HUMMINGBIRD RESOURCES - Key Persons


Adriaan (Attie) Roux

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Metallurgical Engineer
Adriaan (Attie) Roux is a Metallurgical Engineer with over 40 years' Operational, Technical and Executive Management experience in the Mining Industry. Attie was previously the COO of Endeavour Mining where he was instrumental in its development and growth. He has been internal director in a number of Companies such as Anglogold Ashanti and Endeavour. He is a Registered Professional with the SA Council for Natural Scientific Professions. Attie also serves as Chairman of the Technical Advisory Committee.

Aya Garibou

Job Titles:
  • Manager

Belinda van Lente

Job Titles:
  • Group Mineral Resource Manager

Costa Panidis

Job Titles:
  • General Manager ( Yanfolia Gold Mine )
Biography Costa joined the SMK.SA team (Yanfolila Gold Mine), of Hummingbird Resources company in August 2022 as General Manager. He has 35 years of mining experience across a number of commodities and countries with 14 years specifically in gold with Normandy Mining Ltd and Newcrest Mining Ltd. Costa holds a Mining Engineering (Honours) from the University of Sydney (1988). He also has a Graduate Certificate in Management from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Dan Betts

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • CEO and Interim Executive Chairman
  • Interim Executive Chairman and CEO
Biography Dan founded Hummingbird in November 2005. After graduating from Nottingham University he worked for Accenture Management Consultants until he joined the Betts family business in 2000. Founded in 1760, the family business is the oldest privately-owned gold bullion smelters and refiners in the country. The company has a long history of trading across the world and in dealing in all areas of the precious metal industry. Since founding Hummingbird, Dan has successfully taken the Company from a grassroots exploration business to a listed, producing mining firm.

David Sagara

Job Titles:
  • Process Plant Manager ( Yanfolia Gold Mine )
Biography David joined the SMK.SA team (Yanfolila Gold Mine), of Hummingbird Resources company in October 2022 as Process Plant Manager. He has 12 years of metallurgical experience in the gold industry and has held various positions since 2011, including as: Metallurgical Technician, Plant metallurgist, Senior metallurgical Engineer, Process Plant Superintendent and Plant Manager when he was with Rand Gold Resources and Endeavour at Complex Loulo-Gounkoto and Tabakoto gold mines respectively. David holds a Minerals Processing Engineering degree, from Saint Petersburg State Mining University, Russia obtained in 2010. He has also management studies certificates in Finance, Business and Leadership from the Graduate School of Business-University of Cape Town.

David Straker-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Director of CrossBorder Capital Ltd
David Straker-Smith is a Director of CrossBorder Capital Ltd, which he joined in April 1999. CrossBorder Capital is a London-based investment research and advisory firm regulated by the FCA. Previously, he worked at ING Barings Securities Ltd from 1996 to 1999, where he was Head of Equity Sales for Eastern Europe, and at Gerrard & National Holdings plc from 1980 until 1995, a firm which operated as a discount house, futures broker, money broker, stockbroker and fund manager. During his time at Gerrard & National Holdings plc, he became a main Board Director and active Fund Manager. He is a Director of New Vision Management Limited, a Dublin regulated management company, and a Director of Nomad Energy UK Limited.

Edward Montgomery

Job Titles:
  • Australian Certified Chartered Accountant
  • MANAGING DIRECTOR, CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
Biography Edward Montgomery (aka ‘Monty') is an Australian Certified Chartered Accountant and has over 20 years experience in global financial markets. Monty spent time in Melbourne Australia, San Francisco, New York, USA and London UK. After working with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Monty moved on to global equity markets working in several key roles including: Sell-side equity analyst with Goldman Sachs in London and New York; buy-side equity analyst with Ospraie Asset Management, NYC; AsiaPac equity sales with Credit-Suisse London and the last six years with Canaccord Genuity as their resources specialty sales person in London.

Ernie Nutter

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Mining Analyst
Ernie is a highly regarded mining analyst, formerly with one of the world's largest money managers, Capital Group, from 2004 until his retirement in 2017. Prior to this, he spent over 13 years with the Royal Bank of Canada where he was Managing Director of RBC Capital Markets, Director of RBC's Global Mining Research team and former Chairman of RBC Dominion Securities' (now RBC Capital Markets) Strategic Planning Committee. Ernie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Dalhousie University and sits on the Technical Advisory Committee.

