39 Senior Management Senior Management Kingsgate’s executives have a comprehensive  range of skills and experience including mine  development and operations, exploration, finance  and administration. They are supported by highly  qualified specialists, whose backgrounds cover  the full scope of mining resources activities. Senior members of Kingsgate’s management  team are: Gavin Thomas  BSc (Geology), FAusIMM Ross Coyle  BA, FCPA, FCIS Tim Benfield Dip CSM (mining), MBA, MAusIMM Gavin Thomas was appointed Chief Executive  Officer of Kingsgate in 2004 and joined the  Kingsgate Board on 16th November 2007. Gavin  has had a successful career in developing mining  companies from the exploration phase into  mid-tier gold or copper producers. He has over  42 years of international experience in exploring  for, evaluating, developing, operating and  reclaiming mines in North and South America,  Australia, the Southwest Pacific, Asia and  Europe. Amongst Gavin’s credits is the discovery  of “Lihir” in Papua New Guinea, one of the  largest gold deposits in the world. In particular,  he has extensive experience in Thailand and  South America.  Duane Woodbury  BEc (Hons)  Duane Woodbury was appointed Chief Financial  Officer of Kingsgate on 1 September 2011.  Duane has a BEc (Hons) Degree and has worked  in various financial, accounting and advisory  roles during his career in a number of locations,  including London, New York and Singapore. He  has been assisting Kingsgate in its business  development initiatives since August 2007 and  brings over 20 years of experience in financial  markets and corporate finance transactions,  principally with the Macquarie Group.  Ross Coyle joined Kingsgate in March 2011  following the Company’s acquisition of Dominion  Mining Limited and was with the Dominion  group for over 25 years. He is a qualified  accountant and has over 30 years experience in  finance and accounting within the resource  industry. He was Finance Director of Dominion  from 1996. Ross was appointed Kingsgate’s  Company Secretary in September 2011. Tim Benfield joined Kingsgate in February 2012  as Chief Operating Officer. Tim is a mining  engineer with over 21 years underground and  open pit experience in the mining industry in  both operational and corporate roles. He has  operational and project development experience  in Australia, Africa and Saudi Arabia. This  includes 10 years with Barrick Gold of Australia  where he provided support to four operating  mines and two development projects. Tim was  most recently General Manager of the Pajingo  Gold mine in Queensland for Evolution Mining  Limited. Joel Forwood  Bsc (Hons) FFin Joel Forwood joined Kingsgate in November  2010 and has over 27 years experience in the  resource and investment industries covering  investor relations, funds management and  exploration. For over 12 years, he has been  leading investor relations at a number of listed  companies, most recently for Lihir Gold Limited.  Prior to this he was a fund manager with  Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC)  following his early career in mineral exploration  with BHP and corporate development with RGC. Ron James has 30 years of experience in explora- tion and mining at management level inclusive  of setting up gold mines and exploration  projects from their earliest stages through to  development and sustainability. Before joining  Kingsgate, he was Chief Mine Geologist at the  Gold Ridge Mine in the Solomon Islands and  later Group Exploration Manager for Ross Mining  NL. Ron is familiar with the technical and oper- ating requirements for emerging projects in a  variety of terrains and environments and has a  strong focus on maximising returns from ore  bodies through optimum waste and ore classifi- cation as well as increasing reserves from near- mine resource development. General Manager Exploration and Resource  Development Ronald James  BSc (Geology), MAusIMM, MAIG  General Manager Corporate and Markets General Manager Finance and Administration  Company Secretary Chief Operating Officer Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer  Chief Financial Officer continued Senior Management