Management
Elemental X has assembled an experienced technical, financial and executive management team with a proven track record
Ijaz Khan – Chairman
Mr Khan is a natural resources executive who has worked extensively in Africa and the Middle East. To date he has been part of teams that have raised over US$20 billion. Most recently he has co-founded several companies specialising in the upstream and oil services sector, with a particular focus on Africa, investing over US$400 million across these businesses. Prior to this he was part of the group that founded an African oil company, secured oil and gas concessions and developed the project, which was then sold for over US$1.2 billion. Previously Ijaz worked as general counsel to the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company. He is a graduate of University of Washington and Seattle University school of Law. He began his career working as a corporate lawyer.
Emma Priestley – Chief Executive Officer
Emma has a background in mining and financial services. She worked with GVA Grimley and IMC Mackay & Schnellmann with contracts held at PT Anneka Tambang and PT Bukit Assam in Indonesia and with the World Bank in Central America and Africa. In 2000 she was appointed as Mining Analyst with investment bank CSFB, before moving to the financial advisors VSA Resources, and Ambrian Partners, as corporate broker and adviser.
In 2005, Emma was appointed to the main board of Lonrho Plc, which developed business opportunities in infrastructure, transportation, agriculture, support services and natural resources in Africa., Lonrho was successfully taken over in 2014. She is a non-executive Director to CrossInvest Global Management Services Limited, and to Imperial X Plc. Emma is a graduate of Camborne School of Mines, is a Chartered Mining Engineer and Chartered Mineral Surveyor.
Clint Elgar –Director
Clint has over 40 years experience in the natural resource resource sector with extensive experience in Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and the FSU at a corporate and technical level. He previously founded Global Process Systems (GPS), and he led the team that grew GPS from start-up to a US$500 million company. Having held numerous senior positions in the industry, Clint has developed extensive knowledge and experience in the management of projects, proposals, engineering, process safety, and quality management throughout the organisation. He currently sits on the board of directors of companies that specialise in upstream projects in Sub-Saharan Africa with operations in Mozambique, Tanzania, Namibia and South Africa.
Bhavesh Patel – Chief Financial Officer
Bhavesh has over 20 years experience in the finance industry specialising in mining, providing corporate finance advice to listed and pricate companies, having negotiated and executed transactions over US$25 billion. Bhavesh initially worked at the ‘Big 4’ accounting firms, before working in the corporate finance team of various investment banks. He has been involved and raised finance for a number of companies in the mining sector in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Bhavesh qualified as a chartered accountant and held the chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation.
Tarica Mpinga – Corporate Development
Tarica has 15 years of experience in originating, structuring, executing and financing in natural resources across a wide range of. transactions including debt structuring, IPO’s, secondary placing, public and private M&A, buy and sell side mandates as well as strategic investments. He spent 20 years as an investment and corporate banker with Bank of Montreal (BMO Capital) and at Canaccord Genuity, two major financial institutions in Toronto and London. Tarica has successfully originated negotiated and executed transactions of over US$15 billion.
Ijaz Khan –
Chairman
Mr Khan is a natural resources executive who has worked extensively in Africa and the Middle East. To date he has been part of teams that have raised over US$20 billion. Most recently he has co-founded several companies specialising in the upstream and oil services sector, with a particular focus on Africa, investing over US$400m across these businesses. Prior to this he was part of the group that founded Griffiths Energy, a company that secured oil and gas concessions in Chad. Griffiths Energy was subsequently sold to Glencore in 2014 for US$1.3 billion. Previously Ijaz worked as general counsel to the Kuwait Gulf Oil Company. He is a graduate of University of Washington and Seattle University school of Law. He began his career working as a corporate lawyer.
Emma Priestley – Chief Executive Officer
Emma has a background in mining and financial services. She worked with GVA Grimley and IMC Mackay & Schnellmann with contracts held at PT Anneka Tambang and PT Bukit Assam in Indonesia and with the World Bank in Central America and Africa. In 2000 she was appointed as Mining Analyst with investment bank CSFB, before moving to the financial advisors VSA Resources, and Ambrian Partners, as corporate broker and adviser.
In 2005, Emma was appointed to the main board of Lonrho Plc, which developed business opportunities in infrastructure, transportation, agriculture, support services and natural resources in Africa., Lonrho was successfully taken over in 2014. She is a non-executive Director to CrossInvest Global Management Services Limited, and to Imperial X Plc. Emma is a graduate of Camborne School of Mines, is a Chartered Mining Engineer and Chartered Mineral Surveyor.
Clint Elgar –
Director
Clint has over 40 years experience in the natural resource resource sector with extensive experience in Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and the FSU at a corporate and technical level. He previously founded Global Process Systems (GPS), and he led the team that grew GPS from start-up to a US$500m company. Having held numerous senior positions in the industry, Clint has developed extensive knowledge and experience in the management of projects, proposals, engineering, process safety, and quality management throughout the organisation. He currently sits on the board of directors of companies that specialise in upstream projects in Sub-Saharan Africa with operations in Mozambique, Tanzania, Namibia and South Africa.
Bhavesh Patel – Chief Financial Officer
Bhavesh has over 20 years experience in the finance industry specialising in mining, providing corporate finance advice to listed and pricate companies, having negotiated and executed transactions over US$25billion. Bhavesh initially worked at the ‘Big 4’ accounting firms, before working in the corporate finance team of various investment banks. He has been involved and raised finance for a number of companies in the mining sector in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Bhavesh qualified as a chartered accountant and held the chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation.
Tarica Mpinga – Corporate Development
Tarica has 15 years of experience in originating, structuring, executing and financing in natural resources across a wide range of. transactions including debt structuring, IPO’s, secondary placing, public and private M&A, buy and sell side mandates as well as strategic investments. He spent 20 years as an investment and corporate banker with Bank of Montreal (BMO Capital) and at Canaccord Genuity, two major financial institutions in Toronto and London. Tarica has successfully originated negotiated and executed transactions of overUS$15 billion.