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| Robert M Friedland
Chairman and Non-Executive Director
| | | Mr. Friedland was appointed as Chairman of Ivanhoe Australia Limited in 2007. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum, Chairman and President of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation and Co-Founder and Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Energy.
A well-known financier of international resource projects, Mr. Friedland has led Ivanhoe Mines' discovery and current development of the Oyu Tolgoi deposit in Mongolia, which is the world's largest undeveloped and highest-grade porphyry copper and gold deposit. Other current mine development projects include the high-quality coal discoveries being developed by SouthGobi Energy Resources at Nariin Sukhait, also in southern Mongolia, and various mineral discoveries in Africa.
Mr. Friedland was named 2006 Mining Person of the Year by Canada's Northern Miner newspaper for his success in the development of the Oyu Tolgoi project, including the formation of a strategic partnership with Rio Tinto. He was previously named Developer of the Year in 1996 by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada.
Mr. Friedland holds a degree in political science from Reed College in Oregon, USA. |
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| Peter D. Reeve
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
| | | Peter was appointed a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoe Australia in February 2007.
Peter has been involved in the Australian resources industry for approximately 25 years after qualifying as a metallurgist in the early 1980s. His industry experience includes positions with Rio Tinto, Shell-Billiton and Normet Consulting, a metallurgical consulting firm, before joining Goldman Sachs/JBWere in Investment Management and Corporate Finance roles relating to the Australian resource industry. In 2001, Peter joined Newcrest Mining Ltd., as part of the Executive Committee responsible for corporate development and market related aspects for the group, a position that he occupied until 2006. Peter is a director of EXCO Resources and Emmerson Resources. He is also a director of Ivanplats Syerston Pty Ltd, Ivanplats Holding Company Pty Ltd and Ivanplats Services Pty Ltd (all Australian subsidiaries of Ivanhoe Nickel & Platinum Ltd.).
Peter has a Bachelor of Science (Metallurgy) from RMIT University. |
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| David M Korbin
Non-Executive Director
| | | David was appointed a Director of Ivanhoe Australia in 2007. A management and financial consultant, David is currently an independent director and chair of the Audit Committee of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. He is also currently a director of the New York Stock Exchange listed Seaspan Corporation (being chair of its audit committee since 2005) David was also a director of E-Comm Emergency Communications for Southwest British Columbia Incorporated, and acted as Chairman of E-Comm's board of directors from 2003 to 2006 and as chair of its audit committee from 2001 to 2004. From 1992 to 2000, he was a director of the Vancouver General Hospital and chair of its audit committee from 1993 to 1994 and also a director of the Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre being its chair from 1995 to 1998.
David qualified as a Canadian Chartered Accountant in 1966, and prior to 1987 served as managing partner of a number of smaller accounting firms. From 1990 to 1992 he was a managing partner of the Vancouver office of Deloitte & Touche LLP. |
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| John A. Macken
Non-Executive Director
| | | John was appointed a Director of Ivanhoe Australia in 2007. He is currently a Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoe Mines. Prior to joining Ivanhoe Mines in 2003, John worked for mining giant Freeport McMoran Copper and Gold, most recently as Freeport's Senior Vice-President of Strategic Planning and Development, based in New Orleans. He spent a total of 13 years with Freeport's operating unit, P.T. Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), culminating in the position of Executive Vice-President and General Manager at Freeport's Grasberg mining complex in Papua, the world's largest single copper and gold mine.
John has a Bachelor in Engineering (BA, BAI) from Trinity College, Dublin University, and is a Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Engineers in Ireland. |
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| Peter G. Meredith
Non-Executive Director
| | | Peter was appointed a Director of Ivanhoe Australia in December 2004. He is currently a Director and Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. He has also been the Chief Financial Officer of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation since June 1996. Peter is also a Director (since August 2003) of SouthGobi Energy Resources Ltd. (formerly Asia Gold Corp.) which is a publicly-listed and 90%-owned subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd, and has recently been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer in June 2007. Previously, he spent 31 years with Deloitte and Touche LLP, Chartered Accountants.
Peter is a Canadian Chartered Accountant (CA), and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario and the Ordre des Comptables agrees du Quebec. He is also a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and a Member of the Certified Management Accountants Society of British Columbia and Yukon. |
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| David Woodall
Non-Executive Director
| | | David was appointed a Director of Ivanhoe Australia in 2007. David is currently, President of Ivanhoe Mines' gold operations, which involves overseeing the advancement of the company's gold exploration and mine development projects, which include, among others, operational development of the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia, the Bakyrchik gold mine development project in Kazakhstan and Ivanhoe Australia's Cloncurry Project in Australia.
