Board of Directors
Harry Anagnostaras-Adams, Executive Chairman
Harry Anagnostaras-Adams was founder or co-founder of Citicorp Capital Investors Australia, investment company Pilatus Capital, Australian Gold Council, EMED Mining, KEFI Minerals and Cyprus-based Semarang Enterprises. He has overseen a number of start-ups in those and their related organisations principally through the roles of Chairman, Deputy Chairman or Managing Director. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant while working with PricewaterhouseCoopers and has a Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management.
John Leach, Finance Director
John Leach has over 25 years’ experience in senior executive positions in the mining industry internationally. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Economics) degree and a Master of Business Administration. He is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia), a Member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Directors.
Alistair Clark, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director and Deputy Chairman
Dr Alistair Clark was Managing Director, Environment and Sustainability Department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) from 2001 to 2021. Alistair obtained his PhD from Imperial College, London and was recently a Non-Executive Director of UK Export Finance and Chair of the Export Guarantees Advisory Council.
Addis Alemayehou, Non-Executive Director
Mr Addis Alemayehou serves as the Chairman of Kazana Group, a diversified investment firm dedicated to early-stage, high-impact, tech-driven, and climate-smart initiatives, aiming to generate mass employment in Africa. Renowned for launching transformative ventures in Ethiopia, Mr Alemayehou established Kana TV, the country's first dubbed television station; Afro FM, Ethiopia's inaugural English-language radio station; and 251 Communications, a leading communications company. He also provides advisory services to global institutions on investment opportunities in East Africa. Currently, Mr Alemayehou is a Board Member of Dangote Industries Ethiopia.
Maleda Bisrat, Non-Executive Director
Ms Maleda Bisrat is the Ethiopian Country Director at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, leading a multidisciplinary team working closely with the government on economic reform, investment, job creation and digital transformation. Prior to this, she was an adviser to the Ethiopian Investment Commission supporting industrialisation, investment promotion and climate initiatives. Maleda is also a Non-Executive Director of Financial Sector Deepening Ethiopia, an agency that is helping develop accessible, inclusive and sustainable financial markets for economic growth and development, and a Non-Executive Director of Zebidar Foundation, an organisation committed to improving quality of education for students living in underserved communities.