Board &
Management
Phil Hoskins
Managing Director
Mr Hoskins commenced his career at a large international accounting firm and has since gained corporate experience with both Australian and international listed companies. He is a senior executive with broad finance and commercial experience across resources exploration, project development and production as well as large-scale property developments requiring debt and equity financing.
Phil has a Bachelor of Commerce, a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and is a Chartered Accountant.
Henk Ludik
Interim Non-Executive Chair
Henk Ludik is a mining engineer with a career spanning over 20 years in mining with expertise in engineering, feasibility, mine optimisation, ESG and corporate finance. Mr Ludik has worked on a number of landmark transactions in the resource sector since 2006. Mr Ludik holds a BEng in Mining Engineering, MSc in Oil and Gas Engineering and an MBA.
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.
Mike Spreadborough
Non-Executive Director
Mr Spreadborough has over thirty years’ experience in Australian and international mining leadership roles in a range of commodities across underground and open pit mining, processing, port operations, exploration, project development and financing. Mr Spreadborough is experienced across the value chain of operations, asset management, technical, exploration, financial, marketing, project development and financing, business development, strategy and investor engagement. Mr Spreadborough is currently the Executive Co-Chair of Novo Resources Corporation.
Cameron Dowling
Non-Executive Director
Mr Dowling is ARCH’s Investment Director and holds a BEng (Civil), BEng (Mining) and a MCom (Applied Finance). Mr Dowling has more than a decade of experience in mining focused private equity and throughout his career has been involved in the financing, development and delivery of multiple mining projects across a wide range of commodities globally.
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.
Grant Dyker
Chief Financial Officer
Grant Dyker holds over two decades of experience in senior executive roles, having previously served as CFO for multiple ASX-listed resources companies, including Panoramic Resources Limited, Dacian Gold Limited, Sirius Resources NL, Doray Minerals Limited, Avoca Resources Limited and Aztec Resources Limited.
Mr Dyker’s track record includes successfully leading and managing major project and corporate financing endeavours, encompassing project and corporate debt funding totalling A$1.2 billion, as well as securing new equity funding amounting to A$670 million.
Jay Stephenson
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.
Vickey Puncheon
General Manager Sustainability
Vickey was previously General Manager Business Services with Syrah Resources where she played a key role alongside Michael Bourguignon (who is now an Executive Director of Evolution) in the development and operation of Syrah’s Balama graphite project in Mozambique.
Vickey, who is located in Tanzania, brings a wealth of relevant experience and capability that is invaluable to Evolution as it moves the Chilalo Project towards a final investment decision by H2 2022.
Vickey has lived in Africa for over 15 years, working in the resources industry during that time. Having worked on a number of green fields projects and seen them through to operations, she offers an understanding of scaling up through construction into the operations phase.
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.