Josef El-Raghy

Mr El-Raghy previously served as Chairman and CEO of Centamin plc (Centamin), a gold mining company that began on the ASX as a junior explorer with a market capitalisation of approximately $20 million. He oversaw the growth of Centamin through exploration, development and into production, where its market capitalisation eventually exceeded $4 billion. This journey included a listing on the LSE and eventual admission to the FTSE 250 index. During Josef's tenure, Centamin successfully financed and developed the world-class Sukari Gold Mine (Sukari), the first large-scale modern gold mine in Egypt. Sukari began production in 2009 and saw gold production from open pit and underground operations ramp-up to approximately 500,000 ounces per annum. Centamin has returned almost $900m in dividends to shareholders.