Board of Directors and Senior Management

Robert Hawley

Non-Executive Chairman

Qualifications - CBE, DSc, FRSE, FREng, Hon FIEE, FIMechEng, FInstP

Dr Hawley is based in London and has extensive technical qualifications and substantial expertise in the nuclear energy industry as well as broader public company management. He was Chief Executive of British Energy Plc from 1995 to 1997, Chief Executive of Nuclear Electric Plc from 1992 to 1996 and prior to this enjoyed a long career in senior engineering and management positions with CA Parsons & Co Ltd, Northern Engineering Industries Plc and Rolls-Royce Plc. Dr Hawley has been Managing Director of CA Parsons & Co Ltd, Managing Director of Northern Engineering Industries Plc, a Director of Rolls-Royce Plc, Chairman of Taylor Woodrow Plc, an Advisor Director of HSBC Bank Plc and a Director of Colt Telecom Group Ltd, Rutland Trust Plc and Carron Acquisition Co Ltd.  He is presently Chairman of Lister Petter Investment Holdings Ltd and Vice-Chancellor of the World Nuclear University.  He was awarded the CBE in 1997 for services to the Energy Industry and to Engineering.

Dr Hawley's experience in managing Nuclear Electric Plc, the largest nuclear generator in the United Kingdom, and British Energy Plc, the United Kingdom's leading electricity supplier, gives him a unique understanding of the nuclear generation sector in Europe and he is acknowledged as an international expert on power generation and energy. 

Dr Hawley was appointed a director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 20 April 2006.

Ian Stalker

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer

Qualifications - BSc (Chemical Engineering)

Mr Ian Stalker is a chemical engineer, with an outstanding history in developing and managing a number of mining projects around the world over the past 35 years.  He has considerable experience in the uranium sector and in mining operations in Spain and has successfully managed eight mining projects throughout the world through feasibility study, development and construction phases.

Mr Stalker was the Chief Executive Officer of UraMin, a London and Toronto listed uranium company from July 2005 until its acquisition by Areva in August 2007 for US $2.5 billion.  Prior to joining UraMin, Mr Stalker was at Gold Fields Ltd, the world's fourth largest gold producer.  At Gold Fields, he managed the company's PGE project in Finland starting in 2001 and eventually became a Vice President and responsible for all of the company's projects in Australia and Europe in 2004.

Prior to Gold Fields, Mr Stalker worked at Lycopodium, an engineering, mining and metallurgical consultancy company, where he was responsible for new business in Africa and also managed projects around the world.  From 1998 to 2000, Mr Stalker worked as a consultant on various projects located in Africa, including the Langer Heinrich uranium project in Namibia.  He has also worked as a managing director at Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited and has previously been employed by Caledonia Mining Corporation, AGC Ltd and Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Ltd.

Mr Stalker is a non-executive director or Niger Uranium Limited and Vatukoula Gold Mines plc, both of which are listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange, and UrAmerica Limited, a private company with uranium exploration projects in Argentina, Paraguay and Colombia.

Mr Stalker commenced his appointment as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer on 30 November 2009.

Matthew Syme

Non-Executive Director

Qualifications - B.Com, CA

Mr Syme is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He has over 15 years experience as a senior executive of a number of companies in the Australian resources and media sectors. He was a Manager in a major international Chartered Accounting firm before spending 3 years as an equities analyst in a large stockbroking firm. He was then Chief Financial Officer of Pacmin Mining Limited, a successful Australian gold mining company, as well as a number of other resources companies.

Mr Syme was appointed a director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 27 August 2004.

Scott Yelland

Chief Operating Officer / Executive Director

Qualifications - MSc CEng FIMMM

Mr Yelland is a mining engineer with over 25 years in the mining industry and has a Masters degree in Mining Engineering from the Camborne School of Mines. He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Mining, Mineral and Materials.

Mr Yelland's experience as a mining engineer includes senior appointments in Russia, Australia, Spain, South America and Africa. Prior to joining Berkeley in April 2007, he was most recently COO of Highland Gold, a leading gold producer in Russia, and spent 4 years as Mines Manager of Navan Resources in Spain.

Mr Yelland joined Berkeley in April 2007 as the Group's Chief Operating Officer and was appointed a director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 1 February 2008.

Sean James

Non-Executive Director

Qualifications - B.Sc. (Hons)

Mr James is a mining engineer and was formerly the Managing Director of the Rossing Uranium Mine in Namibia which is the world's largest low grade, open pit uranium mine. After 16 years at Rossing, he returned to London as a Senior Group Mining Executive at Rio Tinto Plc in London. Mr James' experience in managing the Rossing mine is ideally suited for the type of uranium mining operations the Company aims to develop in the Iberian Peninsula.

Mr James was appointed a Director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 28 July 2006.

James Ross

Non-Executive Director

Qualifications - B.Sc. (Hons.), PhD, FAusIMM, FAICD

Dr Ross is a leading international geologist whose technical qualifications include an honours degree in Geology at UWA and a PhD in Economic Geology from UC Berkeley. He worked for Western Mining Corporation Limited for 25 years before becoming an Executive Director at Aerodata Holdings Limited and Managing Director of World Geoscience Limited in 1988. He was Technical Director with the Emperor Mines Limited Group from 1990 to 1992, Managing Director of Odin Mining Investment Company Limited from 1990 to 1995, Chairman and Executive Director of Tanganyika Gold Limited from 1996 to 2000, and Executive Director of Renewable Energy Corporation Limited from 2000 to 2001. He has considerable international experience in exploration and mining, particularly in developing countries.

Dr Ross was appointed a director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 4 February 2005.

Jose Ramon Esteruelas

Non-Executive Director

Qualifications - Economics Degree (Deusto University), Law Degree ( Valladolid University), Diploma of Business Administration (London School of Economics and Political Sciences)

Senor Esteruelas is an economist with vast experience in the managerial field whose senior executive roles have included Director General of Correos y Telegrafos (the Spanish postal service), Chief Executive Officer of Compania Espanola de Tabaco en Rama S.A., (the leading tobacco transforming company in Spain) and Executive Chairman of Minas de Almaden y Arrayanes SA (formerly the world's largest mercury producer).

Senor Esteruelas was appointed a Director of Berkeley Resources Limited on 16 November 2006.

Committees

The Board considers that the Company is not currently of a size, nor are its affairs of such complexity to justify the formation of separate or special committees at this time. The Board as a whole is able to address the governance aspects of the full scope of the Company's activities and to ensure that it adheres to appropriate ethical standards.

Board Responsibilities

The Board has sole responsibility for the following:

  • Appointing and removing the Managing Director and any other executives and approving their remuneration;

  • Appointing and removing the Company Secretary / Chief Financial Officer and approving their remuneration;

  • Determining the strategic direction of the Group and measuring performance of management against approved strategies;

  • Review of the adequacy of resources for management to properly carry out approved strategies and business plans;

  • Adopting operating and capital expenditure budgets at the commencement of each financial year and monitoring the progress by both financial and non-financial key performance indicators;

  • Monitoring the Group's medium term capital and cash flow requirements;

  • Approving and monitoring financial and other reporting to regulatory bodies, shareholders and other organisations;

  • Determining that satisfactory arrangements are in place for auditing the Group's financial affairs;

  • Review and ratify systems of risk management and internal compliance and control, codes of conduct and compliance with legislative requirements; and

  • Ensuring that policies and compliance systems consistent with the Group's objectives and best practice are in place and that the Company and its officers act legally, ethically and responsibly on all matters.