Board of Directors

Richard Rossiter: Non-executive chairman

B.Sc (Hons) M.Sc

Mr Rossiter was appointed to the Sylvania Board in August 2007 and acts as the non-executive Chairman. He leads the Board in implementing its strategy of becoming a significant PGM producer. He began his career as a geologist with General Mining Union Corporation in South Africa. He subsequently qualified in mine management and held various production management and business development roles. He later joined the financial sector as a mining analyst and then moved to Australia where he became involved in corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions and divestments. Mr Rossiter is also a director of Morning Star Holdings (Australia) Limited.

Terry McConnachie: Chief executive officer

Mr McConnachie has over 35 years’ experience in mining, beneficiation of ferroalloys and precious metals. He was the founder of Merafe Resources Limited (formerly South African Chrome & Alloys Limited), a successful black-empowered chrome mining company that listed on the JSE Limited with assets worth in excess of ZAR1bn (AUD56m). Mr McConnachie has been CEO of a number of mining, mining services and smelting companies in South Africa.

Louis Carroll: Finance director

B.Com, MAP, H. Dip. Corporate Law, H. Dip. Property Management, Dip Business Management

Mr Carroll was appointed to the Sylvania Board in August 2007 and acts as the Finance Director having worked for the Company in its South African operations, principally in developing and structuring financial reporting systems. He has 40 years' experience in the resources industry and has served as an executive and non-executive director for a number of private and publicly listed companies. He has also served as chief operating officer in a listed oil and gas company.

Grant Button: Executive director

Mr Button was a director and company secretary of Sylvania for four years until June 2007. He rejoined Sylvania as the company secretary in January 2009 and was appointed to the Board in May 2009. Mr Button is a qualified accountant with 18 years' experience at a senior management level in the resources industry. He has acted as an executive director, managing director, finance director, chief financial officer and company secretary for a range of publicly listed companies. Mr Button is currently an executive director of Magnum Mining & Exploration Limited, chairman of Morning Star Holdings (Australia) Limited and chairman of Alamar Resources Limited.

Roger Williams: Non-executive director

Mr. Williams was appointed to the Board on 29 December 2011. He is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ international experience in mining finance. After graduating from the University of Southampton with an honours degree in French and Spanish, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross and joined the finance department of Carlton Paper. In 1997 he joined Randgold Resources, working on its London Stock Exchange listing and later its secondary listing on NASDAQ, and was appointed Group Finance Director in 2002. Mr. Williams went on to become Chief Financial Officer of JSE-listed AECI Limited and then moved to BSG Resources Limited, a private company, both involved in the mining industry. He is currently a director of African Mining & Exploration plc (AIM: AME), a gold exploration company operating in West Africa and Shaft Sinkers Holdings plc (LSE: SHFT) which specialises in the sinking of particularly deep and wide vertical and decline shafts and the development of underground infrastructure.