Chairman

Mr Cassidy is co-founder and Chairman of The Sentient Group, Chairman of Enirgi Group Corporation and a director of Xinli Titanium. Prior to co-founding Sentient in 2000, Mr Cassidy established AMP Life’s private equity division, worked with Ford Motor Company and was involved with industry development on behalf of Australian State and Commonwealth Governments.

Mr Cassidy holds a degree in geology and a first class honours degree in chemistry from the University of Tasmania and a PhD in coal science from Monash University.

Managing Director

Mr Stocks is a Mining Engineer with thirty years’ experience in the resources sector, primarily in mining construction, operations and corporate roles. He has been particularly active in the areas of business optimisation, cost and production efficiency improvements, project evaluation and development of mining projects in Australia and overseas.

Mr Stocks has lead Iron Road as Managing Director from its inception. Since then, Mr Stocks has overseen tremendous growth through to the delivery of a $100 million definitive feasibility study which confirmed the commercial viability of the CEIP and has positioned Iron Road in its current development-ready phase.

Non-executive Director

Mr Ellis has had a long and distinguished career in business, particularly in the resources sector. Mr Ellis’ career included three decades at BHP Ltd, Chairing the company from 1997 to 1999. He also served on the boards of a number of listed companies and governing bodies including Newcrest Mining, Aurora Gold, the International Copper Association, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, the International Council on Metals and the Environment and the American Mining Congress.

Mr Ellis is Chairman of Alzheimers Australia (NSW), a former Chancellor of Monash University, former President of the Minerals Council of Australia and former Chairman of the Australia-Japan Foundation and the Australian National Occupational Health and Safety Commission. He is also on the Advisory Board of Anglo Coal Australia.

Non-executive Director

Mr Ian Hume's career in the resources industry stretches back several decades, primarily in the fields of managed fund investments, capital raising and project development.  Mr Hume was a Founding Partner of The Sentient Group, a manager of closed end private equity funds specialising in global investments in the natural resource industries.
He remains an independent advisor to The Sentient Group, following his retirement from the fund in 2009. Prior to the founding of The Sentient Group, Mr Hume was a consultant to AMP’s Private Capital Division.

Non-executive Director

Mr Chipman is a private equity investment professional at Sentient Equity Partners and represents Iron Road’s major shareholder, the Sentient Global Resources Funds.  Prior to joining Sentient in 2012 he was a sell-side analyst with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup. Mr Chipman has a chemical engineering background and over 15 years of combined industry, commodity and equity capital markets experience.

Company Secretary

 Mr Kopias is Certified Practising Accountant and Chartered Secretary with over 20 years’ industry experience in a wide range of financial and secretarial roles within the resources industry. As an accountant, Mr Kopias worked in numerous financial roles for companies, specialising in the resource sector – including 5 years at WMC Resources Limited’s Olympic Dam operations, 5 years at Newmont Mining Corporation - Australia’s corporate office and 5 years at oil and gas producer and explorer, Stuart Petroleum Limited (prior to its merger with Senex Energy Limited). He is currently the CFO and Company Secretary of numerous ASX listed entities and has other business interests with numerous unlisted entities.

General Manager

Mr Ingle is a geologist, having graduated with a BSc (Hons) and MSc in geology from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a MBA from the Graduate School of Business, Curtin University of Technology, Perth.  Mr Ingle has been General Manager with Iron Road since its inception in 2008 and has thirty years’ experience in the resources and engineering industry in southern Africa and Australia.  His work experience encompasses underground mining, tunnelling, quarrying, mineral exploration, project development and business improvement.  He has held senior positions with various global companies such as LHPC (JV), Barrick Gold Corporation and Rio Tinto.  

Engineering Manager

Mr Hunt is a metallurgist with a BMet(Hons) from the University of Wollongong and a MEng from the University of Newcastle.  He is a MAusIMM(CP), MIEAust and CPEng.

Mr Hunt has spent more than 25 years working in the mining and processing industry, working across a number of commodities.  He has significant senior operational and technical experience with both large and small organisations.  Mr Hunt has been with Iron Road since the end of 2014.

Environmental Manager

Mr Green is JBS&G’s National Manager for environmental impact assessments and government approvals. He has over 20 years’ experience in environmental management, community engagement, government negotiations, independent peer reviews and project management as well as due diligence and feasibility studies.  

Mr Green is a well-recognised leader in his field and has broad technical expertise in management systems, environmental and development legislation, radiation protection, biodiversity conservation, greenhouse gas reduction strategies, sustainable water supply development, airborne emissions and tailings management.

Mr Green uses this knowledge and experience in directing environmental impact assessments to achieve successful government approvals for infrastructure and resource industry clients.  Mr Green has worked with Iron Road since early 2012.