Prior to joining Ivanhoe Mines, David acquired extensive mine management experience at underground and open-pit mines in Canada, Australia, Fiji and China. Among numerous mine operation assignments, he worked as Mine General Manager at the CSA copper mine in New South Wales, Musselwhite gold mine in Ontario, Canada, the Kanowna Belle gold mine in Western Australia and the West Angelas iron ore mine. He has worked in senior mine management positions with Robe River, Placer Dome, Sino Gold and WMC Resources.
David has more that 22 years experience in operations, mine development, project evaluation and corporate management roles in gold, base metals and iron ore. |
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| William B. Hayden
Non-Executive Director
| | | Bill was appointed a Director in November 2006. Bill is a geologist with nearly 30 years experience in the mineral exploration industry, much of which has been in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. Bill was the founder and President of Ivanhoe Nickel and Platinum (formerly African Minerals Ltd.), a Canadian company which has assembled extensive mineral holdings in South Africa, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since 1986 Bill has worked in a management capacity with several exploration and mining companies both in Australia and overseas. Bill is President of Ivanhoe Philippines, Inc. (an Ivanhoe Mines subsidiary). He is also a director of Ivanhoe Nickel and Platinum Ltd (and its Australian subsidiaries, Ivanplats Syerston Pty Ltd, Ivanplats Holding Company Pty Ltd), Ivanhoe Agadem Petroleum Limited, Goviex Niger Holdings Ltd, Gold and Copper Resources Pty Ltd, Lucknow Gold Ltd and Pan Palladium Limited.
Bill holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Geology from Sierra Nevada College, Nevada. |
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| Douglas J. Kirwin
Non-Executive Director
| | | Doug was appointed a director in September 2005. A professional geologist, he has spent more than 35 years in the mineral exploration industry, much of which has been in the Asia-Pacific region. He is currently the exploration executive vice-president of Ivanhoe Mines, having directed that company's exploration activities since joining in September 1995. He was formerly managing director of International Geological Services Pty. Ltd. and for several years held senior positions with Anglo American and Amax. He has evaluated mineral deposits throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe, and has managed numerous projects in Southeast Asia and Australia.
Doug holds a Master of Science Degree in mineral exploration from James Cook University in Australia. As a member of the joint discovery team of the Hugo Dummett Deposit at Oyu Tolgoi, Mongolia, Doug was a co-recipient (with Charles Forster and Garamjav) of the PDAC inaugural Thayer Lindsley medal awarded for the most significant international mineral discovery in 2004 and was the Society of Economic Geologists International Exchange Lecturer for 2006. He is currently the industry advisor for the Society of Applied Geologists, China Mining, a board member of Economic Geology Research Unit (EGRU) James Cook University and the Vice President of the Society of Economic Geologists. |
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| Professor Ian R Plimer
Independent Non-Executive Director
| | | Ian is a Professor of Mining Geology at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He has previously held academic positions as Professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, and at the University of Newcastle. His academic career includes the Leopold von Buch Medal for Science, the Centenary Medal and the Eureka Prize (twice).
Ian has previously been on the staff of North Broken Hill Ltd, and is a prominent Australian geologist who has spent most of his industry, consulting and scientific life working on base metal deposits, particularly in Broken Hill, epithermal gold deposits, especially in the Mediterranean, and tungsten-tin-molybdenum deposits. He has predicted and discovered a number of epithermal gold deposits in the Mediterranean.
Ian is a respected scientist, has published 6 books and 130 scientific papers and edited the Academic Press Encyclopaedia of Geology. He is a fellow of the Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, a Fellow of the Geological Society of London, a Fellow of the Australiasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.
A non-executive director of CBH Resources, and Kefi Minerals, Ian holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours), and a PhD. |
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| Kyle Wightman
Independent Non-Executive Director
| | | Kyle was appointed a Director in 2008. Kyle is an economist, financier and business consultant with over 40 years experience, particularly relating to the feasibility, development and financing of major projects and investments. He has held a number of senior roles, including positions in CRA Limited (now Rio Tinto Limited) as Treasurer-AM&S and Treasurer-Projects; in both Chase Manhattan Bank Australasia and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited as Head of Project & Structured Finance; and in PricewaterhouseCoopers as Director-Projects.
Kyle now advises private and public sector clients on major projects and transactions through his own company, Tait Capital Pty Ltd.
He has been involved in the development and financing of a significant number of major projects, including Argyle Diamonds, Tarong Coal, Mount Channar Iron Ore, Misima Gold, Energy Developments Ltd, Melbourne City Link and the Loy Yang A Power Privatisation.
An independent non-executive director and chairman of the board audit committee of Indophil Resources NL, Kyle holds a Bachelor of Commerce and an MBA, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. |
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