Directors

Toby Bradbury President, CEO & Director of RMM PLC

Dr. Toby Bradbury is a mining engineer with over 35 years leadership and advisory experience in the mining sector.  He was most recently Chief Executive Officer and director of AIM listed Shanta Gold with whom he was instrumental in leading the feasibility, development and successful delivery of a transformational business plan including the transition to a predominantly underground operation.  Previous roles have included Senior Vice President with AngloGold Ashanti, Chief Operations Officer for Anvil Mining, a copper producer in the DRC, and General Manager Surface Operations with Glencore Coal Australia. Toby has a BSc and PhD in mining from University of Wales and a Masters’ degree in Business Leadership from University of South Africa.  He is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Materials Minerals and Mining, Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Brad Mills Non-Executive Director and Chairman Mr. Mills has over 40 years of experience in the resource industry. He is the founder and managing director of Plinian Capital and its CE Mining family of funds. This is a private equity firm whose principal business is investment in natural resources projects and companies. Mr. Mills formerly held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Mandalay Resources, a TSX listed gold production company and prior to that was the CEO of Lonmin Plc, the world’s number three producer of platinum and platinum group metals. Prior to Lonmin, Mr. Mills served as President of BHP Billiton’s global base metals group and was the Chief Strategic officer of BHP group. Mr. Mills currently holds directorships with Mandalay Resources, Helio Resources, Consolidated Nickel Mines and Circum Minerals. He is a former director of Norilsk Nickel. Mr. Mills is a member of the advisory board to the Stanford University School of Earth, Energy and Environmental Sciences.
Terrell Iver Ackerman Non-Executive Director Mr. Ackerman was interim Chief Executive Officer of Stillwater Mining Company until 2013, having joined the Company in March 2000 as Director of Corporate Planning.  During 1998 and 1999, Mr. Ackerman conducted feasibility studies, operational and mine planning reviews for various underground operations. Prior to this time, Mr. Ackerman was Vice President and General Manager of BHP Copper’s San Manuel Operation in Arizona. Mr. Ackerman held increasing roles of accountability for Magma Copper Company starting as an underground engineer in training in 1976. Mr. Ackerman received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mine Engineering from the University of Idaho College of Mines.
Priya Patil Independent Non-Executive Director

Priya Patil is an experienced corporate director, former senior public company executive and investment banker. She was Global Head, Business Development (Diversified Industries) of the TSX. She was Managing Director, Partner and Founding Partner (Eastern Operations) of PI Financial and a Managing Director, Partner and Head of Investment Banking of Loewen Ondaatje McCutcheon. Ms. Patil was the global general counsel of Breakwater Resources, a Canadian and U.S. listed mining company. She started her career as an attorney with Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP in Palo Alto, California. Ms. Patil is a director of Rambler Metals & Mining PLC (AIM of LSE: RMM), Chair of its Compensation, Governance and Nominations Committee;  a member of its Audit and Safety, Health, Environment and Community committees. She is also a director of Ivanhoe Electric Inc. (NYSE & TSX: IE) where she is Chair of the Compensation and Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She is a board member of Signature Resources Inc. (TSX-V: SGU) and was a member of the board of directors of Alexandria Minerals Corporation (TSX-V: AZX), Chair of its Audit Committee and a member of the Management & Special Committees from 2016 to 2019. Ms. Patil holds a B.Sc. (Statistics and Computer Sciences), University of Bombay and a J.D. from the University of Ottawa. Ms. Patil also completed the Directors Education Program (ICD.D), Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto) and the Innovation Governance Program of the Council of Canadian Innovators. She is a member of the State Bar of California, the Ontario Bar (Law Society of Ontario) and Charter of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D).

Richard Round Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr. Round was an independent non-executive director at Anglo Asian Mining PLC, an AIM listed gold miner in Azerbaijan, for over 12 years. He chaired the Audit Committee during that time and is now retained as a Board Adviser.  He has gained significant board experience during his career as CFO of several mining and AIM listed companies and as Acting Chief Executive at Novera Energy PLC when he oversaw the process of a recommended offer for over £100m. Mr. Round has also been Non-Executive Chairman at Cyberhawk Holdings, a private equity backed global inspection company, and a Director of West Cumbria Mining since his last full time executive role as CEO of Green Highland Renewables where the shareholders achieved a successful exit. Mr. Round qualified with the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

Mark Sander Non-Executive Director Dr. Sander holds a PhD in Ore Deposits and Exploration from Stanford University (USA) and has been active in the mineral resource industry for over 30 years in operations, strategy and exploration, with a focus on copper, gold and platinum projects. Dr. Sander has previous industry experience as President and CEO of Mandalay Resources, Partner and Co-Founder of Plinian Capital, and Vice President of Strategy and Planning for BHP Billiton’s copper group.