Management

Tania is a chartered accountant with ten years' experience in finance including eight years in the mining industry. She is responsible for financial reporting in the group as well as internal control procedures.

David qualified as an attorney in 1984. He has overseen the administrative obligations of Randgold Resources since its incorporation and assumed secretarial responsibility when it listed on the London Stock Exchange in July 1997.  He is a director of Seven Bridges Trading and other group subsidiaries.

Paul is a geologist with over 15 years' experience, mainly in West Africa having previously worked for Rio Tinto, Anglo American and Ashanti.  He joined Randgold Resources in  2000 and was appointed exploration manager in 2004.

Amadou has a degree in civil engineering as well as several management and project management qualifications.  He was appointed mine foreman and superintendent at Syama mine by BHP and served as mine manager from 1997.  In 2001, he was promoted to construction manager for the Randgold Resources group in Mali and to Loulo general manager in 2004.

Bill has a masters degree in human resources management and 26 years' experience in human resources and organisational development.  He joined Randgold in 1992 as group training and development manager, and headed the group human resources function from 1996.  He is a director of Morila SA and Seven Bridges Trading.

Victor is a chartered accountant, he was appointed corporate finance manager in 2001.  Prior to that, he served as the financial manager of the Syama mine and as financial manager of the Morila project.  He is a director of Seven Bridges Trading.

Chris qualified as a chartered secretary and has 34 years' experience in the mining industry including finance, capital projects, administration and supply chain management.  He was appointed commercial manager for the Randgold Group in 1993, financial director of Somisy SA in 2000 and group financial and commercial manager in 2002, responsible for group accounting, supply chain management plus the risk management and insurance portfolio.  He currently serves on the boards of Morila SA, Somilo SA and Kanou Moussa SARL.

A geologist with 14 years' experience in the gold mining industry, he joined Randgold Resources in 1996.  Rod has been involved in the exploration, evaluation and production phases of the Morila, Loulo and Tongon deposits and was appointed Somilo resource manager in 2005.  He is now responsible for all project development and evaluation.

Adrian has 26 years' experience in the mining industry and was part of the team that developed the Randgold Resources' strategy.  His key responsibilities are technical oversight of the company's operations including compilation of feasibility studies, audits, compliance and evaluation opportunities.  He is a director of Morila SA and Somilo SA.

A professor of company law at the University of Mali, Sam was instrumental in writing the Malian labour legislation.  He is the resident executive manager in Mali and is responsible for government liaison and legal counsel for the Francophone region.

John gained extensive metallurgical and management experience in his 17 years with Rand Mines and Randgold & Exploration.  Upon acquisition of Syama in 1996, he was appointed a director of the Malian company, Somisy SA, and general manager of the mine.  In 1998, he assumed the position of general manager capital projects, overseeing construction of the Morila and Loulo mines.

N'golo has a masters degree in Economics from the National School of Administration of Bamako as well as several management, accounting and financial qualifications.  He qualified as an auditor in 1992 before joining BHP Mali in 1995.  He was appointed material manager in 1998 and management accountant in 2001 at the Syama Mine.  Following the sale of Somisy SA in 2004 was appointed Randgold Resources' Mali financial controller.

Lois is a member of the Randgold Resources team since its inception. Lois' responsibilities include the co-ordination of the group's communication and investor relations programme, the production of materials and presentations to the market, as well as the management and integration of data captured in GIS, databases and various other software packages.  Lois is also responsible for the management of Seven Bridges, the group's South African subsidiary.