Heritage Gold

Board Of Directors

Geoffrey Guild Hill BEcon (Syd); MBA (NSW); FFIN; FCPA; FAICD
Chairman and Non-executive Director

Geoffrey Hill is a merchant banker based in Hong Kong and is currently chairman of International Pacific Securities and principal of Hill Sherlock & Willis. He has over 30 years experience in the merchant banking industry. Career highlights include the formation of Bancorp Holdings, appointment to the board of Morgan Grenfell and Co Plc and the merger of his merchant banking business to form Pitt Capital Partners, with W H Soul Pattinson Partners in 2002.

Professional directorships include Hills Industries Limited, Asian Property Investments Limited, Centrex Limited, Broken Hill Prospecting Limited, Outback Exploration Limited, So Co Limited and Metals Finance Limited

Mr Hill has served as a Director of Heritage Gold for almost 11 years being appointed on 28 July 1999.

James Murray McKee BA (Hons)
Deputy Chairman and Non-executive (Independent) Director

Murray McKee practices as a public policy and risk management adviser in Wellington. He previously held operations management positions with a US offshore oil and gas exploration company (1975–1987) and senior management positions with Coal Corporation of New Zealand Limited (1987-1995). He was Chairman of the Coal Research Association of New Zealand (1995) and a councillor on the New Zealand Minerals Industry Association (1993-1995).

He was a ministerial appointee to the New Zealand Conservation Authority for two terms and has served on both the West Coast and Tongariro/Taupo Conservation Boards.

Mr McKee has served on the Heritage Gold Board for 13 years, being appointed a Director on 16 March 1996.

Peter Robert Atkinson B.Sc, FAusIMM
Executive Director

Peter Atkinson is a New Zealand resident with 40 years of broad experience in the mining industry in Australasia, including 25 years experience as a director of listed companies. He has arranged joint ventures with international mining groups, the listing of mining companies on the New Zealand and Australian stock exchanges and the raising of risk capital in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Mr Atkinson has served on government advisory committees in New Zealand and Australia, is past president of the NZ Minerals Industry Association, and has managed the stock exchange listing of e-commerce companies in New Zealand.

He is also a director of Coromandel Gold Limited, Northland Minerals Limited, Broken Hill Prospecting Limited and Prophecy Mining Limited.

As founding director of Heritage Gold he has been on the Board since his appointment on 23 August 1985.

Matthew Geoffrey Hill MBA, MAICD
Non-executive Director

Matthew Hill’s expertise lies in investment banking matters. Mr Hill is currently managing director of Asia Pacific Capital based in Sydney where he is responsible for corporate finance in the resources sector. 

Mr Hill has previous experience in the media and venture capital sectors.  More recently Mr Hill was Business Manager of Souls Private Equity Limited and executive director of Corporate Finance at Pitt Capital Partners in Melbourne.

Mr Hill was appointed as alternate director for Geoffrey Hill on 1 December 1999, and was appointed a Director on 10 October 2006.

Dr Ian Pringle BSc (Hons) PhD, MAIG, MAusIMM, MAICD

Dr Ian Pringle joined the Heritage Gold Board on 2 August 2011.

Dr Pringle has a BSc (Hons) in geology and a PhD in geology from the University of Otago in New Zealand. An experienced industry consultant, he has a record of successful mineral project generation, exploration management and mine development in Australia, South East Asia and the South West Pacific.

Dr Pringle has previously worked as exploration manager for Oxiana Resources and Golden Shamrock Mines.

He is currently Managing Director of Broken Hill Prospecting Ltd (ASX/NZSX:BPL), in which Heritage holds a 21.7% interest.