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6 Independence Group NL
Peter Bilbe (66)
B.Eng. (Mining) (Hons), MAusIMM
Non-executive Chairman
Term of Office
Mr. Bilbe was appointed as Non-
executive Director in March 2009 and
Non-executive Chairman in July 2011.
Experience
Mr. Bilbe is Chair of the Nomination
Committee and a member of the Audit
Committee, Remuneration Committee
and Sustainability & Risk Committee.
Mr. Bilbe is a mining engineer with 40
years’ Australian and international mining
experience in gold, base metals and iron
ore at the operational, managerial and
board levels. Mr. Bilbe has held senior
positions at Northern Iron, Norseman
Gold Mines, Mount Gibson, Aztec
Resources, Portman, Aurora Gold and
Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines.
Other current directorships:
Intermin Resources Limited.
Former directorships in the last 3 years:
Northern Iron Limited and Sihayo Gold
Limited.
Geoffrey Clifford (66)
B.Bus., FCPA, FGIA, FAICD
Non-executive Director
Term of Office
Mr. Clifford was appointed as Non-
executive Director in December 2012.
Experience
Mr. Clifford is Chair of the Audit Committee
and a member of the Nomination
Committee, Remuneration Committee and
Sustainability & Risk Committee.
Mr. Clifford has more than 35 years’
experience in senior accounting, finance,
administration and company secretarial
roles in the mining, retail and wholesale
industries. Mr. Clifford has held non-
executive directorships at Centaurus
Metals, Fox Resources, Aztec Resources,
and Atlas Iron. From 2008 until 2011 he
was non-executive chairman of Atlas Iron.
Mr. Clifford was Company Secretary and
GM Admin of Portman Limited from 1997
to 2005.
Other current directorships:
Saracen Mineral Holdings (non-executive
chairman).
Former directorships in the last 3 years:
None
BOARD PROFILE
Peter Bradford (58)
B.AppSc., FAusIMM, MSMME
Managing Director and
Chief Executive Officer
Term of Office
Mr. Bradford was appointed as Managing
Director and Chief Executive Officer in
March 2014.
Experience
Mr. Bradford is a member of the
Sustainability & Risk Committee and
Nomination Committee.
Mr. Bradford is a senior executive and
a qualified metallurgist with over 35
years’ experience in gold and base
metals mining operations, exploration
and development. Mr. Bradford has
held senior positions internationally and
within Australia with Ashanti Goldfields
(and Golden Shamrock Mines), Golden
Star Resources, Anvil Mining, Copperbelt
Minerals and PMI Gold.
Mr. Bradford is also a council member of
the Association of Mining and Exploration
Companies Inc (AMEC).
Other current directorships:
None
Former directorships in the last 3 years:
Asanko Gold Inc.