Board of Directors and Management

Over 100 years of rare earth experience

Brendan Clark

Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director

Western Australian–born entrepreneur and philanthropist Brendan Clark began his career in real estate and property development, achieving early success before shifting his focus toward humanitarian work. In 2013, he relocated to Zambia where he founded Health Hope Zambia, delivering transformative community health initiatives. With the support of charity ambassador Gene Simmons, Brendan developed the country’s largest malnutrition hospital and later established Zambia’s largest not-for-profit ambulance and mobile medical clinic network.

Brendan’s entry into the mining sector began in Zambia, where his investments supported the expansion of corporate social responsibility programs he had created. He went on to co-found and lead several mining development and exploration companies focused on high-grade copper and cobalt tailings reprocessing, as well as large-scale base and precious metals exploration.

As CEO and Executive Director of Victory Metals Ltd (ASX:VTM), Brendan was fundamental in the discovery of the Company’s flagship North Stanmore Project which has rapidly advanced into what is now recognised as Australia’s largest heavy rare earth clay project, delivering multiple major resource upgrades and confirming high-value mineralisation across an expansive system. Brendan continues to drive Victory’s strategic vision—positioning the Company at the forefront of Australia’s future critical minerals supply chain through innovation, responsible development, and strong engagement with Traditional Owners, government, and global industry partners.

James Bahen

Non-Executive Chair

Mr Bahen is a director and equity partner of SmallCap Corporate and chartered secretary who commenced his career in audit and assurance with an international chartered accounting firm. He is currently a non-executive director and company secretary to a number of ASX-listed companies and has a broad range of corporate governance and capital markets experience, having been involved with public company listings, mergers and acquisitions transactions and capital raisings for ASX-listed companies across the resource industry. Mr Bahen is a member of the Governance Institute of Australia and holds a Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in accounting and finance.

Professor Ken Collerson

Technical Director

Ken Collerson is an internationally recognised and highly cited, geologist and geochemist with technical expertise that focuses on discovery of new ethically sourced supplies of critical minerals. He is an Emeritus Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Queensland.

Ken has expert knowledge of rare earth and critical metal mineral systems as well as trace element and isotope analytical techniques. In the 1980’s as a consultant to Union Oil, Ken showed that the Mount Weld carbonatite, now being exploited by Lynas Rare Earths Limited, was post Archaean in age. He also provided key geochemical consultant services to Pacific Wildcat Resources Corporation for their Mrima Hill carbonatite regolith-hosted REE-Nd deposit in Kenya. While undertaking research in the 1970’s he discovered the peralkaline igneous suite that hosts the Strange Lake heavy REE rich deposit on the border of Labrador and Quebec.

Dean O’Keefe

Chief Technical Officer

Dean is a Geologist, Geostatistician, and Quarry Manager, with over 35 years experience in exploration and mining, both in Australia and internationally, including ten years in open pit daily mine operations for gold /copper/manganese.
 
Dean managed an international geology and mining consulting business for fourteen years, resident in Beijing, P. R. China for ten of those years, growing the business from nothing to offices in Beijing and Ulaan Baatar employing more than 50 people. Dean managed a team of consultants, located in Russia, UK, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, North America, and primarily Australia. Dean also ran the Micromine Company as General Manager with a staff of around 200 people.
 
Dean has completed Mineral Resource estimation to JORC and NI43-101 standards and signed off as Competent Person for skarn, narrow vein, VMS, dimension stone, and placer/tailings projects for multiple commodities, including PGE, REE, base metals, ferrous metals, and precious metals. Dean also has extensive experience in ValMin compliant valuations.
 
Dean is a Fellow of the AusIMM and an expert user of Micromine. Dean has taught how to use software, and complete Mineral Resource estimation, including running seminars in Beijing, Ulaan Baatar, and Moscow.
 
Dean also has strong corporate experience having run several Australian incorporated junior exploration companies

Alannah MacTiernan

Head of Strategic Relations

Alannah MacTiernan works closely with governments and industry to promote North Stanmore Heavy Rare Earth Project as well as providing policy analysis and monitor legislation for critical minerals projects.

In her 13 years as a WA Minister, Alannah has played an active role in bringing many resource projects on stream. She played a critical role in the Pilbara Iron Ore expansion 2003 -2008 and in the development of the iron ore exports in the MidWest region. She has actively supported critical minerals projects throughout Western Australia.

Alannah is a former member of the WA and Federal Parliaments and is well known for her role as WA Minister for Planning and Infrastructure where she oversaw many significant civil projects across the State, including the Perth to Mandurah Rail Line.

During Alannah’s political career she served as Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Ports and Minister for Hydrogen Industry and is set to bring invaluable experience to the Company.

Emma Doyle

Senior Advisor for US Strategic Engagement

Emma Doyle is a former senior Trump White House official with fifteen years of experience at the highest levels of Republican politics and policymaking.

Emma served as White House Principal Deputy Chief of Staff between 2018 and 2020, where she managed key strategic functions of the West Wing, including the Office of Public Liaison, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Office of Presidential Personnel, and the Office of Political Affairs. She subsequently served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy to First Lady Melania Trump.

Prior to the West Wing, Emma spent two years as Chief of Staff of the Office of Management and Budget, the largest component of the Executive Office of the President with responsibility for coordinating policies, programs, and regulations across the entire federal government. In addition to her role at OMB, Emma was the first political appointee to serve as Chief of Staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Before joining the Administration, she lobbied for Ford Motor Company, worked for Republican Members of Congress in both the House and Senate, and served as a member of the Republican National Committee’s Official Proceedings team for multiple Republican party conventions.

A Pittsburgh native, Emma graduated summa cum laude from Georgetown University and also holds a Master of Science in Finance from Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.

Emma is engaged through her Washington-based consulting firm, Marble Arch LLC, as an external advisor to Victory Metals Limited.

Robbie Featherby

Company Secretary

Robbie Featherby is a Corporate Advisory Executive who holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree majoring in Finance and Economics. Mr Featherby has extensive experience in the financial services industry, more recently spending 4 years in London working at a leading investment research provider in the private equity sector.

Mr Featherby now provides company secretary services for a number of private and public companies.