Board of Directors
Non-Executive Chairman
Peter McCarthy
— CPEng, BSc (Eng), MGeosc, FAusIMM, MIEAust, MAIME, MAICD
Mr McCarthy has more than 37 years experience in the mining industry. He is the Managing Director of AMC Consultants, a prominent mining consultancy group in Australia, and a director of Castlemaine Goldfields Limited. His principal expertise is in underground mining and project evaluation. Mr McCarthy joined the Board in September 2004 and was appointed Chairman in January 2006.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Rod Hanson
— BE (Min) (Hons), MBA, F(AusIMM)
Mr Hanson has 35 years experience in mine development, operations, project evaluation and corporate management roles, principally in gold and base metals. He commenced his career as a mining engineer with the EZ Company of Australasia in Rosebery, Tasmania. Subsequent roles included project evaluation and development with Elders Resources NZFP and General Manager Operations for Plutonic Resources with corporate responsibility for up to five gold mines. Rod has also acquired significant international experience with positions as General Manager of the Gold Ridge Mine in the Solomon Islands with Ross Mining/Delta Gold and General Manager for Sino Gold at its Jianchaling Mine in China. He joined Bendigo Mining as Chief Operating Officer in January 2005 and was appointed to the position of Managing Director & CEO in January 2007.
Non-Executive Director
Ronnie Beevor
— BA(Hons)
Mr Beevor is a former investment banker and was Head of Investment Banking at N M Rothschild & Sons (Australia) Limited between 1997 and 2002. He has had extensive involvement with the natural resources industry, both in Australia and overseas. He is a director of OZ Minerals Limited, QMAG Limited, Talison Minerals Pty Ltd and chairman of EMED Mining Public Limited. He joined the Board in November 2002.
Non-Executive Director
Richard Guy
— OAM, BAppSc, MSc
Mr Guy is chairman of Bendigo-based Crystal Industries Group, Chairman of the Food Bowl Modernisation Project and has served on national and international boards in the cold storage industry and was a director of Girton Grammar School Limited until April 2006. He is an engineer by training and plays a prominent role in various community and charitable organisations. He chaired the Bendigo Bank through a period of rapid growth and development including the conversion to Bank status in 1995, a number of mergers, joint ventures and the introduction of the community banking concept. He vacated the chair of Bendigo Bank in March 2006 and retired from the Bendigo Bank Board in August 2006. Mr Guy joined the Board in January 2005.
Non-Executive Director
David Ransom
— BSc (Hons), Phd
Mr Ransom is a resource analyst and principal of Acorn Capital Limited, a Melbourne-based microcap investment manager. He is a geologist with a BSc from Sydney University and a PhD from the Australian National University, and has over 35 years experience in the minerals industry. David has held various long term directorships in the resources sector, including Triako Resources Limited, and is currently a director of TSX Venture Exchange listed Solomon Resources Limited. Mr Ransom joined the Board in November 2007.
