W J (Bill) Ryan M.E., F.AusIMM, FAICD
Non-Executive Chairman

Bill Ryan holds a Masters degree in chemical engineering and has over 40 years experience in mining, metallurgy and management. His career has included 4 years in metallurgical research at Amdel in Adelaide, 11 years at Endeavour Resources Limited in Melbourne, a brief role at Bond Resources in 1981 and 1982 following which he operated his own consultancy, Rytech Pty Ltd, until 1987. He took control of what became Titan Resources NL in late 1987 and resigned from that position after 17 years in June 2004.

He was the longest serving President of the influential mining lobby group AMEC for 5 years (1995 – 2000), a Councillor of the WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy for 2 years and an inaugural Councillor of the Australian Gold Council.

Bill was appointed non-executive Chairman of Brumby Resources Limited in May 2006, is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Andrew (Andy) Haslam Grad. Dip. Min, MAICD
Managing Director and CEO

Andy Haslam began his mining career at the Bluebird mine with Endeavour Resources Ltd (now St Barbara Mines) and later became Mine Superintendent at Dominion Mining Limited's Labouchere gold operation. Andy was Operations Manager at AWP Contractors (7 years) and Henry Walker Eltin (8 years), following which he was Project Manager and Registered Mine Manager for BHPB's Yandi iron ore mine from 2000 to 2002. His most recent position was Mining Manager for Thiess Pty Ltd's operations in Western Australia and South Australia responsible for the BHP Billiton - Thiess Mining Alliance at the Mt Keith nickel operation in WA and Oxiana Pty Ltd's Prominant Hill copper/gold mine in SA.

Andy holds a Graduate Diploma in Mining from Ballarat University and a Diploma of Extractive Industries Management from SEM College in WA. He has over 25 years of wide-ranging experience in mining operations, the past 18 of these in open cut contracting.

Peter Knowles is a graduate in Economics from Monash University in Victoria. He also completed Advanced Management Programs at the University of Western Australia and at Harvard University in Boston.

Peter has a broad background in corporate finance and strategic planning. He was at various times the Manager of Corporate Planning, and General Manager Projects for Hamersley Iron, Group Projects Manager for Wesfarmers and was Managing Director of Wesfarmers CSBP Limited from 1994 to 2001. Peter currently acts as an independent consultant to various clients on resource and infrastructure projects.

Peter is currently a non-executive director of Activ Foundation Inc and Coogee Chemicals Pty Ltd.

Andrew V Simpson Grad. Dip. Bus (Curtin), MAICD
Non-Executive Director

Andrew Simpson holds a Graduate Diploma in Business and Administration (majoring in Marketing and Finance) from Curtin University and is currently the Managing Director and Principal of Resource and Technology Marketing Services Pty Ltd (RTM) in Perth.

Andrew’s professional career began with Allied Eneabba in 1975 where he held a variety of positions, including Marketing Manager and Commercial Manager (R&D) over an 11 year period. Andrew then moved to become Managing Director of Dolmar Chemicals in WA, Group General Manager – Marketing and Business Development with Simcoa Operations in WA, Executive Director of Simcoa International and CEO of Atomaer, a WA based mining technology company. He formed RTM in 1999 to specialize in strategic and business planning, resource project assessment and marketing. RTM is recognised as one of Australia’s leading market research consultants to the international mining industry.

Andrew is non-executive Chairman of Swick Mining Services Pty Ltd, Territory Resources Ltd, and India Resources Ltd. He is also a non-executive director of ABM Resources Ltd, Matilda Minerals Ltd, and Wintech International Pty Ltd and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.