CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT
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Omar Kamal (53)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 11 June 2014
Resigned: 30 September 2025
Bachelor in Economics and Political Science
(University of Jordan); PhD in Management (Finance
and Banking) (Coventry University in collaboration
with Harvard Islamic Finance Programme at Harvard
University)
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Omar Kamal has more than 29 years’ international experience in
banking, investment management, strategic advisory services and
high-growth entrepreneurship. He has served at high-growth
companies and multibillion-dollar corporates in various executive
capacities. Until August 2015, he was the co-Group CEO of a
business group owned by a prominent family with global reach
based in Geneva, Switzerland. Before that, he was one of the
initial founders and acted as the CIO of a regional bank in the
Middle East and, before that, was a partner with Ernst & Young on
the advisory and consulting side. Omar continues to serve on the
boards of several listed and unlisted companies, among others,
Cambridge Scientific Innovation, Cybsafe, Crowdemotion, Quiqup
and Arab Bank Switzerland as Chairman of the Fintech
Committee. In the same context, Omar makes a personal strategic
contribution to digital innovation and transformation. Omar is a
member of the Young President Organisation and a Learning
Chair of the London Stars Chapter in the UK. Omar resigned from
the Board with effect 30 September 2025.
Roger Davey (80)
Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 1 June 2017
Master of Science in Mineral Production
Management (Royal School of Mines, Imperial
College, London), Master of Science in Water
Resource Management and Water Environment
(Bournemouth University), Associate of the
Camborne School of Mines, Chartered Engineer,
European Engineer, Member of the Institute of
Materials, Minerals and Mining.
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Roger Davey, a British national, has over 40 years of senior
management experience in mining across South America, Africa
and Europe. His experience at senior management level includes
financing, feasibility studies, construction, development,
commissioning and operational management of underground and
surface gold and base metal mines. He has held senior roles
including Senior Mining Engineer at NM Rothschild (1998-2010) in
the Mining and Metals Project Finance Team, Director/Vice-
President/GM of Minorco (AngloGold) subsidiaries in Argentina
(1994-1997), Operations Director at Greenwich Resources plc
(1984-1992) and Production Manager at Blue Circle Industries,
Chile (1979-1984) with earlier roles at Gold Fields of South Africa
(1971-1978). He serves on the boards of Central Asia Metals plc
and Pan Global Resources Inc.
Gloria Zvaravanhu (46)
Independent Non-Executive Director
Appointed: 21 February 2024
Bachelor of Accounting (B Acc) (Rhodes University,
South Africa), Master’s in Business
Leadership (MBL) (University of South Africa
Graduate School), Master’s degree in Law (LLM)
(University of Cumbria, United Kingdom). Member of
the Zimbabwean and South African
Institutes of Chartered Accountants.
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Gloria Zvaravanhu has over 23 years of professional experience
and is the Managing Director of a leading short-term insurance
company in Zimbabwe. She previously served as CEO of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe.
She actively contributes to the global accounting profession as a
member of the Advisory Group of the International Federation of
Accountants. Her non-executive roles include serving as
Chairman of the board of Securico Security Services Limited and
as a non-executive director and chairman of the Audit Committee
at Karo Mining Holdings plc, a subsidiary of the Tharisa Group.
