Frans Baleni

Former General Secretary

NUM

Mr Frans Baleni is a former mineworker, leader in business and various industries such as mining, finance, education, and environmental.

A seasoned Board member, who brings sound commercial, risk, governance, compliance skills, and strong expertise in health and safety, government relations, education and training, energy sector, stakeholder management and collective bargaining processes.

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Dr. Marit Kitaw

Interim Director

African Union- African Minerals Development Center (AMDC)

Ms. Marit Kitaw, PhD  is the Interim Director of the African Minerals Development Center (AMDC), a Specialized Agency of the African Union, and a panafrican Center dedicated to harnessing Africa’s mineral resources for Africa’s sustainable development and structural transformation through implementing the Africa Mining Vision (AMV). She was previously an Economist at UNECA where she became a strong advocate of developmental and sustainable mining. Marit was also Chief Technical Advisor on Extractives Industries for Sustainable Development at UNDP Mozambique where she actively supported the elaboration of an AMV aligned minerals policy and strategy, the formulation of a local content policy and contributed to the environmental governance of the extractives sector.  As a founding member of the AMDC, she actively contributed to the development of major implementing tools. Dr. Marit previously worked in COMESA, at the African Development Bank, and at the Institute of World Affairs in Washington, DC.  Dr. Marit Kitaw received her Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Nice/ Sophia-Antipolis in France, and an MBA in Leadership and Sustainability from the University of Cumbria, UK.
 

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Kwasi Ampofo

Head of Metals and Mining

BloombergNEF

Kwasi Ampofo is the Head of Metals and Mining at BloombergNEF based in London. His research covers industrial metals, rare-earth metals, battery metals and the pathways for miners to reach net-zero. Prior to BloombergNEF, he worked at Anglo American and Nous Group in Australia. He completed his PhD in Mineral Economics at the University of Queensland, Australia. He currently serves as a non-executive director on the board of Amira Global.

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Tony Carroll

Executive Advisory Board Member

Mining Indaba

With over 35 years as a corporate lawyer & business advisor in the areas of international trade and investment, Tony is keenly focused on sub-Saharan Africa. His passion for Africa, its business and overall development date back to his Peace Corps service in Botswana in the late 1970s. 

He has served as a member of multiple boards including the Africa advisory boards at EXIM Bank, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and the U.S. Trade Representative; and was also a congressional nominee to the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

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