Senior Management

  • Kevin Ellis
    Chief Financial Officer

    Mr Ellis is Weatherly's Chief Financial Officer based in our London Head Office. He is an English Chartered Accountant and also has a first class degree from London University.

    Mr Ellis has lengthy experience in Senior Financial Positions across a number of industries including Mining, Consumer Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals and Public Practise. He worked in Namibia for 5 years including a year as Financial Controller of Weatherly's Namibia Operations, giving him a strong understanding of both Namibian and UK financial and tax regulations.

  • Craig Thomas
    Chief Operating Officer

    Mr Thomas is an Australian mining engineer with over 20 years of diverse operational experience in Australia, Botswana and Papua New Guinea, most recently working as General Manager of the Ballarat Gold Mine with Lihir Gold Limited.

    He has played key leadership roles in the development and production start-up of several underground and open pit mines, including the Pillara and Ballarat mines in Australia, the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea and the Mupane mine in Botswana.

  • Andrew Thomson
    Technical Director

    Mr Thomson is a 52 year old Namibian geologist, studied at the University of Natal, South Africa. Mr Thomson has worked in various senior roles from Chief Geologist, General Manager of the Otjihase mine, Technical Director and Country Manager.

  • Chuck Carnie
    General Manager Otjihase

    Chuck is a geologist with over 20 years experience in the mining and has worked in organisations ranging from grass roots exploration to large scale producing operations. Most recently he was Chief Executive Officer with Aussie Q Resources Ltd and previously at the Ballarat Gold Mine in senior technical roles.

  • Mike Stuart
    Exploration & Development Manager

    Mike Stuart is a geologist with over 16 years exploring for, and developing, copper and gold deposits in Africa. He was Chief Geologist for First Quantum Minerals at both the Kansanshi Mine in Zambia and the Guelb Moghrein Mine in Mauritania. He spent three years as a sell-side mining analyst in the City of London. Mike is a Professional Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (MIMMM).