Board and Leadership
Base Titanium Board
Desterio Oyatsi
Chair
Desterio Oyatsi
Chair
Desterio Oyatsi is an accomplished Nairobi-based lawyer, an Advocate of the High Court and Managing Partner of Shapley, Barret & Company Advocates, a leading law firm in Kenya.
Mr Oyatsi sits on several Boards and is currently Chairman of Metropolitan Life Insurance Kenya Limited and Deputy Chairman of NCBA group. He has previously served as a director in various other organizations including Telkom Kenya and the Capital Markets Authority.
Mr Oyatsi has been involved as an advisor with the Kwale Operation since its inception, particularly in negotiations with the relevant Government agencies for the legal instruments and rights upon which the project operates and as a member of the Resettlement & Compensation Committee which oversaw the successful resettlement and compensation of the local community.
Mr Tim Carstens
Managing Director
Mr Tim Carstens
Managing Director
Mr Carstens is an experienced mining executive, with a career spanning more than 20 years in senior resources-sector roles, both in Australia and overseas, with Perilya Limited, North Limited, Robe River Iron Associates, Iron Ore Company of Canada and St Barbara Mines Limited.
A chartered accountant by profession, he has strong experience in all aspects of business strategy development and implementation, acquisitions and divestments, debt and equity financing, organisational development and operational performance.
He has been Managing Director of Base Resources since the Company’s inception in May 2008.
Mr Carstens is also the Chair of the Australia-Africa Minerals and Energy Group (AAMEG), the peak body representing Australian companies engaged in the development of Africa’s resource industry.
Chadwick Poletti
Chief Legal Officer
Chadwick Poletti
Chief Legal Officer
Mr Poletti is a practising lawyer and holds a Bachelor of Commerce majoring in Finance and Accounting. Mr Poletti has broad experience in advising directors of listed public companies in relation to directors’ duties, the Corporations Act, the ASX Listing Rules, the AIM Rules for Companies and corporate governance.
Prior to joining Base Resources, Mr Poletti was at international law firm, Ashurst, where he specialised in both domestic and cross border regulated and unregulated mergers and acquisitions, including takeovers and schemes of arrangement, capital raisings and corporate advisory and governance.
Simon Wall
General Manager, External Affairs
Simon Wall
General Manager, External Affairs
Mr Wall previously worked for the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade during which time he was posted to Kenya as a diplomat. He joined the diplomatic corps having graduated with a Master of International Studies at the University of Sydney and having spent time in Sri Lanka working on the post-2004 tsunami recovery.
Having lived in Kenya for over 10 years he has developed an understanding and appreciation of the complex operating environment and the challenges and opportunities it presents. The External Affairs team is responsible for managing relationships with government, ensuring regulatory compliance as well as media and public relations.
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Denham Vickers
General Manager, Operations
Denham Vickers
General Manager, Operations
Mr Vickers is a mining engineer with over 35 years’ minerals industry experience in a variety of senior operational, development and consultancy roles. Mr Vickers graduated from Imperial College, London, with an honours degree in mining and has developed and managed various underground and open pit mining operations throughout Africa, South America and the South Pacific.
Prior to joining Base Resources, his most recent role was as Operations Manager for the development, commissioning and operationalisation of the Bisha VMS deposit in Eritrea for Nevsun Resources.
Simon Wall
General Manager, External Affairs
Simon Wall
General Manager, External Affairs
Mr Wall previously worked for the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade during which time he was posted to Kenya as a diplomat. He joined the diplomatic corps having graduated with a Master of International Studies at the University of Sydney and having spent time in Sri Lanka working on the post-2004 tsunami recovery.
Having lived in Kenya for over 10 years he has developed an understanding and appreciation of the complex operating environment and the challenges and opportunities it presents. The External Affairs team is responsible for managing relationships with government, ensuring regulatory compliance as well as media and public relations.