CONTANGO - Key Persons

Carl Esprey

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director
  • Member of the Board
Carl qualified as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst, and has built an expansive career in the natural resource investment and development sector. After beginning his career at Deloitte in Johannesburg in 2001, Mr Esprey joined BHP Billiton in 2004 as an analyst focussed on mergers and acquisitions. After four years at BHP Billiton, Carl used his expertise in the resource industry to move into equity investment and joined GLG Partners in London in 2008, where he focussed on natural resources investments.

Gordon Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Mining Engineer
  • Non - Executive Director
  • Member of the Engineering Council of South Africa ECSA
Gordon is a member of the Engineering Council of South Africa ECSA. Gordon is a qualified mining engineer and has over 30 years experience in building, developing and managing mines across the globe, with an extensive track record in Africa. Gordon has held a number of senior executive roles for listed mining companies including Chief Operating Officer of ASX-listed Tiger Resources Limited, Chief Executive Officer for Taurus Gold Limited and Chief Operating Officer for Central African Mining & Exploration plc.

Oliver Stansfield - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Member of the Board
  • Non - Executive Director
Since 2004 Oliver has focused on equity sales, developing relationships with a broad range of investors including Funds, Family Offices and High-Net-Worth individuals. During his career, he has helped raise in excess of £1bn for junior resource companies in a variety of jurisdictions and across a multitude of commodities. In January 2022 Oliver left his role as CEO of natural resources specialist Brandon Hill Capital to establish a new corporate broking division at Tavira Financial. Oliver is a Founder and a current Non-Executive Director of Contango, playing a significant role in sourcing the Company's development capital since inception, as well as advising on the RTO with Consolidated Growth Holdings to bring the Lubu Coal Project into Contango.

Roy Pitchford - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board
  • Non - Executive Chairman
Roy has had an illustrious career in the mining industry, and has previously held the roles of Chairman of Anglo-African Minerals Plc, Non-Executive Director of Falcon Gold Zimbabwe Ltd., Non-Executive Director of Keras Resources Plc, Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Village Main Reef Gold Mining Co. Ltd., Chief Executive Officer & Non-Executive Director of African Minerals Ltd., Chief Executive Officer of African Platinum Plc, Chief Executive Officer of Masasa Mines (Pvt) Ltd., Chief Executive Officer of Central African Gold Ltd., Chief Executive Officer of Cluff Resources Zimbabwe Ltd, Chairman of Lesego Platinum Mining Ltd., Chairman of SA Metals Ltd., Chief Executive Officer of Zimbabwe Platinum Mines and Chief Executive Officer of Vast Resources. Roy is also ex-President of the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe.

Susie Geliher