2023 Speakers

Abdul-Moomin Gbana

General Secretary

Ghana Mineworkers Union

Abdulrahman Al-Belushi

Assistant Deputy Minister of Mining Enablement

Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Chief Responsible Investment Officer (CRIO)

Church of England Pensions Board

Vice President, Sustainability & External Relations Africa

Newmont Corporation

Adv. Nomalanga Petronella Sithole

Chief Executive Officer

International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

Alderman Eddie Andrews

Acting Mayor of Cape Town

City of Cape Town

Aleksandra Cholewa

Director of Investment and Development

Alex Benkenstein

Programme Head, Governance of Africa's Resource Programme

Alexandra Lugagne

Programme Lead, Mining Modernisation

Alexandre Vagenheim

Head of Impact & Global Relations

Alhassane Haidara

Manager, Non-Sovereign Operations

African Development Bank

Alphonse Kaputo Kalubi

Chairman of the Board

Amos J Hochstein

Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security

US State Department

Ana Estefanía Carballo (Dr.)

Accountable Mining

Transparency International

Ana Hadjuka Shields

Founder and CEO

Africa Green Co

Andre De Ruyter

Group Chief Executive

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd

Chesser Resources

Andrew Johnstone

Climate Fund Managers

Africa Energy & Resources Leader

Deloitte Africa

Lead Partner, Digital Co-X Vodacom Business

Programme Manager

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Independent Arbitrator

Anibal Mbalango

Head of the Extractives Industries Taxation Department

Mozambique Revenue Authority

Group Director – Corporate Relations and Sustainable Impact

Anna Poberezhna

CEO and Founder

Regional Director

Antony Phillipson

United Kingdom High Commissioner

Fund Manager, Credit

Resource Capital

Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory

Head of Sustainability

CEO Hindustan Zinc

Vedanta Resources

EVP Group Strategy & Commercial:

Senior Specialist: Legal

AngloGold Ashanti

Secretary General

Guinea Ministry of Mines and Geology

Deputy Executive Director

Bashiratu Kamal

Gender, Labour & Safeguarding Specialist

Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources

Managing Director

Head, Transition Finance

Standard Chartered

Benedikt Sobotka

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Chair

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) & Global Battery Alliance (GBA)

Benford Mokoatle

VP & Head of Operations

Gold Fields South Deep Mine

Beacon Securities

Bongiwe Mabusela

Bothwell Mazarura

Chief Financial Officer

Boubacar Bocoum

Lead Mining Specialist

Head of Digital Innovation Enablement

Gold and Minerals Co. LTD

TechMet Limited

Leadership & Career Coach

Cécile Billaux

Head of Unit - Investment Climate, Private sector, Trade and Employment - DG International Partnerships

European Commission

Chief Commercial Officer

Advisor to the Director

Charles Vivian (Lord)

Tavistock Group

Charlotte de Koker

Associate Director

Chilembo Sokwani

CEO & President

Chamber of Mines of Zambia & MIASA

Clifford De Witt

Chief Technology Officer

CGC Consulting & ADAPT Digital Solutions

B2Gold Corporation

Managing Director - Commodities Research

BMO Capital Markets

Executive Chairman and CEO

Executive Director of the Presidential Climate Commission

Cyrille Wendyanaba Korentin Zongo

Business Analyst

Chamber of Mines Burkina

Daniel Driscoll

Managing Director

Extractives Advisory

Critical Resource

Policy Lead, Extractive Industries Tax and Transparency

International Tax and Investment Center

Daniele La Porta

Global Head of Sustainability and ESG

David Khoza (Dr.)

Executive Manager, Integrated Geoscience Department

Council for Geoscience

David Mamphitha (Dr.)

