People: Rockwell Diamonds Inc. (RDI.TO)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position
Copeland, David 2007 Executive Chairman of the Board
Bristow, John 2009 President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director
Morgan, Desmond 2008 Chief Financial Officer
Chamberlain, Graham 2009 Chief Operating Officer
Thomas, Trevor 42 2008 Secretary
Bristow, D. Mark 50 2006 Executive Director
Guo, Yong 2010 Director
Zungu, Sandile 2008 Independent Director
Fisher, William 2008 Independent Director
Linnell, Richard 2009 Independent Director
Jacobs, Willem 2009 Independent Director
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Biographies

Name Description
Copeland, David Mr. David Copeland is Chairman of the Board of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. He is a geological engineer who graduated in economic geology from the University of British Columbia. With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Copeland has undertaken assignments in a variety of capacities in mine exploration, discovery and development throughout the South Pacific, Africa, South America and North America, including alluvial bulk sampling and alluvial start-up operations in the Northwest Territories, Canada. His principal occupation is President and Director of CEC Engineering Ltd., a consulting engineering firm that directs and co-ordinates advanced technical programs for exploration and development on behalf of companies for which Hunter Dickinson Services Inc. (formerly Hunter Dickinson Inc.) provides services. He is also a director of Hunter Dickinson Services Inc.
Bristow, John Dr. John Bristow is President, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. He holds a PhD degree in geology from the University of Cape Town and has over 30 years experience in the diamond business, encompassing the exploration, evaluation, and mining of kimberlite and alluvial diamond deposits in Africa and internationally. His career began with De Beers in 1983 in Kimberley and moved to Johannesburg in 1990 where he was Manager of the Anglo American Research Laboratories, prior to establishing an independent international diamond consultancy in 1994. He was employed by the Anglo American and De Beers Group of companies for 12 years from 1983 - 1994. He served as Head of International Research with De Beers in Kimberley (South Africa), and was subsequently Head of the Geology Laboratory at the Anglo American Research Laboratories in Johannesburg. Thereafter he moved to the New Projects Division of the Anglo American Research Laboratories. In 1994 John started an international diamond consultancy, and helped establish the Minerals and Energy Policy (MEPC) Johannesburg. This non-Governmental Organization (NGO) was created to build capacity in minerals and mining skills amongst previously disadvantaged role players. In 1996 he raised Cdn$3 million for the MEPC minerals and mining capacity building program. During 1996 - 1997 he served as technical director to Moonstone Diamonds (an Australian junior), and from 1996 - 1998 was diamond analyst for financial securities company Huysamer Stals - ABN - Amro. From 2002 he was a Director and CEO of Kalahari Diamonds Limited and its subsidiary Sekaka Diamonds (Pty) Limited in Botswana until Kalahari was merged with Petra Diamonds in late 2005.
Morgan, Desmond Mr. Desmond Morgan has served as Chief Financial Officer of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. since October 2008. He is a Chartered Accountant with an Honours Degree in Accounting Sciences from the University of South Africa (UNISA). He has extensive high level and operational financial management and accounting experience in mining, manufacturing, communications, finance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate environments.
Chamberlain, Graham Mr. Graham Chamberlain has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer ("COO") of Rockwell Diamonds Inc., effective November 1, 2009. Graham Chamberlain is a mining engineer with mineral resource and financial skills and some 26 years of engineering, operational and management experience in the mining industry. He was employed by the Anglo American Group of Companies from 1982 to 2002 and, during this period, gained experience in various engineering fields pertaining to gold and base metal mining, primarily in underground mines. In 1999, he was seconded to Anglogold's Corporate Office in the Mining Department, specifically, in the capacity of evaluating current capital projects and setting up audit protocols for these projects. He also gained experience in heading up pre-feasibility teams and being a team player in a full feasibility study. Project management and financial skills were also acquired during this period. His most recent tenure was as Manager of Pamodzi Gold East Rand Operations, where he was responsible for the full spectrum of operational and corporate management. While in this position he completed a successful turnaround in the safety and operational culture, and showed the skill and experience to deal with challenging industrial relations matters. Though the lack of new investment capital put the Pamodzi operations into survival mode, the mine continued to operate under his guidance in difficult financial conditions. He was a Director of the subsidiary company Pamodzi Gold East Rand Operations. Graham completed a Higher Diploma in Mining Engineering in 1988 from Technicon of the Witwatersrand and a Master of Science in Mineral Economics, from the then University of the Witwatersrand in 1998. Further to this, he has a Management diploma from the University of South Africa (1993) and an Advanced Management Diploma from the Gordon Institute of Business Science (2003).
