BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dato’ Sia Hok Kiang
Non Executive Director Chairman
Dato’ Sia is Managing Director of the successful Malaysian private mining company, Malaco Mining Sdn. Bhd. He is a graduate of the University of Malaya in Applied Geology, an economic geologist with more than 30 years world-wide experience. He is an active member of the Malaysian Geological Society and a Council Member of the Malaysian Chamber of Mines.
Mr Sia has a solid business reputation throughout Asia, with useful contacts in several Asian countries. He has extensive experience in bulk alluvial mining in Malaysia, including the extraction of the rare earth minerals xenotime and monazite as by- products of tin mining. Mr Sia’s experience is very appropriate for Enova’s Charley Creek Alluvial Rare Earth Project, which is also based on the extraction of monazite and xenotime from alluvial material.
Eric Vesel
Executive Director CEO
Mr Vesel is a qualified Mining Engineer (M.AusIMM) with 38 years professional experience in the mining industry. His experience spans a range of technical, operations, management, and corporate roles. He has worked for both small and large mining companies in Australia, Namibia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, CIS and Malaysia. He was formerly Chief Operating Officer for Avocet Mining PLC with considerable international project experience.
He has managed group operations including exploration projects (grassroots through to advanced developments), feasibility, mine development and operating mines. He also has extensive business evaluation and project acquisition skills. He is a mining consultant, business advisor and investor based in Melbourne. He is currently a director of an advanced technology rare earth separation business in Malaysia.
Stan Wassylko
Non Executive Director
Mr Stan Wassylko was appointed to the Board of Directors on 21 March 2016. Stan has extensive experience in the resources sector, and has 46 years’ experience in businesses servicing the sector, in logistics, shipping, infrastructure, project construction, contract management and marketing. His long and diverse experience is invaluable as Enova steers the Charley Creek Project towards development.
Harun Halim Rasip
Non Executive Director
Mr Halim Rasip joined us on the 31 May 2017. Harun is a businessman who brings extensive financial and corporate governance experience to Enova. He is a retired Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants. He was with Price Waterhouse in Perth, Australia and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for 8 years where after he established Halim Rasip Holdings Sdn Bhd (“HRH”) Group and served as its Chairman and Managing Director. HRH was responsible for the conceptualization, promotion, development, funding, construction of Lumut Port in the Straits of Malacca (comprising of Lumut Maritime Terminal and Lekir Bulk Terminal). Harun then served as CEO of Integrax Bhd. which had assumed control of Lumut Port in 2000-2001.
Harun has also served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of Public Listed Companies Bhd (FPLC) Malaysia in 2004-2010 and of its Technical & Regulatory Committee and Accounting Standards Sub-Committee 2003-2010, served as Chairman of Landmarks Bhd., a Non-Executive Independent Director of iCapital Biz Bhd. and as a director of several other unlisted Companies in Malaysia. He is currently the President Director of P.T. Tanah Laut Tbk., a Company listed on Bursa Efek Indonesia and based in Jakarta.