Willy Mertens

Chief Executive Officer

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• Registered Chartered Accountant with a Graduate Diploma in Engineering (Mining) – University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
• Certified Internal Auditor with Post Graduate Diplomas in Accounting, Auditing and Taxation.
• Senior Management Development Programme – University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
• Worked for Namdeb in various internal audit positions since 2000.
• Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2006.
• He also serves on the boards of EBank (Deputy Chairperson and Chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee), Namibian Institute of Mining Technology (NIMT) and Nored (Chairperson of the Audit & Risk Committee).

Maenge Shipiki-Kali

Chief Operating Officer

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Godfrey Ngaisiue

Mineral Resources Manager

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• Master of Science from University of Leeds, UK
• Master of Engineering Degree in Advanced Geostatistics from Paris School of Mines, France.
• Graduate Diploma in Engineering (GDE) for Option Mineral Resource from University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
• Bachelor of Science Honours in Exploration Geophysics from University of Pretoria, South Africa.
• Bachelor of Science in Physics and Geography from University of Namibia.
• Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2003.

Stanford Isaacs

Global Information Management Manager

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• Bachelor in Business Administration – University of South Africa.
• National Diploma in Data Matrix - University of Namibia.
• Executive Development Programme - University of Stellenbosch Business School, South Africa.
• He has worked in various information management (IM) technical and line management roles for Namdeb (2004) and Debmarine Namibia (2006).

Danie van Aswegen

Strategic Projects Manager

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• Masters Degree in Project Management - University of Pretoria, South Africa in 2008.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering - the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
• Executive Programme - London Business School, United Kingdom.
• GCC (Mines & Works – Mechanical).
• Joined Anglo American as a bursar in 1995.
• Worked for Anglo Gold Vaal River Operations, Anglo Technical Division and Anglo American Platinum.
• Joined Debmarine Namibia in 2013.

Elke Hanstein

Senior Human Resources Manager

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Elke joined Debmarine Namibia in 2013 as HR Manager for Human Resource and Organisational Development.

Jauque Jansen

Chief Financial Officer

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Jan Nel

Operations Manager

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• Electrical Engineer by profession
• 7 years’ experience in diamond mining: seven years underground, five years in opencast mining and fifteen years in marine mining.
• Joined De Beers Group of Companies in 1986