Board of Directors
Edmond William Edwards (Executive Chairman)
BCom, ACA, FAICD
Mr Edwards is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in the resources sector, combining knowledge of public company capital raisings and finance with corporate compliance. He has been involved in taking mineral projects from the conceptual stage to public listing. This expertise is exemplified by the success of both Fox Resources Ltd and Aztec Resources Ltd. As the Finance Director he was responsible for the successful floats of those companies through to the successful re-commissioning of the Radio Hill Project for Fox and the strong position of Aztec to develop the Koolan Iron Ore Project.
He was also previously a Director of Matlock Mining NL which with Eagle Mining successfully developed the Nimary Gold Mine and Acclaim Exploration NL.
Mr Edwards was a partner at Hendry Rae & Court (now Grant Thornton) until 1989 having joined that firm in 1975. He was the partner in charge of the Robe River Iron Ore Project audit for 8 years.
He recently resigned as Managing Director of Resource Mining Corporation Ltd having successfully taken that company to the feasibility stage at its Argyle Iron Ore Project and Wowo Gap Nickel Laterite Project.
Mr Edwards also acts as Company Secretary to Athena Resources Limited.
Donald Fergusson Thomson (Executive Director)
BSc (Hons )(Geol), MAusIMM
Mr Thomson is a geologist with extensive experience in mineral exploration, project management and resource evaluation. Commencing in 1981, his expertise covers a diverse range of commodities including gold, nickel, copper, lead, zinc, tin and iron in number deposit styles and geological settings.
This experience was gained while working for both large and small companies including, Newcrest Mining Limited, Johnson’s Well Mining NL (now Regis), Fox Resources Ltd and most recently Legend Mining Limited. He has held directorships with Acclaim Exploration NL and Azec Resources Limited.
His industry experience ranges from the development of predictive geological models, leading to the recognition of new opportunities and the acquisition and development of strategic tenement holdings, to successful land access negotiations with stakeholders including pastoralists and indigenous representative organisations. Projects have been located in a variety of Archaean, Proterozoic and Palaeozoic terranes including remote regions of central and northern Australia.
He has recently established his own consulting business providing advice on all aspects of exploration including planning, resource estimation, project and environmental management, and land access negotiations. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree with Honors in Geology from La Trobe University and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Hon Andrew Thomson (Non Executive Director)
During the quarter the Board announced the appointment of The Honourable Andrew P Thomson BA, LLB, LLM as non executive Director of Athena Resources Limited. Mr. Thomson lives in Singapore and works as a consultant to Minter Ellison Lawyers working in the Middle East and Asia on investment and government relations matters. He is also chairman of Citadel Resources Group Limited (ASX - CGG) and chairman of Gulf & Asian Mining Pty Ltd.
Until 2005 Mr. Thomson lived in Washington D.C. where he served at the World Bank as an Assistant and Acting Executive Secretary of the Inspection Panel. In this role Mr Thomson conducted investigations of developing world projects. He also practiced as an attorney with Willkie Farr & Gallagher.
Mr Thomson spent the early years of his career in Tokyo working as a fund manager for GT Management (Japan) Ltd and later as an investment banker at Credit Suisse-First Boston (Japan) focusing on Japanese equities and fixed income funds and commodity-based derivatives.
Before moving to Washington D.C. in 2001 Mr Thomson was a Member of Parliament in Australia, representing a district in Sydney in the House of Representatives. During the 1990s he served as Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Sport, Tourism, and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Sydney 2000 Games, Chairman of the Australia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship League, and Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT).
Mr Thomson is a graduate of the Law Faculty of the University of Melbourne, the International Center of Keio University in Tokyo, and Georgetown University Law Center. His other languages are Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Arabic.