Avonlea's board of Diretors and Management team combine a full range of relevant resourse, corporate and African experience.

 

Mr David Riekie – B.Ec, Dip Acc, CA, MAICD Managing Director

Mr Riekie has been an Executive Director with Grange Consulting Group, a boutique corporate advisory company over the past 13 years. During this time has held a variety of non executive board position with both resource and industrial companies. He has a significant level of experience in capital raising initiatives (public and private), and has assisted in the development of effective business strategies for restructure and growth in these industries, both in Australia and overseas.

David is a Chartered Accountant, a Member of the Institute of Company Directors and holds Bachelor of Economics and a Diploma of Accounting.

Roger Steinepreis B.Juris, LLB – Non Executive Chairman

Roger Steinepreis graduated from the University of Western Australia where he completed his law degree. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia in 1987 and has been practicing as a lawyer for over 20 years.

Roger is the legal advisor to a number of public companies on a wide range of corporate related matters.  His areas of practice focus on company restructures, initial public offerings and takeovers.

He is a Director of CommodiTel Limited, Apollo Consolidated Limited, Adavale Resources Limited and Imugene Limited.

Hamish Halliday Bsc(Geology), MAusIMM - Non Executive Director

Mr Halliday has 15 years of both corporate & technical experience within the mining industry. Mr Halliday was the dounding Director of Adamus Resources Limited, responsible for listing the company on the ASX in 2001. He was instrumental in the acquisition of the company's current tenement portfolio which has already yeilded a multi-million ounce gold deposit. Mr Halliday has worked on a number of projects for a range of commodities. Prior to Adamus Resources Limited he worked with Taipan Resources NL (now called Intrepid Mins Limited) taking the Paulsens gold project from grass-roots through to feasibility. Mr Halliday is currently Managing Director of Venture Minerals Limited and Management Consultant to Gryphon Minerals Limited.

Andrew Gastevich B.Bus, Post Grad Dip(Acc), ACA, FTIA – Non Executive Director

Andrew Gastevich is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years experience. He worked with Ernst & Young Chartered Accounts for 8 years before forming his own Chartered Accounting practice and operating that also for a period of 8 years. Andrew also worked at Australia's largest privately owned Iron Ore Mining company before becoming the Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operating Officer for a national company involved in the provision of professional services to both business and government.  Andrew has been involved with the company from its Initial Public Offering, and currently holds Director and Secretarial positions in public petroleum and mining companies.

Stephen Parsons Bsc (Hons) Geology, MAusIMM - Alternate Director for Hamish Halliday

Mr Parsons is the Managing Director of Perth based mineral exploration company, Gryphon Minerals. Gryphon successfully listed on the ASX in April 2004 with high quality nickel and gold exploration projects located within Western Australia. Mr Parsons graduated from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand with a Honours degree in Geology. He has held technical positions for a number of junior resources companies and major mining houses including CRA Exploration and Placer Dome, exploring for a wide variety of commodities through Australia before listing Gryphon in April 2004.