Perseus Mining Limited (ASX:PRU)

Ms Amber Banfield was appointed to the role of Non-Executive Director of Perseus in May 2021. 

Ms Banfield holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental and Civil) degree and a Master of Business Administration, both awarded by the University of Western Australia.

Ms Banfield held management positions with Worley for 20 years, contributing to the Australian company growing into the world’s largest energy and resources engineering services provider. Ms Banfield’s most recent roles included Global Strategy Manager and Global M&A Manager where amongst other things, she was responsible for developing and implementing a company-wide Energy Transition strategy to grow decarbonizing businesses including hydrogen and renewables.

Ms Banfield is the Chairperson of the Board’s Audit and Risk Committee and of the Sustainability Committee.

Ms Cornelius is a Chartered Accountant (ICAA) with a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) from Curtin University and has over 20 years of experience in a range of financial roles with Australian and International companies.

Ms Cornelius has held financial management roles with various companies involved with gold, base metals and oil & gas mining in Australia and internationally. Most recently, until her decision to step down from executive duties in October 2020, Elissa served as Perseus Mining’s Chief Financial Officer, having first joined the company in 2010 and promoted to CFO in 2013.

Ms Cornelius sits on the Audit and Risk and Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Mr Daniel Lougher’s professional qualifications including a Bachelor of Science (Honours) of Mining Geology, a Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mining) and a Master of Science (Engineering). Mr Lougher also holds a First Class Mine Manager’s Certificate of Competency (WA) and is a Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

In total, Mr Lougher’s professional career spans more than 35 years involving a range of exploration, feasibility, development, operations, and corporate roles with Australian and international mining companies including a period of eighteen years spent in Africa with BHP Billiton, Impala Plats, Anglo American and Genmin.

Mr Lougher is the Chairperson for the Technical Committee and sits on the Audit and Risk and Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

Mr John McGloin is the former Chairman and CEO of Amara Mining and joined Perseus in April 2016, following the scheme of arrangement between Amara Mining and its shareholders becoming effective.

Mr McGloin is a geologist and graduate of Camborne School of Mines. He has worked for many years in Africa across the mining industry, consultancy and subsequently and investment banking

Over the years, Mr McGloin has held senior positions with African Platinum, Randgold Resources, Avocet Mining, European Goldfields, Titanium Resources Group, Arbuthnot Banking Group following, Evolution Securities and Collins Stewart.

Mr McGloin is the Chairperson of the Board’s Remuneration and Nomination Committee and is a member of the Technical Committee.

Rick is an eminent South African citizen whose business career has spanned over 40 years and has involved senior leadership roles in a range of major African based resources companies.

Trained originally as an exploration geologist at Cambridge and Stanford universities, Rick worked as a geologist in Canada, USA and South Africa before spending time as an investment banker for the mining industry in New York and Australia with JP Morgan. After a period as an executive director for Delta Gold in Australia, working on new gold mines in Australia and gold and platinum projects in Zimbabwe, he returned to South Africa in 1991 and rejoined the mining industry there as finance director for diversified mining company Anglovaal Mining.

Mr Jones was appointed to the role of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Perseus Mining Limited on 1 October 2025. He has more than 25 years of global mining experience, having worked across Australia, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Indonesia and Canada.

He was a member of Newcrest’s executive team from 2012, having originally joined in 2008, and ultimately served as Newcrest’s global COO, with broad responsibility for five operating assets spread across multiple jurisdictions. In that capacity, he played a critical role in the development of organisational strategies, due diligence and investor relations. Mr Jones also led high-level engagement with governments, communities and First Nations groups across PNG, Canada and Australia. 

Beyond his executive roles, Mr Jones was a Newcrest nominee director on the Boards of SolGold and Lundin Gold and was Newcrest’s representative on Joint Venture Committees including the Morobe Mining Joint Venture in PNG and the Red Chris Joint Venture in British Columbia, reflecting extensive global resource-sector connectivity and governance experience.