Thomas, Trevor Mr. Trevor Thomas is Secretary of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. He has practiced in the areas of corporate commercial, corporate finance, securities and mining law since 1995, both in private practice environment as well as in-house positions and is currently in-house legal counsel for Hunter Dickinson Services Inc. Prior to joining Hunter Dickinson Services Inc., he served as in-house legal counsel with Placer Dome Inc.
Bristow, D. Mark Dr. Mark Bristow was appointed to the Rockwell Diamonds Inc. (“Rockwell”) Board of Directors in October 2006. Dr. Bristow comes to Rockwell with 20 years experience in exploration, development, project and corporate finance and management in the mining sector in Africa. From 1992 to 1995, Dr. Bristow had executive responsibility for the exploration and new business activities of Randgold & Exploration. In August 1995 he was appointed managing director and subsequently, in October 1995, CEO of Randgold Resources, which he helped establish as Randgold & Exploration’s international mining and exploration subsidiary and subsequently built it into an independent, public gold mining and exploration company which is listed on the London Stock Exchange as well as NASDAQ in New York. He has held director positions on the boards of: Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited; Durban Roodepoort Deep Limited; Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mining Company Limited; Buffelsfontein Gold Mines Limited; and The Grootvlei Proprietary Mines Limited and until recently AFPLATS Plc., the AIM listed, junior Platinum company. Besides his affiliation with Randgold, Dr. Bristow was the Chairman of SOMISY (Syama) until that company was sold to Resolute in 2004. He is currently the Chairman of the SOMILO Board of Directors (Loulo Gold Mining Company), a non-executive Director of Morila Limited and a member of the President of Senegal’s Economic Advisory Committee as well as the President of Mali’s advisory council. He is also a fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa and he holds a PhD in geology from Natal University. Dr. Bristow has been CEO of Randgold Resources, a publicly-traded company since it was incorporated in 1995.
Guo, Yong Mr. Yong Guo has been appointed as Director of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. Mr. Guo is the managing partner of Godia Capital Partners ("Godia"), one of the first Chinese private equity funds created to focus on investment opportunities in resource projects in Africa. Mr. Guo and his investment partners also have a sound knowledge of the emerging Chinese diamond manufacturing sector and, over the past year, have done an assessment of mining opportunities in southern Africa. Mr. Guo has been involved in the successful launch and management of Omaha Capital China and CMT China Value Partners, two venture capital funds focussed on early growth investment opportunities in China. He is also the Vice President of Business Development for ChinaEDU, Beijing, an on-line education company in China, and iSoftStone Technology, Beijing, a successful IT outsourcing company in China. Mr. Guo holds a Bachelor of Computer Sciences from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, and a Master of Computer Science from Syracuse University in the USA.
Zungu, Sandile Mr. Sandile Zungu has served as Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. since November 21, 2008. He is mechanical engineer with an MBA and a founding member of Zungu Investments Company (Proprietary) Limited ("Zico"), a diversified investment company which is the majority shareholder of Rockwell's empowerment partner Africa Vanguard Resources ("AVR"), has joined the Board as an independent director. Sandile Zungu is founder, Chairman and majority shareholder of Zico, a broad-based black empowerment company. Mr. Zungu spent six years in engineering and production at Richards Bay Minerals, Engen Refinery, National Sorghum Breweries and South African Breweries. He subsequently joined the corporate finance division of African Merchant Bank, following which he played a key role in the formation of Sarhwu Investment Holdings growing it from a zero asset base to more than R400 million in the net asset value. Thereafter he assumed the role of Executive Director for Strategy and Empowerment at New Africa Investments Limited. He created Zico in 2002, a broad based and diversified industrial holding organization with interests in financial services, media, health care, and resources, the latter being held in AVR. AVR is Rockwell's empowerment partner and holds 26% of the prospecting and mining rights held in South Africa, with Rockwell holding the remaining 74%. Sandile completed a mechanical engineering degree at the University of Cape Town and an MBA at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town.
