Our Team

Daniel Fox-Davies

Non-Executive Director/Chairman

Daniel founded the original Fox-Davies Capital Limited in 2001, after previously acting as Head of Institutional Sales at Credit Anstalt in Vienna and SVP and Head of Emerging Markets for Bank of Austria in New York. The original Fox-Davies Capital grew to become a leading specialist resources investment bank which raised more than £1 billion for clients prior to being sold in 2014. Daniel managed the strategy and operations of the original Fox-Davies Capital and led the equity distribution activities.

Dr Mark Heyhoe

Executive Director/ C.E.O.

Dr Heyhoe has over 30 years of experience in mining and natural resources, including eight years in the London capital markets specialising in metals and mining. He is currently a director at Solomon Natural Resources and an advisor at Fox-Davies Capital. He has a PhD in geology and geostatistics and is a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.

Seife Berhe

PhD, MSc, BSc, Director and Country Representative: Eritrea

Dr Seife Berhe is a respected and influential Eritrean geologist with a PhD in remote sensing from the UK Open University. He is a geologist with extensive knowledge of Eritrean geology and its mineral deposits, and author of several substantial references on Eritrean crustal evolution. Seife is a specialist in remote sensing applications for identification of economic mineralisation, and is founder and manager of Global Resources, an environmental consultancy in Eritrea.

Rudolph de Bruin

Non-Executive Director

Rudolph is a lawyer and a founding partner of AMED Funds, a private equity firm focusing on developing Tier 1 mineral projects in Africa, and the ultimate parent fund of EmeraldEx, the principal shareholder of Andiamo.

Ashley Turk

Non-Executive Director

Ashley is a Mauritius-based self-employed consultant providing asset management and project management services in mining exploration. From 2008 to 2014, he was Administration Manager at South African junior exploration company Incubex Minerals Ltd.

David Paxton

Non-Executive Director

David is a mining engineer, trained in the South African Mining Industry and holds a South African Mine Managers Certificate.  He has nearly four decades of experience in capital markets and mining operations experience, initially in South Africa, and latterly based in the United Kingdom.  He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Kalahari Copper (October 2014 – Present).  He is also a director of Pellangio Resources, a Canadian listed mineral exploration company.  From November 2008 to April 2014, he served as CEO of Vatukoula Gold Mines plc, a UK listed gold production company with assets in Fiji.  During his tenure, he was responsible for raising over US$50 million and overseeing day to day operations of an underground mining operation with a staff of 1,400.  Mr. Paxton has extensive experience with underground mining operations, as well as extensive tenure as a mining analyst.