Kogi Iron refreshes Board of Directors for next phase of growth
Kogi Iron Limited announced the following changes to its board of directors. David Turvey and Peter Huljich have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors, and Michael Tilley has tendered his resignation. The changes are effective immediately.
David Turvey was a senior resources executive in the iron ore and steel industry. His previous experience includes advice on the Nimba-Simandou iron project in Guinea, the Savage River magnetite operations in Tasmania and as Managing Director of FerrAus where he was responsible for fund raising of A$75m and a significant growth in its market capitalisation from $10m to $280m. David also has experience in steel making processes and has conducted metallurgical test work, process engineering and market analysis for a number of feasibility projects throughout Australia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. David is a geologist by profession with over 35 years' experience in the Australian and Asian mining industry. His career has involved business development and corporate M&A activities in precious & base metals, bulk commodities, industrial minerals and specialty metals. He has held key management roles in large international companies, including several international roles based in South-East Asia. During the last 20 years, David has conducted independent consulting assignments in mineral exploration, R&D, technical marketing and market entry strategies, mining law & foreign investment policy, and commercial project evaluation. David has been a Non-Executive Director at listed Australian public company Southern Gold Limited since 2011, prior to which he was Executive Director of Lawson Gold Limited and Managing Director of FerrAus Limited.
Peter Huljich is an experienced legal and commercial adviser who has worked in the mining, banking and finance sectors since 1993, with a particular expertise in capital markets. Initially Perth based he moved to London in 1998 where he worked for a number of prestigious investment banks, with a focus on Commodities and Equity and Debt Capital Markets. He has extensive on the ground African mining, oil and gas, and infrastructure experience having resided in Kenya from 2010 until his return to Perth in 2017. Peter has worked with Governments, sponsors, venture capital clients, underwriters, borrowers and investment banking teams on structured finance, loan and derivative transactions, and equity and debt capital market instruments in more than 50 countries covering a wide variety of secured and unsecured financing and structured products with transaction values from USD 100 million up to USD 5 billion. Peter is a graduate of UWA with dual degrees in Commerce and Law. He is a Graduate of both the Securities Institute of Australia where he earned National Prizes in Applied Valuation and Financial Analysis and of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Peter is also a Director of AVZ Minerals Limited ASX: AVZ.
Source : Strategic Research Institute