(IDEX Online) - Petra Diamonds has appointed Peter Hill CBE as its new non-executive director and chairman-designate with effect from 1 January 2020. Hill replaces Petra founder and current chairman Adonis Pouroulis who is stepping down on March 31, 2020.
Hill, a mining engineer, is non-executive chairman at Keller Group plc, one of the world's largest geotechnical contractors, and of the European and Australasian building products company Volution Group plc.
He began his career in the Gold Division of Anglo American Corporation before moving to Rossing Uranium, then part of Rio Tinto, in Namibia, where he held mine planning and open pit supervisory positions.
"We are delighted that Peter will be joining Petra Diamonds," said Pouroulis. "He brings an impressive track record of Chairmanships and Board memberships across a range of global companies, industries and organisations, built on his earlier career in the mining industry including in Southern Africa, in underground and open pit operations, in planning and in project evaluation and development, in mining finance and as a CEO."