CEO Mine, Health & Safety Council

Head: Enterprise & Supply Chain Development

Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (Absa CIB)

Director, Corporate Engagement & Strategic Partnership

Fair Cobalt Alliance

Regional Senior Vice President

David-Alexandre Tremblay

Managing Director

Mining Engineer in Training

Dean Cunningham

Dean Manyengawana

INMISO Consulting

Demetrios Papathanasiou

Global Director - Energy and Extractives Global Practice

Senior Manager - ESG

Partner, Financial Situations & Capital Markets Lead

Asset Management Principal Director

Chief Executive

Eduardo Tugendhat

World Gold Council

Edward Nana Yaw Koranteng

Senior Policy Advisor, Gender Equality

Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)

Ekaterina Autet

Senior Investment Officer

Elaine Hattingh

Innovation Manager

Exxaro Resources

Emmanuel Adjei-Danso

UB Project Coordinator

IndustriALL Global Union- Sub Saharan Africa Regional Office

Emmanuel Munjeri

Industry Analyst, Metals and Mining

Bloomberg Intelligence

Eng. Ahmed Al-Aqeel

Business Development Manger

Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources

Managing Director

Eric Lilford (Dr)

Assoc Prof - WASM: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering

Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Estelle Levin-Nally

Principal Market Development

Anglo American Platinum

Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (ETI)

Fearghal Kearney

Vice Presidnet Sales

Fiona Edmundson

Head of Legal - South Africa

Fletcher Mushimbwa

National Coordinator/Public Relations

Mineworkers Union of Zambia (MUZ), an affiliate of IndustriALL Global Union

Fortune Mojapelo

Bushveld Minerals

Francis Petersen (Prof)

Rector and Vice-Chancellor

University of the Free state

Executive Advisory Board

Divisional Manager

Group Chief Executive

Manager: Extractives

African Development Bank

Froydis Cameron

Group Head of IGSR

Regional Director

Anglophone and Lusophone Africa EITI

Director of Mining and DGOJP

IndustriALL Global Union

Glen Nwaila (Prof)

Director Wits Mining Institute

University of the Witwatersrand

Goitsemang Huma

General Manager: Corporate Services

African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation

Group Sustainability Executive

Barrick Gold Corporation

H.E. Ambassador Albert Muchanga

Commissioner for Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry, and Minerals

Africa Union Commission (AUC)

H.E. Bernice Owen- Jones

Australian High Commissioner

H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa

President of the Republic of South Africa

The Republic of South Africa

H.E. Eng. Khalid Bin Saleh Al-Mudaifer

Vice Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources for Mining Affairs

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

H.E. Salim Mvurya

Cabinet Secretary

Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, Republic of Kenya

Technical Specialist

Heidi Sternberg

Sector Specialist: Mining, Beneficiation and Energy

Director of Mining and Metals for EMEA

Operations Lead Africa

International Geothermal Association

Acting Executive Head for HR

Exxaro Resources

Partner, Critical Resource Team Lead

Hon. Abdelkerim Mahamat Abdelkerim

Minister of Mines & Geology

Hon. Abdessalem Ould Mohamed Saleh

Minister of Petroleum, Mines and Energy

Hon. Barbara Creecy

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Republic of South Africa

Hon. Diamantino Pedro Azevedo

Minister of Mineral Resources and Petroleum

Republic of Angola

Hon. Dr. Nobuhle Nkabane

Deputy Minister, Mineral Resources and Energy

Republic of South Africa

Hon. J. Peter Pham

Former Special Envoy

Great Lakes & Sahel Regions of Africa, USA

Hon. Lefoko Maxwell Moagi

Minister of Minerals & Energy

Republic of Botswana

Hon. Minister Gwede Mantashe

Minister of Energy & Mineral Resources

Republic of South Africa 

Hon. Mohlomi Moleko

Minister of Natural Resources

Kingdom of Lesotho

Hon. Nusrat Ghani

Permanent Secretary, Minster of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Hon. Paul Chanda Kabuswe

Minister of Mines and Minerals Development

Republic of Zambia

Hon. Peter Teko Lokeris (Dr.)

Minister of State

Mineral Development, Uganda

Hon. Ryuji Satomi

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Hon. Samuel Jinapor

Minister for Lands & Natural Resources

Republic of Ghana

Hon. Sen. Gbemisola Saraki

Minister of State, Mines & Steel Development

Federal Republic of Nigeria

Hon. Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve

Minister of State for Railways, Coal & Mines

Republic of India

Hon. Situmbeko Musokotwane (Dr.)

