Directors

Chairman and Managing Director
Russell Davis
BSc (Hons), MBA, MAIMM, FFIN

Russell Davis is a founding director of Syndicated Metals appointed to the board on 15th August 2005.  He is a geologist with over 25 years experience in mineral exploration, management, property acquisition, mining and development. During this period he has worked on the exploration and development of a range of commodities for companies including Texasgulf Australia Ltd, Elf Aquitaine Australia Ltd, Noranda Australia Ltd, ASARCO Australia Ltd, Wiluna Mines Ltd and ASARCO Exploration Company, Inc. He has held senior positions including Chief Mine Geologist, Exploration Manager and Regional Manager and most recently founding and Exploration Director of Eleckra Mines Limited - now Gold Road Resources Limited. Mr Davis is presently a Non-Executive Director of Gold Road Resources Limited.

Mr Davis holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours from the University of Queensland, a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investment and an MBA. Mr Davis is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australasia.

Non-executive Director and Company Secretary
Bruce McCullagh
CPA AICS

Bruce McCullagh has wide experience in accounting, company secretarial and management in mineral and petroleum companies in Australia, the Libyan Arab Republic, the Arabian Gulf and USA and is a Certified Practising Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries. He was appointed Company Secretary to ASARCO Australia Ltd in 1987 and continued with that organisation through to 1996 and since that time has held roles combining directorships and company secretarial duties with publicly listed junior mineral and petroleum exploration companies in Western Australia.

Non-executive Director
Jan Hope

Jan Hope is a public relations and investor relations professional with well over 20 years experience in the industry.  She founded the public relations firm, Jan Hope & Partners, in 1986 providing strategic advice and input to CEO's and senior management in the mining, financial, technology, and environmental industries. After building Jan Hope & Partners into a highly successful national corporate communications and investor relations consultancy specialising mainly in the mining sector, Jan stepped down as Managing Director in 2007.  She has been a director of Syndicated Metals Limited since IPO and was Chairman of the ASX listed company Ampella Mining Limited up until September 3rd 2008.

Non-executive Director
Ki Deok (KD) Park
B Bus Admin

Ki Deok Park was appointed to the Board on February 11th 2010 and has significant experience in business development, equity and debt financing, accounting and management in non-ferrous metals industries in Korea and Australia.
An experienced accountant and business developer, he has been holding a number of management positions and accounting roles with both Sun Metals Corporation Pty Ltd, dating back to August 2000, and with Korea Zinc Company Ltd, dating back to December 1992.

He is currently an executive director and the chief financial officer of Sun Metals Corporation zinc refinery in Townsville, Queensland and a director of Minocqua Metals Pty Ltd. He also holds seats on the board of various Australian subsidiary companies of Korea Zinc Company Ltd.