Directors & Senior Management

Directors

Werner Klingenberg

Chief Executive Officer (Appointed in 2017)

Werner joined Goldplat in 2015 as Group Financial Manager. Within this role he was integral in managing Goldplat's financial and operational affairs. With his knowledge and understanding of the Group's operations, he was appointed to the role of Group Finance Director in 2017 , following a period as interim CEO, was appointed Group CEO on a permanent basis in September 2019. Werner qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in South Africa and he has accrued significant commercial experience, both within Southern Africa and at a wider international level, initially working within the telecommunications and retail industries. His extensive knowledge spans audit and financial management and systems.

Martin Ooi

Non-Executive Director (Appointed in 2021)

A qualified medical doctor, Martin is an experienced entrepreneur and investor. He is the founder and Managing Director of the Serkona Group of private limited companies based in Australia with interests in multiple medical centres, commercial properties, and other unlisted assets. As a director of Goldplat PLC, he intends to focus on capital allocation decisions and helping to maximise the per-share intrinsic value of the company.

Martin holds / previously held in the last five years directorships in Daws Road Medical (Pty) Ltd, Ooi and Family Custodian (Pty) Ltd, Ooi and Khoo Family One (Pty) Ltd, Ooi and Khoo Family Pty Ltd, Ooi Family Investments Pty Ltd, Prema House Medical Centre Management Group Pty Ltd, Prema House Properties Pty Ltd, Serkona Investments One Pty Ltd, Serkona Investments Pty Ltd, Serkona Medical One Pty Ltd, Serkona Medical Pty Ltd, and Serkona Properties Pty Ltd. He is a member of the Remuneration Committee which looks at market norms regarding directors and executive remuneration for recommendation to the board.

Gerard Kisbey-Green (Chairman)

Non-Executive Director (Appointed in 2020)

Gerard has built an expansive career in the mining and related financial industry, spanning over 30 years. After graduating as a Mining Engineer in South Africa in 1987, he gained extensive experience working in various management positions for a number of the larger South African mining companies, including Rand Mines Group and the gold division of Anglo American Corporation. During this time he worked on gold, platinum and coal mines primarily in South Africa and also in Germany and Australia. Gerard subsequently spent 17 years in the financial markets, including five years as a mining equity analyst and 12 years in mining corporate finance. He has worked in South Africa and the UK for banks including JP MorganChase, Investec and Standard Bank. Gerard has extensive experience in IPOs, capital raisings, M&A transactions and deals covering a great diversity of commodities and geographic locations. He also has experience in Nominated Adviser,broker and advisory roles. He has worked extensively in Africa, particularly South Africa, Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Far East, Central Asia and North America. After returning to South Africa as a Managing Director with Standard Bank in 2009, Gerard left the banking industry and joined Peterstow Aquapower, a mining technology development company, as CEO in 2011, before accepting a position in 2012 with Aurigin Resources Inc., a privately-owned Toronto-based gold exploration company with assets in Ethiopia and Tanzania, as President and CEO. Gerard joined Goldplat plc as a Nonexecutive Director in 2014 and took over the role of Chief Executive Officer in 2015 a position a resigned from during 2019. He joined Goldplat Plc again as a Non-Executive Director in May 2020.

Brent Doster

Group Chief Financial Officer (Appointed February 2023)

Brent is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with over 20 years of experience in financial management and administration in Africa across the coal and gold mining sectors.

During this time, Brent has held a number of senior finance positions in BHP Billiton, Anglo American, Asanko Gold and most recently West Wits Mining. He has played a key role in the deployment of a group wide ERP system to improve forecasting and budgetary controls in those organisations as well as leading the Company’s procurement processes and commercial negotiations to bring the Asanko Gold Mine into production on time and under budget.

Most recently, he was Group Finance Manager at West Wits Mining. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Accountancy degree.

Douglas Davidson

Group Chief Operating Officer (Appointed May 2023)

Douglas is a Metallurgical Engineer (B. Eng Metallurgy) with 26 years of experience in the mining industry of which 23 years have been in the diamond industry mainly in Namibia and Lesotho. Douglas holds an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch which he completed in 2015.

During his time in Namibia he was seconded from De Beers to Namdeb where he held several senior positions which included Group Metallurgical Lead as well as two Mine Manager positions. He served on EXCO for 5 years out of the 15 years at Namdeb. He played a key role in leading and developing the metallurgical discipline to be fully localised. He led multi-disciplinary operational teams to identify, develop and implement improvement and optimisation strategies.

Recently Douglas held the position of Chief Technical Officer at Namakwa Diamonds with a specific focus on the Lesotho Operations at Kao Mine, operated by Storm Mountain Diamonds. He played a key role in identifying, developing and implementing value accretive and risk mitigating initiatives to improve overall business performance.

John Cross

Non-Executive Director (Appointed January 2025)

John Cross had a long career as a Chartered Accountant and qualified Financial Advisor and has been consulting across a number of Industries, using his extensive accounting and business skill sets to provide analytical and structural advice to businesses and private clients operating in Australia and abroad. John has specialised in Acquisitions and Disposals and in identifying opportunities for business improvement.

Since qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1983, John has worked both in professional practice and in industry. He was a director of Boards and Surf Equipment Pty Ltd ("BASE") when BASE entered a creditors' voluntary liquidation on 30 June 2011. BASE was subsequently deregistered on 10 March 2014.

Stephen Ronaldson

Company Secretary (Appointed in 2005)

Stephen is a partner in Druces LLP Corporate & Commercial team, with over 30 years’ experience in corporate law with a particular expertise in the mining, oil and gas sectors. Stephen acts as company secretary for several publicly listed companies. And has also acted as an Alternate Director

Senior Management

Ayanda Ntsho

Chief Financial Officer: South Africa (Appointed May 2021)

Ayanda has over 15 years' senior management experience spanning such industries as manufacturing (biotech, electronics, defence and armaments products), transport (aviation), higher education and consulting. He is a chartered accountant (SA) by training and holds an MBA from the University of Stellenbosch's Business School. He sits on various boards including chairing the University of Fort Hare's Accounting Department, as well as non-executive director, treasurer, and independent audit and risk committee member of various other organisations.

Filipe Alvarenga Araujo

Regional Manager: South America

Filipe joined Goldplat in 2017 to assist Goldplat's marketing efforts in Latin America. he quickly took over the region and, in 2018, became the Business Development Regional Manager, allowing the company to relocate the expats previously allocated in South America to explore and develop the market. In 2022, after acquiring knowledge of Goldplat's business and strategies, as well as growing his technical background, Filipe was appointed as the director responsible for the subsidiaries constituted in South America and for the project in Brazil that focused on replicating the successful operations from Africa in the new continent. Filipe is experienced in environmental management and international logistics. He holds a degree in Metallurgical Engineering from the Federal University of Minas Gerais and an MBA in Project Management from Sao Paulo University, both in Brazil.

Michael Kouassi

General Manager: Gold Recovery Ghana

Michael joined the group in 2011 as Financial Manager for Nyieme and Midas Gold in Burkina. He was moved to occupy the position of Financial Manager of Gold Recovery Ghana and assist the procurement team to develop the business in the French-speaking countries. In 2020, he became the General Manager.

Michael has built a strong relationship with several countries' mining administrations in West Africa. He was an auditor before joining the mining environment in 2008 and holds a MSc in Finance.