Minister of Finance

Republic of Zambia

Hon. Tom Alweendo

Minister of Mines and Energy

Republic of Namibia

Hon. Winston Chitando

Minister of Mines & Mining Development

Republic of Zimbabwe

Global Mining & Metals Sector Leader

Associate Vice President

Natural Resources Investments

Co-Coordinator of the Subcommittee on Extractive Industries Taxation Issues for Developing Countries

Global Lead: Metals and Mining

Ismaël Diakité

Chief Representative

SMB-Winning Consortium

Itumeleng Mogale

Social Performance Specialist

Jacinto Ferreira dos Santos Rocha

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Angola National Agency for Mineral Resources

Principal Consultant and Subject Matter Expert – Process Safety and Operational Risk

Director-General

Department for Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), South Africa

Managing Director and CEO

Co-founder and CEO,

Frontier Rare Earths

Energy Council of South Africa

Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Commissioner

Namibian Presidency

James Nicholson

Head of Corporate Responsibility

Chief Executive Officer

James Stevenson (Dr.)

Executive Director, Research Lead

McCloskey by OPIS

Jamie van Schoor

Dwyka Mining Services

Jasmine Abrahams

VP, Sustainability

Veracity Worldwide

ESG Insurance Partner

Jean-Jacques Verhaeghe

Programme Manager: Real-Time Management Systems

Mandela Mining Precinct

Director, Sustainable Business Group

Jeannette McGill (Dr.)

VP and General Manager , Metals and Mining

Managing Director, Mining Shared Value

Engineers Without Borders Canada

Jeff Quartermaine

Managing Director & CEO

Regional Director - Investment Facilitation

Jennifer Broadhurst (Prof.)

University of Cape Town, Deputy Director

Minerals to Metals Initiative

Chairman & Founder

The Industrial Development Corporation

Joaquim Nunes De Almeida

Director General GROW

European Commission

Director, Mining and Metals

Executive Head: Projects & Technology

Exxaro Resources

Chief Market Strategist

World Gold Council

Vanadium Resources

Jonathan Cordero

Head of Corporate Development

Eurasian Resources Group (ERG)

Executive: Head Platform, Business

Jonathan Narunsky

Global Head of Tin and Cobalt and Commercial Director – Africa

Jose W. Fernandez

Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, & the Environment

U.S. Department of State

Judith Kinnaird (Prof)

Co-Director of DSI-NRF CIMERA

University of the Witwatersrand

Julian Stephens

Sovereign Metals

Secretary General

Julie Mortimer Veevers

Minerals Processing Corporate Account Manager

Thungela Resources

Kabelo K. Rikhotso

Chief Investment Officer

Public Investment Corporation (PIC)

Managing Director Minerals

Exxaro Resources

Kgosientsho Ramokgopa (Dr.)

Head of The Investment and Infrastructure Office in the Presidency

Khalid Al-Shariff

Vice President, Strategy & Planning

Head of Carbon Neutrality

Kitso Phillip Phiri

Executive Secretary

Botswana Mineworkers Union

Kobus van der Wath

Axis Group International

Independent Non-Executive Director

AMV Resource Partners Ltd.

Global Co-Head of Metals and Minerals

Kwabena Bonsu Fordwor

Ghana Integrated Iron & Steel Development Corporation

Kwasi Ampofo(Dr)

Head of Metals & Mining

Executive Director, General Operations

Rocksure International

Managing Director

Onyen Corporation

Lehlohonolo Molloyi

Mining Equipment Manufacturers of South Africa (MEMSA)

Southern Africa Tax lead

First Quantum Minerals

Lemogang Pitsoe

African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation

Atlantic Lithium

Director and Co-founder

Lithakazi Nxiweni

Project Lead. Mining Modernisation

Londeka Mahlanza

Sustainability Performance & Reporting Specialist

DRC Chamber of Mines

Environment & Social Manager

Thor Explorations Ltd

Lourens De Koning

Chief Operations Officer

Fraser Alexander

Loyola Rwabose Karobwa

LLM, CEPMLP, Mining Lawyer

Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development - Uganda

Program Director

Global Head of Energy Transitions

Lupinda Chimwasu

Zambia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (ZEITI) Secretariat

Graduate Student

Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Maddie Srivastava

Executive Director

Manoli Yannaghas

Founder and Managing Director

Marcus Williams

Global Head – Energy and Extractive Industries

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), The World Bank Group

Marie Francoise Marie-Nelly

Country Director for Southern Africa

Marie-Chantal Kaninda

Marina Demidova

Head of Communications

Cobalt Institute

Marion Provencher

Interim Director

African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC), African Union Commission

President & CEO

Barrick Gold Corporation

Marnus Terblanche

Head of Mining & Metals

Martin Lokanc (Dr.)

