A leadership team that strives to make a difference to our people, our stakeholders and the local communities where we live and operate

Tom Pickett holds a Law Degree from Bond University and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Finance and Investment.

Tom has experience in various sectors, including mining exploration, law, tourism, and hotels, having held executive appointments in these areas for both ASX listed and private companies.

He is currently the Executive Chairman of Cannindah Resources and has held numerous board positions on other ASX listed companies over the past 15 years. His experience in the management of exploration activity across several projects in North Queensland for both gold and copper is a valuable asset to Cannindah Resources Limited.

Tom has been involved in many transactions that have transformed the operations of ASX listed companies into new areas. Recently, he was a Non-Executive Director of Discovery Resources Limited, which is now known as Aquis Entertainment Limited.

He was instrumental in completing this transaction from Discovery Resources Limited’s perspective and stepped off the board of what is now an operational entertainment and casino company at the completion of the transaction.

Until recently, Tom was a Non-Executive Director of ASX listed exploration company Austin Metals (ASX: AYT). He resigned from this position as Non-Executive Director, to focus on the Cannindah Resources Limited projects.

Tom's experience in numerous areas of business and transactions with ASX listed entities will assist Cannindah Resources Limited in its stated intention of becoming a more diversified company moving forward.

Simon Beams has been a Geologist since 1975, and for the past 32 years, he has been Managing Director and Principal Geologist of Terra Search Pty Ltd.

In this role, he has been directly involved in many mineral exploration and evaluation programs across Northern Australia, leading to mineral discoveries and some mines, primarily base metals and gold, but including uranium, phosphate, magnetite and oil shale, amongst others.

In 2016, Simon was awarded the John Campbell Miles Medal by the Queensland Divisions of the Geological Society of Australia and the Australian Institute of Geosciences for contributions to economic geology, exploration technology, and mineral discovery in Queensland.

Simon is also an active member of several geological societies, including:

Geological Society Australia, (GSA)
Australasian Institute Mining & Metallurgy (AusIMM)
Australian Institute of Geosciences (AIG)
Society Economic Geologists (SEG)
Association of Applied Geochemists

He has been a member of the Advisory Board to the Economic Geology Research Centre (EGRU) at James Cook University, Townsville, for over two decades. He is also a Member of the Queensland Exploration Committee for AMEC (Association of Mining and Exploration Companies), one of the Peak Industry Exploration Groups.

Simon has produced several key publications in the areas of mineral deposit geology and geochemistry, exploration data management, regolith relations, petrology and granite genesis and regional geology of North Queensland.

Geoff Missen is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, with over 25 years in public practice.

Geoff is an active board member, serving on several boards in public, private and not-for-profit sectors, including the Gold Coast Hospital Foundation.

He is the Managing Director and Owner of the Puzzle Advisory Partnership Pty Ltd, a boutique Chartered Accounting and Corporate Advisory business based on the Gold Coast.

Michael Hansel is a Partner at HopgoodGanim Lawyers in their Corporate practice. He has expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings, due diligence, takeovers, joint ventures, corporate restructuring and private equity transactions. Michael is also the co-lead of HopgoodGanim Lawyers’ Asia Business Unit, where he predominantly works with Asia-based clients investing in Australian corporations.

Michael has a specific interest in transactions involving foreign investment and regularly publishes articles associated with Australia’s foreign investment legislative regime. Michael’s clients include ASX-listed entities and large private companies in the resources, technology and agricultural sectors.

Michael is consistently recognised by legal publications, including recommended by Doyle’s Guide as a Leading Corporate Lawyer, Queensland, 2015–2022 and Leading Business & Commercial Lawyer – Queensland, 2018, 2021 and 2022. He was also named by The Best Lawyers™ as a leading Australian practitioner in Corporate Law, 2017–2023; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2020–2023; and Commercial Law, 2021–2023.

Laura comes from a background in Law with excellent work ethic, and attention to detail which has made her an integral part of the Cannindah team.

Based in our Broadbeach office, Laura works closely and directly alongside Tom to facilitate in the efficiency of Tom’s day-to-day Cannindah operations.

Garry Gill has more than 30 years’ experience in all facets of corporate financial and administrative functions and has served in Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretarial positions at a number of listed and unlisted public companies, private companies and statutory authorities.

Garry is a Chartered Accountant, a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia.