Clayton Dodd – Executive Chairman
Mr Clayton Dodd is a chartered accountant with more than 30 years’ experience in finance and resources in Australia, South Africa and South America. He has held directorships in public companies listed on AIM, the ASX, the TSX and the JSE.
Sam Rodda – Managing Director and CEO
Mr. Sam Rodda is a mining professional with 20 years’ experience in operational, technical, project and managerial roles at several mining operations, including the likes of Western Mining Corporation, BHP and MMG.
Sam’s most recent role prior to joining Podium was an Executive Operations and Technical Excellence position at MMG, where he was responsible for Strategic Planning, Exploration, SHEC/Risk and Operational Excellence across international sites spanning Australia, Peru and DRC.
Also of note is Sam’s experience as General Manager of the international top 10 Dugald River Zinc mine, located in northwest QLD, Australia. As GM, Sam was charged with heading the development, ramp up and operation of this world-class asset.
Mr. Rodda holds a bachelor engineering degree (Mining) and a bachelor Applied Science (Geology) from the University of South Australia. Furthering his mining qualifications, Sam has completed a WA First Class Mine Managers’ Certificate of Competency and holds a Site Senior Executive Certificate through the QLD Government’s Department of Mines.
Rod Baxter – Non-Executive Director
Mr Baxter is a seasoned Director and Business Executive, with extensive international and multi-sector experience. His leadership roles include Managing Director as well as Non-executive Chairman of listed and unlisted companies, and he has operated across several different industry sectors in Australia and internationally.
Of significant importance to Podium’s PGM operations at Parks Reef, in his early career he was involved in a number of operational and functional roles in the mining sector, including metallurgical, process engineering and project management.
This was followed by senior and general manager roles in commercial, strategy, new business ventures, and strategic corporate projects for Anglo Platinum, resulting in his appointment as a Divisional Director for Anglo Platinum with group-wide responsible for business optimisation, new mining ventures, and strategic corporate projects. He also held a dual role as Project Director for Anglo American plc.
Mr Baxter holds a BSc (Hons), a PhD and an MBA.
Cathy Moises – Non-Executive Director
Ms Cathy Moises has extensive knowledge and experience within the resource industry, having held senior roles for a number of the most prominent stock broking firms within Australia including McIntosh (now Merrill Lynch), County Securities (now Citigroup), Evans and Partners, where she was a partner, and most recently worked as Head of Research for Patersons Securities (now Cannacord Genuity).
Ms Moises holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) with a major in Geology from Melbourne University, and a Diploma of Finance and Investment from the Securities Institute of Australia and currently serves as a Non-Executive Director for ASX listed companies: Arafura Resources Limited, Australian Potash Limited and WA Kaolin Limited.
Roberto Castro – Non-Executive Director
Mr Roberto Castro has been working in commodities trade finance since 1988. He started his career working for trading companies before joining BNP Paribas where he was responsible for financing a wide portfolio of energy and mining trading companies. Roberto then founded Petrosca where he works as an independent financial consultant assisting commodity traders in a wide range of services.