Timothy has over 20 years of in-house and consultancy experience providing strategy, reputation, crisis, public affairs, stakeholder relations, financial and transaction communications, litigation and corporate governance related advice to the top leadership of major public and private sector organisations in South Africa and the UK. He is Brunswick’s Energy & Resources sector and Public Affairs practice lead for South Africa and runs the Young Leaders in Mining Programme at the annual Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town. He chairs Mining Indaba’s “Next Gen” advisory board.
Thursday 08 February 09:00 - 09:10 Disruptors Stage
Young Leaders
A scramble for Africa’s vast mineral wealth is underway. From coal to cobalt, developed and developing economies alike are competing for the continent’s critical minerals to feed their economies. Some African countries have built sophisticated economies around their mining industry, while others are subject to the “resource curse” - and not everyone affected by the mining ecosystem ends up benefiting from it.
Join us as we debate whether Africa is on a path to better maximise the value of its mineral wealth, and what more should or could be done; and who really benefits?
Thursday 08 February 11:40 - 12:20 Disruptors Stage
Young Leaders
A scramble for Africa’s vast mineral wealth is underway. From coal to cobalt, developed and developing economies alike are competing for the continent’s critical minerals to feed their economies. Some African countries have built sophisticated economies around their mining industry, while others are subject to the “resource curse” - and not everyone affected by the mining ecosystem ends up benefiting from it.
Join us as we debate whether Africa is on a path to better maximise the value of its mineral wealth, and what more should or could be done; and who really benefits?