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Directors

Name and Country of Residence Position with First Uranium Principal Occupation
Peter M. Surgey
South Africa
Chairman of the Board Independent consultant

Hugh C. Cameron
South Africa

Director and Audit & Risk Committee Chair

Independent non-executive director of Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.

Normand Champigny 
Canada

Director

President, COO and director of Golden Alliance Resources Corp. and Blue Sky Uranium Corp.

John W. W. Hick
Canada
Lead Independent Director President and Chief Executive Officer John W.W. Hick Consultants Inc.
Deon T. van der Mescht
South Africa
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer President & CEO of First Uranium Corporation

Thabo F. Mosololi
South Africa

Director Financial director of Tsogo Sun Gaming
Kevin P.E. Wakeford
South Africa
Director and Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee Chair Self-employed businessman
Graham P. Wanblad
South Africa

Director
Human Resources & Compensation Committee Chair; Environmental, Health and Safety Committee Chair & Technical Committee Chair

Independent Consultant

The Committees of the Board of Directors will be comprised as follows:

Audit and Risk Committee

  • Hugh Cameron (Chair)
  • John Hick
  • Thabo Mosololi

Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

  • Kevin Wakeford (Chair)
  • John Hick
  • Graham Wanblad

Human Resources and Compensation Committee

  • Graham Wanblad (Chair)
  • Peter Surgey
  • Kevin Wakeford

Environmental, Health and Safety Committee

  • Graham Wanblad (Chair)
  • Deon van der Mescht
  • Kevin Wakeford

Technical Committee

  • Graham Wanblad (Chair)
  • Normand Champigny

Biographical information regarding the directors of the Company is provided as follows:

Peter M. Surgey serves as the Chairman of First Uranium, having been appointed to the Board on April 26, 2010 and as Chairman on May 6, 2010.  He has held executive management positions with Barloworld Limited from 1983. He was CEO of Plascon and Barloworld Coatings from 1992 to 2004 and was an executive director of Barloworld from 1995 to 2008.  Mr. Surgey is currently a non-executive director of Nampak Limited, Evraz Highveld Steel Limited, Control Instruments Limited and NCS Resins Limited. He is a trustee of The President's Award for Youth Empowerment and The Duke of Edinburgh Award. Mr. Surgey is a graduate of the University of Cape Town, Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws.

Hugh C. Cameron was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and during his 28 year career with that firm and its predecessors, he specialized in mining and headed up their global mining practice from 2002 to 2007 and served as the firm's mining leader for Southern Africa from 2007 until his retirement in 2010. He also gained additional international experience working in PWC's London and Chicago offices. Mr. Cameron attended the University of the Witswatersrand and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Accountancy.  He qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in 1974.    Mr. Cameron has been an Independent Non-Executive Director of Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd since November 1, 2010.

Normand Champigny is President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of Golden Alliance Resources Corp. and Blue Sky Uranium Corp., each a TSX listed company, focused on gold, copper and silver exploration in Peru and uranium exploration in Argentina, respectively.  He is a senior mining professional with 30 years of international practice mostly with world-leading consultancy organizations. Previous experience includes: involvement with PricewaterhouseCoopers' Americas' Mining Centre of Excellence; Executive Vice President, Azimut Exploration Inc.; Associate Partner, IBM Business Consulting Services; and, Americas Mining Industry Leader and Principal Consultant for the Mining Industry Group with PWC Consulting.  Mr. Champigny graduated as a Geological Engineer from Ecole Polytechnique in 1979 and obtained an M.Sc.A. in Geological Engineering from the University of British Columbia (1981) and a Specialized Diploma in Geostatistics from the Paris School of Mines (1987).  He is a member of the Order des Ingenieurs du Quebec, a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia.

John W.W. Hick serves as the Lead Independent Director of the Board, having been appointed as the Lead Independent Director in May 2010 and previously served on the Board as a director since December 2006. Mr. Hick was President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Medoro Resources Ltd. from October 2009 to September 2010.  Mr. Hick is President and Director of John W. W. Hick Consultants Inc. since 1997.  Prior to June 2, 2009 he served as Chairman and a director of Silver Eagle Mines Inc.  From December 1, 2004 to January 1, 2006, Mr. Hick served as Chief Executive Officer of Rio Narcea Gold Mines Ltd., of which he was a director from 1997 to June 2006.  In addition, Mr. Hick serves as a director of Aeroquest International Ltd., Carpathian Gold Inc., Eurotin Inc., Hudson Resources Inc., Marengo Mining Limited and Timminco Limited. Mr. Hick holds a BA from the University of Toronto, an LLB from the University of Ottawa and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1978.

Thabo F. Mosololi has been the Financial Director of Tsogo Sun Gaming since 2002. His expertise spans from management consulting, financial re-engineering and strategy development. He is Chartered Accountant (1994) and a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Association of Black Chartered Accountants in South Africa. In 1999, Mr. Mosololi was appointed by the South African Minister of Finance to the Financial Services Board Insider Trading Directorate and served on that board until 2003. He was a Commissioner on the Fiscal & Financial Commission from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Mosololi holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of the Western Cape (1991), a Diploma in Project Management from Damelin College (1997), and completed the Management Advancement Programme (1999) and Executive Development Programme (2004) at the Wits Business School.  He has also served as a  director and audit committee member of Telkom Ltd. (October 2004 to September 2007) and as a director and chairman of the audit committee of Matodzi Ltd. (March 2003 to January 2007).

Kevin P.E Wakeford serves as a director of the Board, having been appointed on April 26, 2010. Mr. Wakeford is currently self employed and was an Advisor to the Office of the Premiere for the Eastern Cape Government from January 2005 to November 2007.  Mr. Wakeford is currently Chairman of South African Biomedical Group of Companies and an Advisor to the BEE sector.  From October 2005 to September 2009 and from February 2010 to April 2010, Mr. Wakeford served as a director of Simmer & Jack.  Mr. Wakeford was again appointed to the board of Simmer & Jack on July 1, 2011.  Mr. Wakeford was a member of the audit committee for Simmer & Jack from 2006 to 2009, Mine Employees Pension Fund from 2003 to 2005 and Sentinel Pension Fund from 2006- 2010.  Mr. Wakeford holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and Professorship (extraordinaire) (Managerial Economics) from Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University.

Graham P. Wanblad serves as a director of the Board having been appointed on June 1, 2008.  Mr. Wanblad has more than 50 years of experience in the mining industry, mainly in the fields of mining and process project development and operational experience that included the management of multi-disciplined technical teams.  From December 2004 to May 2008, Mr. Wanblad served as Executive Technical Director of Simmer & Jack, and was a director of the Simmer & Jack from December 2004 to December 2006.  Prior to joining Simmer & Jack, Mr. Wanblad served as an independent technical consultant from January 2001 to December 2004.  Mr. Wanblad received a government certificate in mechanical engineering and a higher national diploma in mechanical engineering from the Witwatersrand Technical College (now Technikon Witwatersrand).  He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Mechanical and Electrical Engineers.

Dated: January 2012

 

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