Board &
Management
Robin Birchall
Non-Executive Chairman
With a demonstrated history of working in the investment banking industry, Mr Birchall is major shareholder, ARCH’s nominee to the Board. Mr Birchall is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Botswana focused explorer and developer, Eastport Ventures, and has previously held numerous Board positions for resource companies. Mr Birchall holds an MSc from the University of Edinburgh and an MBA from the University of Cape Town.
Craig Moulton
Non-Executive Director
Craig Moulton has over 32 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry. He is a C-suite executive and non-executive director, skilled in negotiation, corporate finance, and strategic planning, with deep technical expertise in mining operations and exploration.
Currently, Craig is the Director of Moulton Metals Pty Ltd, a strategic advisory firm, focused on Junior Exploration and mining companies. His career highlights include leadership roles as Managing Director and CEO of junior exploration start-ups, and senior positions with Rio Tinto and Cleveland Cliffs. He also serves as a Non-Executive Director for Metals One plc and First Development Resources Plc.
Craig holds a Bachelor of Science (Geology) with Honours from the University of Western Australia and a Master’s in Mineral Economics from Curtin Graduate School of Business. He is a member of the AusIMM and a fellow of the Geological Society of London.
Stephen Dennis
Non-Executive Director
Mr Dennis has been actively involved in the mining industry for over 30 years. He has held senior management positions at a number of Australian resources companies and was previously the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of CBH Resources Limited, the Australian subsidiary of Toho Zinc Co., Ltd of Japan. Mr Dennis is currently the non-executive chair of ASX listed companies Rox Resources Limited and Marvel Gold.
Brian Gordon
Non-Executive Director
Mr Gordon is a partner at the international law firm Squire Patton Boggs. He has spent over a decade advising mining clients globally on all aspects associated with the sector. He was previously a partner at the international law firm Holman Fenwick Willan and a lawyer at the Canadian firm Stikeman Elliott.
He has significant international deal exposure and a strong capital markets practice, having worked on numerous deals advising institutional and corporate mining clients on flotations, takeovers, fundraisings, M&A deals and de-listings on most of the world’s leading mining markets, but with particular experience with the ASX, AIM and the UK Official List as well as the TSX and TSX(v). He is recognised as one of two leading mining lawyers in Singapore.
George Donne
Chief Executive Officer
George Donne is a mining professional with over 20 years’ experience in corporate management, private equity and investment banking. He has held multiple senior executive roles specialising in business development and corporate financing including with Eurasian Resources Group, one of the world’s largest cobalt producers, and Giyani Metals, an African focused battery materials developer. Mr Donne was also Senior Investment Professional at Greenstone Resources mining PE Fund and part of JP Morgan’s Metals and Mining investment banking team in London. He also holds a CFA Certificate in ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) Investing.
Stacy Newstead
Chief Executive Officer – Evolution Energy Solutions LLC
Stacy has twenty years experience in the advanced technology and materials manufacturing sectors, including with the US Department of Defense and private industry. Ms. Newstead will be responsible for leading the company’s efforts to become a vertically integrated producer of high-value graphite products for the energy storage sector. Stacy is based in the US and will be building a team focused on downstream value-adding to graphite concentrate from the Chilalo Project in Tanzania.
Her qualifications as a materials engineer and her extensive leadership building out company capabilities and technical teams make her an excellent fit for this role.
John Nolan
Chief Operating Officer
John is a skilled mining professional with over 36 years’ experience working abroad and domestically. He has extensive and varied proficiency in mining, from mineral exploration, project optimisation, project development, operational management, people management, technical planning, and production.
John understands the mining cycle – mine surveying, mine engineering, mine geology, and geotech through to production – and with significant experience in Africa, is ideally placed to lead Evolution’s mining operational readiness team.
Jay Stephenson
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary
Jay Stephenson holds a career spanning more than 35 years, with extensive experience in business development and company secretarial duties across both listed and unlisted entities.
Mr Stephenson’s previous roles as Director, Chief Financial Officer, and Company Secretary have involved overseeing various critical processes such as business acquisitions, mergers, initial public offerings, capital raisings, and business restructuring, in addition to managing all aspects of finance for organisations.
Heavenlight Kavishe
Country Manager
Heavenlight brings extensive experience and understanding in government relations, community engagement and operating in Tanzania. Heavenlight has lived, studied and worked in various countries including Bulgaria, UK, Japan, Canada and the United States and has held a number of leadership positions within Tanzanian Government agencies, including the National Development Corporation and the Parastatal Sector Reform Commission.
Heavenlight holds degrees in Engineering and Business Administration and post-graduate qualifications in business administration, project management, privatisation and utility regulation.