Board of Directors and Senior Management

Ian Middlemas

Non-Executive Chairman

Qualifications - B.Com, CA

Mr Middlemas is a Chartered Accountant and has been in commerce for over twenty five years.  He was previously Chairman of Mantra Resources Limited, an African-focussed uranium exploration and development company, and is also a director of a number of other publicly listed companies.  He has considerable corporate, financial and management expertise and is a Member of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

James Ross

Non-Executive Deputy Chairman

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. 

Robert Behets

Non-Executive Director

Qualifications - B.SC (Hons), FAusIMM, MAIG

Mr Behets is a Geologist with over twenty four years' experience in the mineral exploration and mining industry in Australia and internationally.  He was the founding Managing Director of Mantra Resources Limited and previously held various senior management positions with WMC Resources Limited.  He has a strong combination of technical, commercial and managerial skills, is a Fellow of The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Member of the Australian Institute of Geoscientists.  He is also a current member of the Australasian Joint Ore Reserve Committee (JORC).

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)

Sr. 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).

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

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.

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.