The Company is managed by an energetic Board and management team possessing a broad range of technical, commercial, legal and financial skills with significant experience in the Australian resources industry. Profiles are as follows:
Mr Anthony Polglase
Chairman
With 30 years multi-disciplined mining experience across ten different countries, Mr Polglase is qualified in mechanical and electrical engineering with an honours degree in Metallurgy from the Camborne School of Mines, UK and is fluent in Portuguese. Mr. Polglase has acquired detailed knowledge relating the development and operation of gold, copper, lead, zinc and tin projects and has either been responsible for or closely involved with the commissioning of more than seven mining projects. Project management including critical evaluation, implementation and commissioning are Mr Polglase's strengths. Mr Polglase has a demonstrated ability of successfully bringing projects on line in the most challenging of environments.
Mr Luis Azevedo
Executive Director
Mr Azevedo is an outstanding resource industry professional with over 35 years of international experience. Mr Azevedo qualified as a geologist at the University of Rio de Janeiro in 1985, and subsequent to working as a geologist he completed a law degree at the University of Candido Mendes in 1992 and obtained his Masters of Law from Pontifical Catholic University Rio de Janeiro in 1994.
Mr Azevedo has held senior positions with major resource companies including Western Mining Corporation, Barrick Gold and Harsco. In 2004 he founded the very successful legal firm FFA Legal based in Rio de Janeiro, which provides specialist legal and technical support to resource companies operating in Brazil.
Mr Azevedo is also a Director of TSX listed companies Talon Metals, Rio Verde Minerals and Brazilian Gold. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and is a Brazilian citizen.
Mr Simon Mottram
Executive Director
Mr Mottram is a geologist with over 17 years' experience in predominantly nickel sulphide, iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and precious metals. Having held senior management positions with a number of successful mining companies both in Australia and overseas Mr Mottram has extensive knowledge in base and precious metal evaluations and has seen a number of discoveries advanced through to commercial mine development. His exploration experience aligns extremely well with Avenue’s projects and is an expert in the application of modern exploration techniques.
Mr Mottram has a BSc degree in Applied Geology from RMIT University in Melbourne and is a Fellow of the AusIMM.
Mr Ben Dunn
Non-Executive Director
Mr Dunn has an exceptional reputation in the Legal and Stock Broking vocations with 16 years of international experience covering the resource industry as an investment professional.
Mr Dunn qualified and practiced in law before going on to attain an MBA from the Melbourne Business School. Mr Dunn has since held senior positions with broking houses including BNP, Citigroup, JP Morgan and CLSA, becoming a specialist in capital raisings within the Asian region. Mr Dunn currently resides in Singapore and is the Managing Director of Garrison Capital's unlisted IndoPacific Coal Limited.
Mr Scott Funston
Company Secretary
Mr Funston is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with more than 10 years experience in the mining industry and the accounting profession. His expertise is financial management, regulatory compliance and corporate advice. Mr Funston possesses a strong knowledge of the Australian Securities Exchange requirements and currently assists or has a assisted a number of resources companies operating throughout Australia, North and South America, Africa, and Asia with financial accounting, stock exchange compliance and regulatory activities.