About Us
Board of directors
Walton Imrie
Non–executive Chairman
Mr Imrie (53) is a member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He started his career in stockbroking in South Africa in the early 1970s, then took up employment with Shaw & Co in London. Mr Imrie started an independent financial consultancy business which eventually became the Swiss based asset management company, Kestrel SA. He has been involved with gold mining and exploration through a number of vehicles including Simmer and Jack Mines Limited and Southern Prospecting (Pty) Limited. The latter company listed Randex and Potchefstroom Gold Areas in the 1980s in South Africa. Mr Imrie was a board member of Francistown Mining Limited. Its principal asset is the Toronto and Sydney listed Lionore Mining Limited. He is currently a director and shareholder of Pan African Mining (Pty) Ltd, a Zimbabwean gold producer.
Ketan Patel
Non–executive director
Mr Patel (40) is the chairman of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. He attended schools and colleges in Kenya, India and the United Kingdom. Mr Patel has worked extensively in trading organisations in the UK and since 1986 has traded agrocommodities internationally. He is a senior director of Exporting Trading (Pty) Ltd and is Managing Director of the Sea Cliff and White Sands Hotels in Dar es Salaam. Mr Patel is also a director of Cielmac Ltd, a property company in Tanzania.
Walter Vorwerk
Chief financial officer, B. Com, Dip Datem, CA (SA)
Mr Vorwerk (56) has extensive executive and operational experience within the Southern African mining industry and has held directorships at many industry related companies including Vaal Reefs Mining and Exploration Co. Limited (the precursor to AngloGold Limited), Western Deep Levels Limited, Driefontein Consolidated Limited and Rand Refinery Limited. Mr Vorwerk was Manager of Finance at AngloGold from 1995 to 2002, where he oversaw and was involved in corporate finance, merger, acquisition and disposal activities. He was the Finance Director of Aquarius Platinum Limited from 2002 to 2003. He is involved in a corporate finance practice in South Africa called Interstices (Pty) Limited.
Maheshkumar Raojibhai Patel
Alternate Director
Mr Patel (52) serves on the boards of Cielmac Limited; Technobrain Limited; POA Rice Mills Limited; Kizota Agro Products Limited; and Hotel Sea Cliff Limited.
David Scott
Non–executive director
Mr Scott (53) brings a wealth of experience in the mining sector, having spent his whole career working in the industry. David is a qualified geologist and a member of the Geological Society of South Africa, having earned a Bachelor of Science (Geology) from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Masters of Science (Geology) from the Stellenbosch University. In the past five years David has worked as an independent geologist focused on exploration project management in Tanzania and Madagascar and was the technical services manager of the Bulyanhulu Mine in Tanzania.
Michael Wuth
Non–executive director
Mr Wuth (55) has 36 years experience in the mining industry, having worked as both a geologist and an investment banker to the sector. Michael is a qualified geologist and a member of both the Society of Economic Geologists (USA) and the Geological Society of South Africa, having earned both Bachelors and Masters Degrees in geology from the University of Witwatersrand. Prior to joining Jonah Capital as Chief Executive Officer of Jonah Mining in August this year, Michael was Head Strategic Equity and Head Equity Investments (Mining and Minerals) at Standard Bank.
