Pierre Léveillé, President & CEO, Director
Mr. Léveillé has over 28 years of experience in the International financial sector and 20 years of experience in the mining exploration industry. Mr. Léveillé has started is career as an Investment Advisor and an Investment Banker with a large Canadian Securities brokerage firm. From the mid 1990’s to today, he has been Executive and Director of several exploration companies active in Africa. He has financed and managed exploration projects in Namibia since 1996 including the acquisition and operation of a diamond mine. He has realized over US$ 100 million in transactions and financing for Namibian, Ghanian, Chilean and Canadian mining exploration projects.
Jean-Luc Roy, COO, Director
Mr. Roy has been a major contributor to the development of several important corporations in Africa during the last 30 years working for majors, mid-tiers and junior exploration companies. Mr. Roy’s experience includes being Managing Director in the Democratic Republic of Congo for First Quantum Minerals Ltd; President & CEO of El Nino Venture Inc, which was mainly focusing on the Democratic Republic of Congo projects; Chief Operating Officer of Ampella Mining Ltd (division of Centamin PLC) where he was supervising exploration and development of the projects in West Africa and General Manager of Resolute Mining Ltd where he was supervising all operations in Mali. Mr. Roy holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University.
Ally Angula, Director
Ms Angula is a Namibian citizen and is a Chartered Accountant. Her experience includes principal founder of The CFO Namibia a Chartered Accountancy and Financial Advisory firm; Co-founder and Managing Director of Leap Holdings (Pty) Ltd. she has been Deputy Executive Director of the Ministry of Finance in Namibia. She was a Partner at KPMG in Namibia for seven years and External Audit Partner. She currently serves on the Boards of Oryx Properties Limited (Vice Chairperson) and Nabo Holdings. Also chaired the Audit and Risk Committees of the following Boards: Bank of Namibia (Namibia’s Reserve Bank) and Rossing Uranium Limited. She holds a Bacc. From University of Namibia and a Bcom from University of Natal from South Africa.
Pierre Matte, Director
Mr. Matte has over 20 years experience in the mining industry. The majority of Mr. Matte's experience has been in Africa. He has been Director of Finance and Administration for Etruscan in Niger, for the Kenor Group in Guinea and for Anglogold in Mali. He has been General manager and Country Manager for Nevsun Resources and Avion Gold on the Tabakoto mine in Mali. He has been General manager for Roxgold in Burkina Faso. His experience includes exploration and development programs management, mines construction and mines operations. Mr. Matte holds a Bachelor’s degree in accounting sciences from “Université du Québec”, Montreal
Alfredo Luis Riviere Rodriguez, Director
Mr. Riviere has over 28 years of experience in commodities trading, Investment banking, Hedge funds analyst and metals products manufacturing. He is currently CEO and Director of Euro-Alloys and Ferrotrade Consulting. He has held various Executive and Vice-President positions at companies such as IntrAl Inc, Sural Quebec, Sural SLPC, National City Bank and the Clinton Group Inc. Mr. Riviere holds a Mechanical Engineering bachelor from Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela; a Materials Science & Engineering MSc. from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA Finance from Columbia University, NY.
Tim Fernback, Director
Tim Fernback has over 20 years of experience in the venture capital and investment banking industries. He is currently the Regional Director for the CFO Centre Limited, responsible for all operations in Western Canada. The CFO Centre is the world’s leading provider of part-time Chief Financial Officers for mid-tier businesses. The company has over 350 active CFOs worldwide. Mr. Fernback holds an Honours B.Sc. from McMaster University, and holds a MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of British Columbia. Mr. Fernback holds a Certified Professional Accounting (CPA) designation in Canada and is currently director of several publicly traded companies in Canada.
