Mr James Arkoudis

Executive Chairman

James has a background of over thirty successful years of commercial experience as a solicitor.

He has worked in a range of practices as well as having been in house counsel for a large, listed property trust group, and other commercial finance companies. James has broad experience in litigation matters and acted for numerous corporate clients including mining companies in this regard.

James has also served as a director of several ASX listed mining companies for over the last 10 years. He has extensive mining experience both locally and in African Jurisdictions.

Mr David Chidlow

Managing Director

David has a very strong resource project management background over 40 years in planning, setting up and overseeing exploration and development projects in many different countries under extremely challenging conditions (logistically and operationally).

He has worked on international and domestic projects with many multinational oil majors including Exxon Mobil, BP, Inpex, Oilsearch and Santos, together with several years’ experience as Technical Director in minerals exploration at ASX Board Level.

David is a qualified Geologist and drilling engineer. Given his readily transferable skill set, he provides a broad base of operational and planning experience to significantly benefit Gladiator Resources in its international and domestic exploration projects.

Mr Greg Johnson

Non-executive Director

With more than 25 years of experience in the fund’s management industry, Greg has held senior Capital Raising and client relationship roles at Macquarie, Perpetual, and Dimensional, and has led Client Services teams at Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, and Macquarie Funds Management.

Greg is a qualified Director and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His Board experience includes 8 years as an Executive Director of Apostle Funds Management (holder of an Australian Financial Services Licence) and 5 years as a non-Executive Director of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Member Co Board, on which he continues to serve.

Greg will provide vast Financial Services experience building relationships with existing and new investors. Building and maintaining relationships are the core ethos of Greg’s skills.

Mr Matthew Boysen

Non-executive Director

Matthew is a self-made sophisticated investor owning and operating a highly successful retail business that has and continues to experience exponential growth on an annual basis.

He has substantial marketing and communication expertise which is reflected in his business success and a straightforward approach to delivering a Company’s message to its market.

Communication and teamwork are his most important business traits. Matthew has successfully invested in many exploration, energy and mining companies during the past 20 years and understands the flexibility required in the fast-paced environment in that ASX Mining companies operate.

Mr Julian Rockett

General Counsel and Company Secretary

Mr Rockett has deep corporate experience in the commercial legal advisory and corporate secretarial space Julian is excited about taking on the role with Gladiator. He has represented approximately twenty-five companies listed companies, the vast majority trading on the ASX.

Mr Rockett is a successful corporate lawyer who designs corporate legal strategies. Up until late 2020, the Technical Advisory Team that he led supported the largest corporate secretarial team that supports Australian ASX companies.

Mr Rockett is a non-executive director for several technology companies in Australia and North America. Mr Rockett is also appointed as the responsible person for communication with the ASX pursuant to ASX Rule 12.1.