Directors
Nicholas Hall M.A., FCA, Chief Executive Officer.
Nicholas is a Chartered Accountant who trained with KPMG. He has international experience of managing mining companies and is the former Managing Director of Rand London Corporation Ltd (South Africa) and President of PBS Coals Inc. (USA). Both of these appointments involved the implementation of major corporate recovery plans. In recent years he has acted as an independent business consultant specialising in cost reduction programmes for major retailers and specialist project management. He joined the board of Angel Mining in October 2007.
Kevin Hayes McNair BBA, MBA Chief Financial Officer
Kevin gained an MBA at London Business School having obtained a degree in Business Administration from William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. Kevin worked for Fremont Financial Corporation in Chicago, UBS Ltd in London and Zurich and for Granville Baird in London before becoming the Group Finance Director to the Boxwood Group. More recently, he was CFO at Enegi Oil Plc. Kevin has experience of financial management of AIM listed companies, a great understanding of financial markets, and is familiar with the needs of mineral resource based businesses.
Timothy Daffern BEng, CEng, MBA, FIMMM, MAusIMM, MCIM. Director of Mining.
Tim is a Chartered Mining Engineer, who gained professional qualifications in Australia, Canada and at the Camborne School of Mines. He has over 20 years of international experience in both surface and underground operations. Before joining Wardell Armstrong as Technical Director, he gained practical experience in operations management, mine development, contract management and mine economics with companies including BHP, Newcrest, BPB and at the South Crofty Tin mine in Cornwall. He joined the board of Angel Mining in May 2008.
Francis (Frank) Chapman, Non-executive Chairman.
Frank is currently chief executive officer of London Capital Group plc, the AIM-quoted trading services company, having joined the board of that company in October 2003 and was appointed managing director in May 2004. He has over 30 years' experience in the London derivative and FX markets, having previously been a director or managing director of a number of companies including London Investment Trust, Baring Securities, Deutsche Morgan Grenfell and Amerex Petroleum. Frank was previously a non-executive director of Angel Mining but stepped down from the board in June 2008 to progress his other business interests.
Daniel Bordessa BCom, MBA, Non-executive Director.
Daniel is a Managing Director at Cyrus Capital Partners Europe LLP (“CCPE”) where he is responsible for identifying and managing European and North American investments. Prior to joining CCPE, he was an Executive Director at the international investment bank Lazard where he was responsible for advising companies in relation to financial restructurings and mergers & acquisitions. In addition, Daniel has experience in Canada in investment banking and advisory services.