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Ronald Peter SMIT - Summary CV

Key skills

• Project management in developing countries
• Institutional support: mining sector governance and development
• Mineral exploration
• Communication and liaison
• Capacity building and skills transfer
• Team membership and leadership

Career

• Jan 2015 - present: Team Leader, Mineral Production Monitoring Support Project (MPMSP), Zambia. Component of the EU-funded Public Finance Management programme. Adam Smith International.
• Jul 2008 - present: Owner/principal, Ron Smit Consulting
• Jul 2005 - Jun 2008: Project Manager, National Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment Project, Ghana. EU-funded Mining Sector Support Programme. HifabGruppen AB.
• Dec 2003 - Jun 2005: Mining/exploration consultant.
• May 2001 - Nov 2003: Completed MBA studies.
• Jan 1995 - Apr 2001: Manager - Exploration (West Africa), Ghana. JCI Limited and subsidiary companies.
• May 1991 - Dec 1994: Ore Evaluation Manager and Exploration Manager (Africa), Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd., South Africa.
• May 1987 - Apr 1991: Senior Geologist - Evaluation, Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd., South Africa.
• Sep 1984 - Apr 1987: Senior Geologist, GENCOR, South Africa.
• Jan 1982 - Sep 1984: Geologist, General Mining Union Corporation, South Africa.

Qualifications

• 2003 - MBA, Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh Business School), Scotland, UK
• 1992 - M.Sc.(Eng.)(Mining) in the field of Mineral Economics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 1986 - Dip.Data. (Diploma in Datametrics, Computer Science), University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
• 1979 - B.Sc.(Hons.)(Geology), University of Johannesburg (previously known as Rand Afrikaans University), South Africa
• 1978 - B.Sc.(Earth Sciences), University of Johannesburg (previously known as Rand Afrikaans University), South Africa

Languages

• English - Fluent
• Afrikaans - Fluent
• Dutch - Fluent
• French - Basic
• German - Basic

Memberships and registrations

• KIVI-NIRIA - Royal Dutch Institute of Engineers
• KNGMG - Royal Geological and Mining Society of the Netherlands
• SGA - Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
• SAIMM - Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
• GSSA - Geological Society of South Africa
• SACNASP - Registered as a Professional Natural Scientist (Pr. Sci.Nat) with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions. Field: Geological Science. Reg. no.: 400145/86.

Personal

• Born 8/12/1956 in Johannesburg, South Africa
• Nationalities: Republic of South Africa; Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Married, 3 sons