Senior Mining Specialist

Wits University

Mduduzi Mamkeli

Legal Principal

Meagan van den Berg

Executive Southern Africa

Research Co-ordinator

Economic Reseach & Policy Institute

Meluleki Nzimande

Partner & Former Chief Commissioner

Webber Wentzel & International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa

Michael Wrotniak

Investment Manager

Orion Resource Partners

Ghana Integrated Aluminum Development Corporation

Michelle Manook

World Coal Association

Seriti Resources

Mikhail Nikomarov

Bushveld Energy

Millicent Naledi Macheru

Operational Planning Specialist

Miyelani Shikwambana

Molefi Motuku (Dr)

Chief Executive Officer

Molemisi Sechaba

Head of Information Management

Debswana Diamond Company

Executive Head: Sustainability

Exxaro Resources

Council for Geoscience

Managing Director, Managed Operations

Applied Geology Honours Student

University of the Western Cape

Chair of the Management Board

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd

Mpumelelo Mkhabela

Corporate Affairs

Mukwandi Chibesakunda

Chief Executive Officer

Head of Skills Development

Minerals Council of South Africa

Mzila Mthenjane

Executive Head: Stakeholder Affairs

Exxaro Resources

Africa Director

Narcizio Makwakwa

Director – Large Business & International

South African Revenue Services

General Counsel

Moxico Resources

Natascha Viljoen

Anglo American Platinum

Director, Strategy

Apollo Minerals

Nellie Mutemeri (Prof.)

Founder and Mining Practice Director

Neo Joyce Tsajoa

Mining Engineer in Training

Siyanda Bakgatla Platinum Mine

Chief Exploration

Senior Vice President – Sustainability and External Relations

Vice President of M&M Markets

Nicola Wagner(Prof)

Director DSI-NRF CIMERA

University of Johannesburg

Nicolas Leconte

Critical Minerals Advisor

French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Senior Executive: Environment, Health and Legacies

Minerals Council South Africa

Co-Head: Mining & Resources Finance

Nedbank Corporate & Investment Banking

Minerals Council South Africa

Noluthando Primrose Gosa

Executive Advisory Board

Ntokozo Ngcwabe

Deputy Director-General of Mining

Minerals and Energy Policy Development

Inclusive Procurement & ESD Manager

Seriti Resources

Nyeleti Manyike

Public Investment Corporation

Olivier Binyingo

Senior Vice President, Public Affairs DRC

African Legal Support

Paulo Mandela do Amaral Martins

Deputy General Manager for the Administrative Area

Paulo Niva Tanganha

Ministry of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Angola

Chief Investment Officer

Meritus Development

Herbert Smith Freehills

Peter Steenkamp

Petro du Pisani

Head of Business Improvement

Anglo American Platinum

Phestus Motshabi

Full Time Shop Steward

National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

Pier Terblanche

General Counsel

Partner, Industrials & Infrastructure UK and Europe Lead

Group Chief Executive

Transnet SOC Ltd

Preshan Govinder

Manager: Sales and Business Development

JSE Private Placements

Rachel Perks (Dr.)

Senior Mining Specialist

Strategic Business Development Executive

Microsoft Africa

Chief Executive Officer, The Particle Group and Chairperson

The Particle Group & Women in Mining South Africa

Director – African Mining and Metals Lead

Turner & townsend

Youth Employment Service

Rebecca Maserumule (Dr.)

Chief Director: Hydrogen and Energy

The Department of Science and Innovation (South Africa)

Refiloe Nyamambi

Associate Director

Co-Founder & Senior Partner

Embellie Advisory

Renata Lawton-Misra

Senior Manager, Transition Advisory

The Carbon Trust

Rennie Kaunda (Prof.)

Assistant Professor

Colorado School of Mines

Riaan Koppeschaar

Finance Director/CFO

Exxaro Resources

Marketing & Sales Senior Vice President

Richard Gloaguen (Dr)

HoD, Exploration technology

Helmholtz-Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology

Richard Horrocks-Taylor

Global Head, Metals & Mining

Standard Chartered Bank

Group General Counsel & Company Secretary

Robert Friedland

Founder & Executive Co-Chair

Robert Milbourne

Managing Director

Mining Stanards International

Vice President of Metals and Mining Markets

Rodrigue Djahlin

Regional Lead – Africa

Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory IFC

Minerals Council South Africa

Rohitesh Dhawan

Roland Chavasse

Secretary General

International Lithium Association

Roland Gauß (Dr.)

