Committee

Dr. Elena Clarici

Chairman

Elena is currently Portfolio Manager of Scipion Mining and Resources Fund. Originally, Elena was trained as a mining equity analyst and natural resources investment banker at various institutions in the City of London, including T. Hoare & Co (acquired by Canaccord Capital) and ABN AMRO Bank. Elena studied mining and earned her PhD in application of artificial intelligence to mining engineering from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, London.

Carl Noack

Treasurer

Carl is currently VP - Investments at Altus Capital. He previously was the Business Development Manager for AIM listed Avocet Mining PLC. After graduating from the University of Queensland, Australia with a mining engineering degree he began his career working on various mine sites throughout Australia. Using his post-graduate qualifications in finance he continued his career with a respected consultancy before joining Avocet in 2006. Carl has experience in both commercial and technical roles within the resources industry.

Louise Mason

Secretary

Currently working for Walbrook PR, Louise is a specialist in the financial public relations and investor relations of natural resource companies having worked in the sector for the past 5 years. Louise is responsible for membership and all administrative needs of the AMA.

Tim Dudley

Tim Dudley a mining analyst currently working with Collins Stewart Hawkpoint. Prior to moving into mining finance in London in 2006, Tim worked for 7 years as a mining engineer across a number of operational, project and technical roles in the mining industry, primarily in Australia within Anglo American's Coal Division.  He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) and a Masters of Professional Accountancy.

Charles Kernot

Charles Kernot studied mining geology at the Royal School of Mines in London and started his career as a mining analyst in the late 1980s.  Since then he has researched companies with exposure to almost every mined commodity, in most geographic locations, and from small to mega market capitalisations. He has written two books covering mining analysis and two books on the UK and international coal markets. He has been Director of Metals and Mining at Evolution Securities since August 2008.

Tony Mahalski

Tony has over thirty years experience in global resource capital markets. He has represented resource brokers and investment banks in Europe and the United States both as shareholder and proprietor. Tony has specialised in funding and advising the mining and resource companies throughout this period. He has been and invited speaker at many industry conferences throughout Europe and North America. Tony is currently the Chairman of LM Associates IR Consultants.

Christopher Welch

Christopher Welch holds a MSc in International Business Management, and a BSc (Hons) in Geology from University College London, and an Advanced Certificate in Economics from Birkbeck University. Before joining Ocean Equities, Christopher spent four years with Bloomsbury Minerals Economics as a copper analyst, prior to which he worked as a geologist at a diamond mine in Lesotho.

Euan Worthington

Euan is Chairman of Diamondcorp PLC and Chairman of African Eagle Resources plc. He has 18 years experience in the City of London as a mining analyst and mining corporate finance specialist, during which time he participated, as team leader or mining advisor, in numerous major corporate finance projects including the 1993 sale of Anglo American`s international assets to Minorco; the de-merger of Union Miniere from Societe Generale; the privatisations of Outokumpu, Austria Metall and Cerro Matoso and the acquisition of Billiton from Shell by Gencor. Euan holds MSc in Mineral Production Management from the Royal School of Mines.