Alan Rootenberg
CFO
B.Com, CPA
Alan Rootenberg is a chartered professional accountant who has served as the Chief Financial Officer of a number of publicly traded companies, including mineral exploration and mining companies listed on the TSX, TSX-V and OTCBB. Alan has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and received his CPA designation in Ontario, Canada.
Dave Underwood
VP Exploration
BSc Geol (Hons)
Dave has 26 years of broad exploration experience in Africa and beyond. He spent his formative years with De Beers and Anglo American including 6 years in Tanzania and Kenya, exploring for gold and base metals. The last 12 years he worked as an independent exploration consultant in exploration, target generation, evaluation and due diligence programs for, among others, Newmont, AngloGold-Ashanti, Silver Bull Resources and Roxgold. Commodities include gold, silver, base metals, uranium, manganese and iron ore. Dave is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geology, and Registered Professional Scientist with the SACNSP.
Jon Andrew
Country Manager, Exploration Manager
BSc Geol (Hons)
Jon is a geologist with more than 20 years of experience in Exploration and Mining Geology. His career has been focused on the Africa and Middle East regions and includes diverse experience in precious, base and rare metals, industrial minerals and coal. He has held exploration manager and senior consulting positions with several major and junior mining companies listed on all major international stock exchanges.
Tony da Silva
Finance Manager & In-Country FD
CA (SA)
Tony is a qualified CA(SA). After graduating from the University of Natal he completed his articles with Nexia in Cape Town and stayed on as an Audit Manager after completion. In 2008 Tony joined BlueAlpha Investment Management as an equity analyst and later became a portfolio manager managing local and offshore assets. Since 2017 Tony is the Financial Director of Osino’s operating subsidiaries in Namibia.
Emmanuel Shilongo
Exploration Geologist
Emmanuel oversees all the company’s field activities. He has 9 years’ experience in Mineral Exploration Geology mainly in Namibia. Most of Emmanuel’s experience has been in Uranium focused on both primary and secondary uranium mineralisation, rare earth metals and copper exploration. Prior to joining Osino, Emmanuel held positions as Senior Mineral Exploration Geologist at TSX listed Forsys Metals Corp’s flagship project – the Valencia Uranium Development Project, at Namibia Uranium Corporation and at the Shali Group of Exploration Companies. Emmanuel holds a Master of Science in Applied Geology from the University of Namibia.
Julia Becker
Manager, Investor Relations
Julia brings 10 years business development and marketing communications experience to the Osino team. She has extensive experience in developing and executing integrated investor and stakeholder communication strategies for publicly-traded companies across various sectors.
Before joining Osino, Julia managed investor relations for a Namibian oil and gas company and has knowledge and understanding of operating in the country.
Julia is based in Vancouver, Canada.
Jolanda Fortunato
Database Geologist
Jolanda has a Master’s Degree in Geoscience, Resources and Environment, where she specialised in raw mineral materials from ENSG University (Ecole Superior de Geologie) in Nancy, France, She also has an Honours Degree in Geological Prospecting acquired from Saint-Petersburg State Mining Institute in Russia. Jolanda has been in the mining /geology sector for six years, of which she spent four years as a production geologist at NAMDEB, at E-Bay mine in Luderitz and two years doing exploration work with Shali Mining and Kunene Resources. She’s responsible for managing the company’s database, which includes supervision and implementation of the company’s exploration activities in Namibia.
Maria Kambazembi
Office Manager, Windhoek
Maria has worked in Administration and Finance for 20 years, among others for the Desert Research Foundation, the Namibia Diamond Trading Company, the Meat Corporation of Namibia and the GIZ. She holds qualifications in Environmental Education (Unisa), Bookkeeping (Damelin College), Accounting & Finance (Namibia University for Science and Technology) and is studying to obtain a Bachelor of Business in Administration (South Business School).
