Directors & Management

TIMOTHY R B GOYDER

CHAIRMAN

Tim has over 40 years experience in the resource industry.  He has been involved in the formation and management of a number of publicly listed companies and is currently Executive Chairman of Chalice Gold Mines Limited and the Chairman of DevEx Resources Limited.

TONY OTTAVIANO

MANAGING DIRECTOR / CEO

Mr Ottaviano is a global mining executive, with over 30 years leading operations across Australia, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Africa.  Prior to joining Liontown, he held senior executive roles with two of the world’s largest mining companies, BHP and Rio Tinto, establishing a successful track record in Operations, M&A, project delivery and business transformation programs, most recently as Group Performance and Improvement Officer with BHP Limited. Tony holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering and an MBA.

CRAIG WILLIAMS

BSc (Hons)

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Craig is a geologist with over 30 years experience in mineral exploration and development.  Craig co-founded Equinox Minerals Limited in 1993 and was President, Chief Executive Officer and Director prior to Barrick Gold's takeover of Equinox.  He is currently Chairman of OreCorp Limited. He has been directly involved in several significant discoveries, including the Ernest Henry Deposit in Queensland and a series of gold deposits in Western Australia. In addition to his technical capabilities, Craig also has extensive corporate management and financing experience.

ANTHONY CIPRIANO

B.Bus, FCA, GAICD

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Anthony is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years accounting, corporate and finance experience. Anthony was formerly a partner at Deloitte and at the time of his retirement in 2013 he was the Deloitte National Tax Leader for Energy & Resources and leader of its Western Australian Tax Practice. Anthony has significant experience working across the tax, accounting, legal and financial aspects of corporate transactions. Anthony was formerly a Director of Lachlan Star Ltd and currently holds a number of private company Directorships.

STEVEN CHADWICK

BAppSc, AusIMM

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Steven has over 40 years' experience in the mining industry, incorporating technical, operating and management roles, as well as a strong metallurgical background.  He was a founding director of BC Iron Limited and a former managing director of Coventry Resources, PacMin Mining Limited and Northern Gold Limited, prior to their corporate acquisitions. Steven was also a Director of and consulted to major Canadian miner Teck Resources' Australian subsidiary for ten years. He is currently a Director of Lycopodium Limited.

JENNNIFER MORRIS

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Jennifer Morris is an accomplished corporate executive and non-executive director, with key experience in advising corporations and government entities on strategy development, governance controls, complex large-scale business transformation, human capital related work, the embedding of ESG (environment, social and governance) related policies and the understanding of high-performance environments learned during her varied career including elite sport. She is a former partner of global professional services firm Deloitte where her career spanned more than 10 years working across the mining, government and transport sectors. She was also previously a Senior Marketing Analyst for Rio Tinto Iron Ore. Ms Morris is a non-executive director of ASX-listed iron ore producer Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (ASX:FMG) and gold and copper producer Sandfire Resources Ltd (ASX:SFR).

CRAIG HASSON

B.Com, CA, AGIA

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Craig is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Secretary with over 15 years of accounting and corporate experience in the resources and energy industries. Craig commenced his career at Ernst & Young and has since held a range of finance and commercial positions with publicly listed companies.

ADAM SMITS

BEng(Mech), GAICD

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Adam is a mechanical engineer with a successful 20+ year career in project development and operational roles across Australia and Africa. Adam’s most recent role was COO for ASX-listed Nzuri Copper in the DRC  where he played an integral role in the successful completion of the recent sale of the company. Adam has previously held senior management roles with Perseus Mining and TiZir Ltd’s Grand Côte project as well as senior roles with Mineral Deposits Ltd, Placer Dome Asia Pacific and Lycopodium Engineering.

CLINT MCGHIE

B.Com, CA, FGIA, FFin

COMMERCIAL MANAGER / COMPANY SECRETARY

Clint is an experienced Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary who commenced his career at a large international accounting firm and has since been involved with a number of ASX and AIM listed exploration and development companies operating in the resources sector. Clint is a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia (Chartered Secretary), and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia