished Ballroom and Latin American dancer. James lives in Irene with his wife and two university
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| Luis da Silva - Non-Executive Director (aged 40)
| | | Luis is CEO of TSXV/AIM listed (symbol: AFF) Afferro Mining Inc. He gained his extensive international experience with multinationals Lafarge S.A. and Blue Circle Industries Plc. Luis is a graduate Mining Engineer from Camborne School of Mines and read for his MBA at the Cranfield School of Management. He is a Non-Executive Director of Aureus Mining Inc (TSX / AIM: AUE). |
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| Steven Poulton - Non-Executive Director (aged 35)
| | | Steven Poulton holds an Honours degree in Geology from the University of Southampton (1997) and a Masters degree in Mining Geology from the Camborne School of Mines (1998). He is the Chief Executive and co-founder (2007) of Altus Strategies Ltd, a private natural resource investment group and a director of its subsidiaries Altus Capital Ltd (the investment manager of Altus Resource Capital Ltd [LSE:ARCL]) and Asterion AV Ltd a special situation resource investor and new business incubator. Steven was a co-founder of African Aura Mining Inc, which in 2011 de-merged its assets to create Aureus Mining Inc [AIM / TSX: AUE] and Afferro Mining Inc [AIM / TSX-V: AFF]. Steven is a fellow of the Geological Society of London and a fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. |
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