Directors' Biographies
Andrew Cranswick, Chief Executive Officer, 3/7/1962
Andrew Cranswick is the Chief Executive Officer of African Consolidated Resources PLC. A fourth-generation Zimbabwean, he has lived almost all of his life in the country. Andrew has a geological background with extensive commercial experience in the mining and metals industry of Southern Africa. In addition, in the 1990's he established a successful group of IT companies in Zimbabwe, including the nation's first Internet Service which he sold to an International concern before the dot com crash. More recently he was an important stakeholder in the West-Australian cattle ranching industry.
Roy Tucker, Group Finance Director and Company Secretary, 23/7/1940
Roy Tucker is a Chartered Accountant whose background is as a tax consultant. He has co-founded and been involved in the management of various financial businesses particularly in the banking and commodity sectors. He is chairman and co-founder of South Africa based Legend Lodges Group which holds significant tourism interests. He is also a director of Lisungwe plc which has mineral exploration interests in Malawi. Roy Tucker is based in the UK.
Michael Kellow, Technical Director, 22/12/1955
Michael Kellow (Technical Director) is an exploration geologist with over 25 years' experience in diverse gold, base-metals and uranium exploration in Archaean and Proterozoic terranes both in Australia and Africa. He was team leader in multiple discoveries of virgin mineral systems in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. He has worked in Australia with a range of junior and mid-cap exploration companies, and consulted in Australia and Africa with companies including Anglo American and Gold Fields. He was also a founder of e-geology firm Intierra.
Stuart Bottomley, Non-Executive Director, 2/2/1945
Stuart Bottomley worked as a stockbroker for nine years, before joining Dawnay Day where he worked as a portfolio manager for the Target Group of Unit Trusts. During his time with Target, he successfully managed the Special Situations Fund and Target Energy. In 1984, he joined Fidelity International in London, working with the ERISA group, focused on UK and European markets. Since leaving Fidelity, Stuart has consulted for numerous private and public companies, advised a number of Australian companies on admissions to AIM and assisted in IPOs and other fundraisings. He is currently the senior non-executive director of Centamin Egypt Ltd, and a non-executive director of Polar Star Mining Corp, Starfield Resources Inc and Verona Pharma Plc .