Directors

Experience and other directorships

Mr La Ferla has been legal advisor on a large number of corporate and commercial transactions over the past 25 years, including some of the most significant mergers, acquisitions and capital raisings undertaken in Western Australia.   He has worked very closely with the boards and management of many public, private and statutory corporations, with a particular emphasis over the past eight years on corporate governance, director responsibilities and balancing commercial, legal and risk management considerations.  Mr La Ferla has held previous board roles at Norton Rose, Katanna Capital Limited and Karratha Village Pty Ltd and has also been Chairman of Optimised Investments Limited.    Mr La Ferla’s current role with Norton Rose is primarily to oversee the affairs and matters of major clients with offices and/or operations within Western Australia.

 

Qualifications

B.Comm, FCA, F.Fin

 

 

Experience and other directorships

Mr Simich has had considerable international business experience in the management and administration of publicly listed companies, specialising in resource finance and corporate management.  Mr Simich was non-executive Chairman of Blue Capital Limited, formerly Goldlink Incomeplus Limited, from March 2009 to October 2009, and was a non-executive director of Indago Resources Limited.  He was also the Chairman of Resource & Investment NL from January 1999 to June 2006, a director of Kimberley Diamond Company NL from November 1993 to November 2007, a non-executive director of Blina Diamonds NL from November 2002 to December 2007, and a non-executive director of Marine Produce Australia Limited from August 2002 to June 2006.  Mr Simich is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia and has completed post-graduate studies in business and finance.

Qualifications

B.Sc

 

 

Experience and other directorships

Mr Evans graduated from the University of Auckland New Zealand in 1970 with B.Sc. Major in geology.  Between 1970 and 1987, he was employed by various divisions of CRA Limited, including being in charge of all field operations for iron ore in the Pilbara, Western Australia and gold and base metals in the Murchison, Western Australia.  He was the managing director of Marymia Exploration NL for 12 years until 2002 and has been a geological consultant to numerous companies during and since.

 

Qualifications

B.Bus

 

 

Experience and other directorships

Mr Jong is a director of Posco Australia Pty Ltd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Korean steelmaker POSCO), which holds 19.9 percent of the Company’s issued capital.  In 1989 Mr Jong began his career with POSCO Korea and in 2007 moved to Posco Australia based in Sydney.  He is a director of Posco Australia responsible as project manager for development of new business investment opportunities in the resource area and managing existing business ownership and partnerships of Posco.

 

Experience and other directorships