Fisher, William Mr. William (Bill) Fisher has served as Independent Member of the Board of Directors of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. since November 21, 2008. He is a geologist with alluvial diamond mining experience in Africa and Brazil, and broad experience in the management of Canadian publicly listed companies has joined the board as an independent director. William (Bill) Fisher, a British geologist, spent much of his early career in diamond exploration and mining in Africa. He was a mine production geologist in Angola for de Beers, and also in Guinea, West Africa for AREDOR where he was responsible for mine control of alluvial, colluvial and open pit kimberlite operations. He was also Mine Manager of a small alluvial gold mine in northern Queensland, Australia and as CEO of Ambrex Mining, he established a diamond pilot plant in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Mr. Fisher moved to Canada in 1993 as a diamond expert. He subsequently became Vice President of Exploration for Boliden, and then CEO of GlobeStar Mining Corporation. He has been Chairman and Director of a number of publically listed Canadian companies, including Treasury Metals, and currently serves as director of PC Gold as well as CEO of Karmin Exploration. Mr. Fisher holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Kingston University, London UK and is a practicing Professional Geologist.
Linnell, Richard Mr. Richard Linnell has been appointed as Independent Director of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. effective September 30, 2009. Mr. Linnell has been active in the mineral resources business for nearly 40 years and has experience in the international and South African resources and commodities business. He joined Middelburg Steel & Alloys as Marketing Manager for the Stainless Steel division in 1985 and was subsequently involved in the establishment of the Columbus Stainless Steel Project. Thereafter, he became General Manager of the Manganese Division of Samancor, a joint venture between the then Billiton Plc and the Anglo American Corporation. Samancor held a dominant global position in the manganese and chrome markets. Mr. Linnell retired from BHP Billiton in 2001 and made a successful transition to the junior exploration and mining sector where he has been involved in the development, management, corporate activities, and capital raising of and for several private and listed junior and mid-tier exploration and mining companies. His roles in these companies has included positions as Non-Executive Chairman and Director of companies listed on the Sydney, Toronto, London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. Aside from his extensive corporate and operational experience, Mr. Linnell has experience of the regulatory and policy framework in South Africa and as Non-Executive Chairman of Coal Africa has been part of ground breaking team which has developed innovative models for operating in remote and environmentally sensitive areas, developing partnerships with local communities, and implementing successful Social and Labour Plan benefits. Mr. Linnell has a BSc (Honours) London External Degree from the University of Zimbabwe (formerly University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland), which was then an External London College.
Jacobs, Willem Dr. Willem Jacobs has been appointed as Independent Director of Rockwell Diamonds Inc. effective September 30, 2009. Dr. Jacobs has over 25 years experience in the engineering, mining and investment sectors, including 20 years in executive management and board level positions of private and public companies. His experience includes a proven track record in corporate turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, and post acquisition alignment and optimizations of combined business entities. He joined Price Waterhouse in 1984 as a Principal Consultant, managed the Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice in Johannesburg, and was Executive Director of Cullinan Holdings Limited from 1990 to 1995. During the latter period he was also CEO of Cullinan Precision Engineering, Chairman of Cullinan Minerals, and Chairman of Sud Chemie (SA), a joint venture between Sud Chemie (Germany) and Cullinan Holdings Limited. He was Managing Director of automotive company ABB Flexible Automation from 1996 to 1998, and CEO of IMERYS Africa and Australia from 1998 to March 2001. From 2001 to early 2007 he served as a Non-Executive Director of industrial minerals company Europe Minerals Bv, and was Country Manager of Teal Mining and Exploration activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") from 2007 until December 2008. He is currently a Director and Operations Manager of Congo Supply and Maintenance s.p.r.l. which is active in minerals exploration in the DRC. Dr. Jacobs completed an Honours degree in Public Law at the University of the Orange Free State in 1982, a Master of Commerce at University of Johannesburg (formerly Rand Afrikaans University) in 1985, and a PhD in Economics at the University of South Africa in 1998. Research and course work for his Masters in Commerce and PhD degrees were completed at Duke University and Wharton Business School in the USA respectively. He also completed specialist courses in mergers, acquisitions, and strategy at Wharton.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total
Copeland, David 39,766
Bristow, John 455,355
Morgan, Desmond 44,043
Chamberlain, Graham --
Thomas, Trevor --
Bristow, D. Mark --
Guo, Yong --
Zungu, Sandile --
Fisher, William --
Linnell, Richard --
Jacobs, Willem --
As Of 27 Feb 2009

Options Compensation

Name Options Value
Copeland, David 5,000,000 0
Bristow, John 6,000,000 0
Morgan, Desmond 0 0
Chamberlain, Graham 0 0
Thomas, Trevor 0 0
Bristow, D. Mark 0 0
Guo, Yong 0 0
Zungu, Sandile 0 0
Fisher, William 0 0
Linnell, Richard 0 0
Jacobs, Willem 0 0

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