Leadership Structure - Debmarine

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Namibia is the 9th largest diamond producer in the world, by value.

Namibia produces 95% gem quality diamonds.

The strength of Namibia's diamonds lies in the high value stones, ranking 2nd globally by dollar per carat.

Debmarine Namibia's annual production capacity is 1.4million carats.

Debmarine Namibia is the largest producer of diamonds in Namibia, by value and volume.

Debmarine Namibia accounts for around 70% of total diamond production in Namibia.

The mv Mafuta is the world’s largest marine diamond mining vessel.

The mv Mafuta accounts for over 50% of total Debmarine Namibia production.

Wave swells in the Debmarine Namibia mining licence area can reach up to 10 metres.

The biggest diamond produced by Debmarine Namibia was 80.3 carats.

Board of Directors

B. Greeff°

Chairperson

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An engineer by profession, Burger Greeff has extensive experience in the diamond mining industry. He previously held the position of Global Mining Head of Engineering at De Beers and was the chief executive officer of De Beers Marine until 2011. He completed his MA degree in Engineering at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, and the Executive Development Programme at the Gordon Institute of Business Science.

I. I. Zaamwani-Kamwi

Deputy Chairperson

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I. P. N. Hamutumwa

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D. T. Kali

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Daniel Kali holds a BA degree in International Relations (Politics and Economics) and an Mphil (Business).
He joined Namdeb in 1994, as a graduate trainee before moving to De Beers Consolidated Mines (DBCM) in Johannesburg. After three years of working there in the Producer Relations department, he relocated to Windhoek where he was initially involved with the migration and establishment of De Beers Marine Namibia (DBMN).
In 2004, he was appointed as De Beers Representative and Resident Director in Namibia.
He was appointed as Debmarine Namibia director in 2004 and still serves today.

D. Honsbein

Alternate

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C. Metsos*

Alternate

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S. R. Nyambe

Alternate

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K. D. Smith°

Alternate

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O. N. Shikongo

Chief Executive Officer

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Otto Nakasole Shikongo is currently the CEO of Debmarine Namibia. The largest diamond miner in Namibia since 2007.

Since 1988, he held numerous engineering related positions at NAMDEB (Namibia) and DEBTSWANA (Botswana) before moving to Debmarine Namibia as Operations Manager in January 2002. He was appointed Debmarine Namibia Managing Director (later CEO) in December 2003, the position he holds until now.

He is a registered Professional (Namibia & RSA) and Certificated Engineer (RSA). Qualifications include a Master of Engineering degree (mechanical) from the University of Southampton - UK 1988 (with merit). He completed a Senior Management Development Programme with the University of Stellenbosch Business School – RSA 1996; an Executive Development Programme with Ashridge in 1999 and a Senior Executive Programme with the London Business School in October 2006

He served on the following boards:

President - Chamber of Mines of Namibia Council: May 2007 – 2009
Chairman - Roads Contractor Company Limited: 2001-2008
Director - Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX): May 2009 – April 2012
First Vice President - Chamber of Mines of Namibia Council: May 2005 - 2007
Director - WorleyParsons (Pty) Ltd South Africa: 2007-2008

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Executive Committee Members (Exco)

Otto N Shikongo

Chief Executive Officer

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Otto Nakasole Shikongo is currently the CEO of Debmarine Namibia. The largest diamond miner in Namibia since 2007.

Since 1988, he held numerous engineering related positions at NAMDEB (Namibia) and DEBTSWANA (Botswana) before moving to Debmarine Namibia as Operations Manager in January 2002. He was appointed Debmarine Namibia Managing Director (later CEO) in December 2003, the position he holds until now.

He is a registered Professional (Namibia & RSA) and Certificated Engineer (RSA). Qualifications include a Master of Engineering degree (mechanical) from the University of Southampton - UK 1988 (with merit). He completed a Senior Management Development Programme with the University of Stellenbosch Business School – RSA 1996; an Executive Development Programme with Ashridge in 1999 and a Senior Executive Programme with the London Business School in October 2006

He served on the following boards:

President - Chamber of Mines of Namibia Council: May 2007 – 2009
Chairman - Roads Contractor Company Limited: 2001-2008
Director - Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX): May 2009 – April 2012
First Vice President - Chamber of Mines of Namibia Council: May 2005 - 2007
Director - WorleyParsons (Pty) Ltd South Africa: 2007-2008

Jan Nel

Operations Manager

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Electrical Engineer by profession
7 years’ experience in diamond mining: seven years underground, five years in opencast mining and fifteen years in marine mining.
Joined De Beers Group of Companies in 1986

Danie van Aswegen

Strategic Projects Manager

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Masters Degree in Project Management - University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2008.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering - the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Executive Programme - London Business School, United Kingdom.
GCC (Mines & Works – Mechanical).
Joined Anglo American as a bursar in 1995.
Worked for Anglo Gold Vaal River Operations, Anglo Technical Division and Anglo American Platinum.
Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2013.

Godfrey Ngaisiue

Mineral Resources Manager

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Master of Science from University of Leeds, UK
Master of Engineering Degree in Advanced Geostatistics from Paris School of Mines, France.
Graduate Diploma in Engineering (GDE) for Option Mineral Resource from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Bachelor of Science Honours in Exploration Geophysics from University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Geography from University of Namibia.
Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2003.

Willy Mertens

Chief Financial Officer

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Registered Chartered Accountant with a Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mining) – University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Certified Internal Auditor with Post Graduate Diplomas in Accounting, Auditing and Taxation.
Senior Management Development Programme – University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Worked for Namdeb in various internal audit positions since 2000.
Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2006.
He also serves on the boards of EBank (Deputy Chairperson and Chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee), Namibian Institute of Mining Technology (NIMT) and Nored (Chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee).

Stanford Isaacs

Global Information Management Manager

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Bachelor in Business Administration – University of South Africa.
National Diploma in Data Matrix - University of Namibia.
Executive Development Programme - University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa.
He has worked in various information management (IM) technical and line management roles for Namdeb (2004) and Debmarine Namibia (2006).

Andre Liebenberg

Senior Human Resources Manager

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Higher National Diploma in Personnel Management - University of Cape Town
Executive Development Programme - Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa
Joined Debmarine Namibia since 2002

Maenge Shipiki-Kali

Business Improvement Manager

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Maenge joined the De Beers Group in 2002. She is a qualified Metallurgist and current holds the position of Business Optimisation Manager.

Elke Hanstein

Human Resources Development Manager

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Elke joined Debmarine Namibia in 2013 as HR Manager for Human Resource and Organisational Development.