Greg Broux

Job Titles:
  • in 2021 As VP
  • Managing Director - Commercial
Biography Greg joined Hummingbird Resources in 2021 as VP of GRC, Innovation & Optimisation and has since become the company's Managing Director - Commercial. He brings more than 25 years of experience in global business development in various industries. For the past ten years, his focus has been on the extractive resources sector in the Asia Pacific, Africa, and Middle East regions. Greg is a French national and an expert in corporate governance, strategic sourcing and innovation, and global engagement. He has a BA in Law, Politics, and Asian Studies from Murdoch University in Western Australia.

Luke Main

Job Titles:
  • MANAGING DIRECTOR, PEOPLE
Biography Luke has been working with the Hummingbird team since 2020 and has been responsible for supporting the Executive Committee in designing and implementing the Group's people strategy and organisational structure, as well as embedding processes and procedures to improve overall company performance, with specific focus on performance management and culture. Luke has over 20 years of industry and consulting experience, working across global Aviation, Hospitality, Mining and Retail sectors. He was formerly Vice President, Global Strategy and Corporate Development at InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Principal Management Consultant at Oliver Wyman and Accenture.

Marcé Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Project Manager ( Kouroussa Gold Mine )
Biography Marcé obtained his BEng Mechanical Engineering Degree from the University of Pretoria. Since 2017 he worked extensively on turnkey execution projects in West Africa. During this time he was instrumental in successfully delivering the following gold mines in Guinea and Mali: Yanfolila and Tri-K and Kouroussa. These projects were all diligently executed on schedule and within budget. During his time in West Africa, Marcé managed to establish and promote solid relationships with major stakeholders. Marcé was recently the Project Manager, effectively managing the Kouroussa Gold Project from the design into the operational phase. He will continue to advance his expertise and apply his skillset within the Hummingbird group.

Saidou Idé

Job Titles:
  • REGIONAL DIRECTOR, WEST AFRICA
Biography Saidou is experienced in mine management, having worked inthe industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining Hummingbird in 2016, Saidou held senior positions within administration and finance for companies including Avocet, Resolute and Glencore. He is well-versed in operating in West Africa, with superb governmental relations and knowledge of labour codes and financial institutions. Saidou holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Quebec, Canada.

Stephen Betts

Job Titles:
  • Non - Executive Director
Stephen co-founded Hummingbird Resources in November 2005. He has over 40 years' experience in trading with gold and related businesses in developing countries, having established several businesses in West Africa during his career. He is the Chairman of the Stephen Betts group of companies. The family business has over 250 years' history in smelting, refining and bullion dealing.

Thomas Hill - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Finance Director
  • Member of the Board
  • Company As Chief Financial Officer
Biography Thomas joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer in September 2010 and was appointed as Finance Director in July 2012. Prior to this Thomas was a senior manager within BDO LLP's natural resources department, where he worked extensively with quoted mining and exploration companies and was involved with numerous flotations and other corporate transactions. He has a metallurgy, economics and management degree from Trinity College, Oxford, qualified as a chartered accountant with BDO LLP in 2001, and in 2023 was appointed as the Honorary Treasurer of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IMMM)

Timothy Huskinson

Job Titles:
  • GROUP FINANCE CONTROLLER
Biography Tim joined the Hummingbird team in April 2011 and has been responsible for implementing the accounting and reporting structures within the Group. In July 2014, he oversaw the integration of the Yanfolila Gold Project companies. Tim qualified as a chartered accountant with BDO LLP in 2009 and has 10 years' accountancy experience, covering a range of sectors, including natural resource and engineering. He has extensive experience of IFRS and complex international groups, and has taken Hummingbird through exploration, development, and now construction phases. He has an MEng degree with distinction from Nottingham University in Electrical & Electronic Engineering with management studies.

Tracey Fung - Secretary

Job Titles:
  • Company Secretary
Biography Responsible for the company secretarial and corporate governance matters BSc in Economics and MSc in Manage ment. Chartered secretary and a member of the Chartered Governance Institute UK and Ireland The Company is subject to the corporate governance regime of the United Kingdom. The Directors acknowledge the importance of the guidelines set out in the Corporate Governance Code and the QCA Guidelines and therefore intend to comply with these so far as is appropriate having regard to the size and nature of the Company.