Head of Innovation and Business Intelligence

EIT Raw Materials

Director of Research & Programmes

Good Governance Africa

Independent Steering Committee Chair

Sabine Dall’Omo

Chief Executive Officer

Siemens Sub -Saharan Africa

Mining Engineer

Origination & Deals

Executive Director & Chief Investment Officer

Managing Director

Prospect Resources

Founder & Studios Director

General Counsel

Elemental Altus Royalties Corp.

Executive Director

International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP)

Chief Executive Officer

Business Science Corporation & NextGenOpX

Sebastien De Montessus

Endeavour Mining

President & CEO

Thor Explorations

Shameela Soobramoney

Chief Sustainability Officer

Executive Advisory Board

Shinya Ishizuka

Managing Principal, Coverage Head: Resources and Energy

Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (Absa CIB)

Africa Energy Transition Advisor

National Resource Governance Institute

Simon Tuma-Waku

Deputy Managing Director

Chief Executive - Minerals

Sonia Scarselli

Sophie Bergeron

Stacy Hope (Dr.)

Managing Director

Women in Mining UK

Stephen Bullock

Head of Sustainability

Chief Sustainability & Corporate Affairs Officer

AngloGold Ashanti

Sthembiso Phakathi

Consulting Director

Sue Harrison (Prof)

Deputy Vice-Chancellor

University of Cape Town

Susannah McLaren

Head of Responsible Sourcing and Sustainability

Cobalt Institute

Head of Business Development, Decarbonisation Services

Wärtsilä Energy

Tebello Chabana

Senior Executive: Public Affairs and Transformation

Minerals Council South Africa

Full Time Shop Steward

National Union of Mineworkers

Tebogo Movundlela

Kathu Solar Park, Engie

Head of Policy and Planning Safety, Sustainable Development and Risk

Tendai Emily Makanza

Regional Officer,

IndustriALL Global Union

World Gold Council

Resolute Mining

Tetsuhiro Hosono

Mining and Commodities Analyst

Thakane Ntholi (Dr.)

Manager: Water and Environment

Council for Geoscience

Thami Nkadimeng

Thami Nkadimeng Group

Thapelo Tsheole

Chief Executive Officer

Botswana Stock Exchange

Director, Head of Mining & Metals , South Africa

Turner & Townsend

ESG Strategy Impact and Communication Lead

Themba Mkhwanazi

Head: Resource & Project Finance

Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (Absa CIB)

Head Base Metals - Costs & Emissions

Chief Commercial Officer

Thomas Scurfield

Africa Senior Economic Analyst

National Resource Governance Institute NRGI

Thulani Dlamini (Dr)

Chief Executive Officer

Council for Scientific & Industrial Research

Timothy Schultz

Partner, South Africa

Brunswick Group

President & CEO

Newmont Corporation

Executive Advisory Board

Chief Executive Officer

The Industrial Development Corporation

Group Head of Social Performance

Tseliso Maqubela

Deputy Director-General

Mineral Regulation

Tshiamala Tonka

Francophone Partner

Vice President, Battery Metal Resource Department, GX Division

Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (JV of Toyota and Panasonic)

Director General

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group

Vanessa Naicker

Head of learning and talent

Anglo American Platinum

Vanessa Ushie (Dr.)

Director, Natural Resources

African Development Bank

Veronica Nyhan Jones

Global Manager, Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory

Chief Operating Officer

C-Head and Managing Director

Executive Director

Development Partner Institute

Werner Duvenhage

Managing Director

Richards Bay Minerals - Rio Tinto plc

Senior Investment Officer

Director of PGMs

Director General

Guinea Alumina Corporation

Executive Head of Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Impact

Anglo American Platinum

Zahira Quattrocchi

Group Head of Tax

Senior Manager: Strategy & Business Development

Zeblon Vilakazi (Prof)

Vice-Chancellor and Principal

Wits University

Chamber of Mines of Namibia

No result - please try again.

Contact & Help

Want to contact us directly? Choose how you want to get in touch with us here:[email protected]

+44 (0)20 3855 9557

+44 (0)20 3855 9557

Venue

CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa