Mr Baxter was appointed CEO of the Minerals Council in 2015. He has 29 years of high-level advocacy and strategy experience in the business and mining sectors. He was involved in the first mineral policy discussions with the ANC in 1992 and in most of the significant minerals policy discussions since then. He has participated in, and often led, the business negotiation teams on a range of issues such as the 2002 Mining Charter, the 1998 Energy Policy White Paper, the 1997 Skills Development Act, the 2009 Royalty Act, the 2010 revised Mining Charter, etc. He has participated in all the Presidential Job Summit and Investment Conferences, and he has played a leadership role in encouraging government to focus on the issues that drive South Africa’s investment competitiveness. He previously chaired the Business Unity South Africa’s (BUSA) Economic Policy Committee and Economic Growth Task Team. He is the Founding Chairman of the World Platinum Investment Council. He recently participated in President Ramaphosa’s 7-a-side NEDLAC leadership team looking at how to revive the economy post COVID-19. He has played a key leadership role in rejuvenating the brand of the Minerals Council and brings material leadership, governance, strategy, investment, and transformation skills to the table.

He is a member of the Minerals Council Board, the BUSA Board, the TEBA Fund Trust Board of Trustees and he chairs the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC). He is Chairman of the Associations Coordination Group of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and is the current Chairman of the Mining Industry Association of Southern Africa (MIASA). In 2020, Mr Baxter was the winner of the Mining Review Africa, 2020 Mining Thought Leader of the Year award. The article states “Fully committed to the mining industry and a person who pulls no punches when it comes to addressing pertinent matters. These words aptly describe Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter.” In 2018, Mr Baxter was awarded the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy’s (SAIMM) Brigadier Stokes Platinum medal for his contribution to the South African mining sector. Since the launch of the MiningMX “Rainmaker and Pot-stirrers” publication, Mr Baxter has been listed as one of Africa’s top 100 most influential people in the mining industry.

Henk de Hoop is the new CEO of SFA (Oxford). SFA (Oxford) is a world-renowned authority on platinum-group metals and provides in-depth market intelligence on battery raw materials and the hydrogen economy. Henk holds an MSc in Mining Engineering from the University of Technology in Delft and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. After starting his career in South Africa working on the gold mines, he spent the next 12 years working for various stockbroking firms, covering listed mining stocks in the gold, diamonds, PGMs, coal and diversified space. He became the top-rated PGMs analyst for 3 consecutive years from 2005-2007. He joined Rand Merchant bank as a resource sector investment banker in 2008,working on a broad range of M&A, debt, and equity raising transactions, before joining SFA in 2022.

Sandra started her career as an academic, lecturing company and tax law at the University of the Free State, before joining Johannesburg Law Firm Brink Cohen le Roux & Roodt. It was here that she became involved in the South African mining industry, working first on the labour side of the business, before moving on to the corporate and commercial end of practice. Sandra has been with Standard Bank for just over ten years and focuses exclusively on African corporate finance transactions in mining and metals.

Bernhard Fuchs joined Degussa’s precious metals business in 1999, after having worked as a banker and lawyer (Dr. in law). Following his assignment as assistant to the CEO, he was in 2002 appointed as CFO of Allgemeine Gold- und Silberscheideanstalt AG. In 2009 he moved to China as President Umicore Greater China, overseeing the growth of the group in precious metals as well as other specialty metals. Since 2014 he has been responsible for Umicore’s global Precious Metals Management as well as for the global sales organization of the Umicore group. He also serves as Chairman of Umicore AG, Umicore’s largest entity in Germany with 1.000 employees at three sites. He is a board member of the International Platinum Association (IPA), as well as of the German Precious Metals Federation.

Tim Ingle is Senior Vice President, Precious Metals Services, based in Iselin, NJ - a position he has held since March 2022. In this role, he is responsible for leading BASF’s global platinum group metal services and recycling business. Tim previously served as Vice President, Precious Metals Refining, Chemicals & Battery Recycling from October 2018 to February 2022. He joined BASF in 2004, starting in the catalysts division working in sales and strategic planning until 2011. From there, he worked in business management in Performance Chemicals, supported the CEO of BASF Corporation in a staff role and held a leadership role in procurement. He has a wide range of experiences across functions, businesses and countries, including successfully leading transformations. Tim holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Texas A&M University and an MBA in Finance and Management from Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business.

Nico Muller holds a BSc Mining Engineering degree from the University of Pretoria and has a 28-year mining career across a range of commodities, including platinum. He has a proven track record as a successful operator and is a highly-rated leader and strategic thinker. Nico was appointed to the board of Implats as both Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director in April 2017. Prior to this he served as Executive Vice-President of Gold Fields’ South African operations (South Deep) for three years, where he fulfilled a pivotal role in re-energising and repositioning the mine for a sustainable future. He also served as the Chief Operating Officer at Royal Bafokeng Platinum, and in various other high-level positions at Anglovaal, African Rainbow Minerals, Avgold and De Beers.

Phoevos Pouroulis is the Chief Executive Officer of Tharisa plc, with responsibility for overall strategy and management. Phoevos has held various senior managerial and operational positions in his more than 19-year career. He has extensive experience in project management, mining design, commissioning and mining operations, including PGMs and chrome, having been involved in South Africa's mining industry since 2003. He has served as Commercial Director for Chromex Mining plc and was a founding member of Keaton Energy. Phoevos currently serves on the board of the World Platinum Investment Council. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Science and Business Administration (Boston University, USA).

Richard Stewart has 20 years’ experience in South Africa’s geological and mining industries, is a Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa and is a Registered Natural Scientist. Prior to joining Sibanye-Stillwater in 2014, he served on the Gold One Executive Committee, from 2009 to 2014, in both Technical and Business Development related roles. Richard was also the CEO of JSE listed Goliath Gold Limited, from 2013 to 2014. Prior to that he was an Investment Consultant for the Private Equity Group, African Global Capital Proprietary Limited and held management positions at Uranium One and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Mining Technology division.  He was a co-founding member and director of Shango Solutions, a geological consultancy firm.

Wilma Swarts joined Metals Focus as Director of PGM Research in April 2020. Prior to this she headed the commercial services and marketing functions at Lonmin Plc. Prior to joining the mining sector, she worked in the automotive industry. She holds a M.Sc. in International Business Administration from the University of London and an honours degree from the University of Johannesburg.

Arnold has 18 years’ mining-related financial experience, 15 of which is in equity research. Arnold joined Nedbank in 2016 as an Equity Analyst covering platinum and gold producers. Prior to joining Nedbank, he worked in equity research at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, the Royal Bank of Canada (London & Johannesburg) and Investec Securities. Arnold started his career at Ernst & Young's mining team in Johannesburg, with secondments to practices in Manchester and New York. Arnold is a Chartered Accountant, and holds a Bachelors of Commerce (Honours) degree from the University of Pretoria. Arnold is an avid outdoorsman.

Natascha has served as Anglo American Platinum’s CEO since April 2020, also sitting on the Anglo American Platinum Board and the Group Management Committee of Anglo American plc. Prior to that, she spent five years as Group Head of Processing for Anglo American. Natascha is a seasoned senior executive, bringing 28 years of operational experience from across the mining industry, spanning many different countries, metals and minerals including, of course, PGMs. Viljoen's operational executive experience also includes six years at Lonmin, where her last post was Executive Vice President of Processing. Viljoen holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from North-West University, in South Africa, and an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Cape Town.