BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alex Bajada, Chairman B.Econ (UWA) MAICD
Mr Bajada is Executive Director of Spartan Nominees Pty Ltd, corporate consultants. He is a former stockbroker with many years experience in the corporate sector and has been involved in the management of public companies for many years fulfilling the roles of chairman and director. He is chairman of Advance Energy Ltd and AXG Mining Limited and managing director of Excalibur Mining Limited. He is also a director of Wesbeam Pty Ltd and Hawkesbridge Limited and is currently an independent director of the WA Local Government Superannuation Plan which has $1.1 billion of member funds under management.
Anthony Short, Non-Executive Director
Mr Short was a founding Director of Odin until February 2009 but resigned due to an increasing level of operational commitment with other companies in the resource sector. Mr Short has over 16 years experience in the administration and management of listed public companies. He has extensive experience at board level in the management and formation of public companies and has been Chairman, CFO and Managing Director in a number of listed public companies and corporate advisor on a number of public company listings.
Mr Short is also a Director of Advance Energy Limited and was, until recently, a Director of Kilgore Oil and Gas Ltd.
Roland Berzins, Director and Company Secretary
Mr Berzins graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Commerce, majoring in Accounting and Management. He was admitted as an Associate member of the Certified Practicing Accountants in 1978 and became an Associate member of the Securities Institute of Australia (now the Financial Services Institute of Australasia), in 1986. Mr Berzins holds a Public Practicing Accountant certificate (1999) and is a Registered Tax Agent (1978).
Mr Berzins has been associated with financial analytical studies and mineral exploration and production companies since 1979 when he was employed by BHP at Port Hedland and Kwinana and was Chief Accountant at the KCGM Super Pit between 1990 and 1996. He has also been employed by HSBC's merchant bank, Wardley Australia Limited, as their State Accountant and worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Senior Management Consultant.
Mr Berzins was employed for six years as Company Secretary and Financial Controller for an ASX listed diamond exploration company and completed the transition of that company into a telecommunications company before it was successfully taken over in December 2002.