13:10 - 13:55 Panel Discussion: Part I South Africa Focus - Government & Private Sector Collaboration: Resilience, Reboot & Responsible Sourcing of African Minerals
14:05 - 14:50 Panel Discussion: Part II Pan-African Focus - Government & Private Sector Collaboration: Resilience, Reboot & Responsible Sourcing of African Minerals
15:00 - 16:00 Gold Spotlight: the Rise and Rise of Gold in the Pandemic
16:10 - 17:10 Green Metals, PGMs and Global Decarbonisation
With more than 15 years journalism experience, Claudia-Liza Armah has notched up hours of live broadcasting, working with the UK’s biggest television channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and of course Channel 5. Currently the face of 5 News Tonight,...
Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi is the fifth and current President of Botswana, serving since 2018. He has also served as Minister of Education since 2014, and previously he was Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration from 2011...
Minister of Mineral Resources & Energy, Republic of South Africa
Gwede Mantashe served as Minister of Mineral Resources (2018 - 2019). He is the National Chairperson of the ANC and he is also a former chairperson of the SACP. Gwede Mantashe was born in 1955 in the village of Lower Cala in the Transkei (now...
Neal Froneman was appointed executive director and CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater on 1 January 2013. His career in technical, operations management and corporate development positions spans more than 30 years during which time he worked at Gold Fields...
Roger Baxter is the Chief Economist of the Chamber of Mines of South Africa and Chairman of the Business Unity South Africa Standing Committee on Economic Policy. Roger has been employed at the Chamber since 1992 (since 2000 as Chief Economist)....
Executive Head of Stakeholder Relations, Exxaro Resources
Mzila is a mining engineer with combined experience in mining and investment banking of 20 years. This includes seven years in deep-level gold mining at AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields Limited in senior mine management and corporate development...
Managing Director Resources & Public Sector, ACCENTURE South Africa
Kgomotso leads growth and sales for Accenture’s Resources and Health & Public Service groups across South Africa. He specialises in guiding end-to-end sales, technology solutions delivery and the management of application maintenance cycles for...
Rebecca, who leads our Global Mining & Metals Industry Group, is a mining and metals sector expert who brings an industry-focused approach to every aspect of her work. She has forged her expertise as in-house counsel at BHP and in private practice...
Fortune is a mining entrepreneur and founding shareholder of VM Investment Company (Proprietary) Ltd, a principal investments and advisory company focusing on mining projects in Africa. He has played a leading role in the origination,...
Managing Director - Head of Natural Resources, Absa Bank
Shirley joined Absa Bank Limited in 2011 and is now the Coverage Head for Natural Resources for Absa Group Limited (Corporate and Investment Banking). Her responsibilities include maintaining and growing relationships in the mining, metals, oil,...
Mamadou Bady Baldé is the Deputy Executive and Africa Director. A member of the senior management team, he provides strategic, technical and political oversight of EITI implementation. Bady also supervises the development and implementation of...
Partner - Environmental Law Specialist, Webber Wentzel
Garyn is an environmental law expert. His work is cross-sectoral and his clients operate in the energy, mining, oil and gas, industrial, waste management, biotechnology and construction sectors, to name a few. The nature of his work requires Garyn...
Mr Jeff Quartermaine has more than 25 years’ experience in senior financial and strategic management roles with ASX and TSX-listed resources companies. Mr Quartermaine is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) who holds both business management...
Humphrey is a graduate of Industrial Physics, from the University of Benin, Nigeria. He also holds a master’s degree in Banking and Finance from the same University. He is also an Alumnus of the Lagos Business School (LBS) Senior Management...
Chief Market Strategist & Head of Research, World Gold Council
John Reade joined the World Gold Council in February 2017 as Chief Market Strategist. He is responsible for producing strategy and developing insights on the gold market; leading our global dialogue by engaging with leading economists, academics,...
Jacek leads the Strategic Sensing and Insight competency in the Strategy practice of Deloitte Consulting South Africa. He is a seasoned strategist with a considerable experience in strategy assessment, articulation and implementation, market...
Prior to her current appointment, Natascha was group head of Processing for Anglo American, a position she had held since 2014. This followed six years at Lonmin, where she served on the executive committee as executive vice president of...
Steve was appointed to the Board as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RBPlat on 1 April 2010. He chairs the Executive Committee and the BRPM Joint Venture Management Committee and attends all committee meetings as an invitee. Steve was CEO of...
Kwasi Ampofo is a Metals and Mining Analyst at BloombergNEF based in London. His research covers battery metals, the digitalisation of the mining industry and renewable energy investments in emerging markets. Prior to BloombergNEF, he was a mining...
Adrian joined SBG Securities in August 2014. He started his research career in 2010, firstly at Cadiz and then, post a merger, at BNP Paribas Cadiz. His past coverage has included Gold, Diversified Mining as well as Oil and Gas and more recently...