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Alan M. Clegg

Co-founder, Chairman & Director

Shumba Energy

Mr. Clegg, with British Citizenship resident in South Africa, is a Natural Resources & Energy Industry Professional with over 4 decades of experience gained from working natural resource development and construction projects, industries and related supply industries in more than 40 African and in total 160 countries across all the continents.


He is a registered Professional Mining Engineer (Pr.Eng), a registered Professional Construction Project Manager (Pr.CPM), a registered Project Management Professional (PMP), and carries professional Fellowship status with South African Institute of Mining & Metallurgy (FSAIMM) and the Institute of Quarrying (FIOQ) as well a professional memberships of many of the related Institutes globally and is a recognized natural resources technical assessment, reporting and project valuation expert with key experience in stock exchange listings and the requirements for successful private equity capital raising.


Mr. Clegg has been intimately involved as Director, executive manager, team leader or member of teams that have completed feasibility studies and/or constructed on ECM, EPC or EPCM basis over 60 Major Projects across all commodities including inter alia Gold and Platinum, Infrastructure Metals, Energy Fuels, Energy Metals, Bulk Commodities, Industrial Minerals, and Dimensional Stones with a combined value in money of today in excess of US$100 Billion over the last 25 years.


He has advised a number of governments on Mining Policy, Legislation & Regulation since 1990, as well as being the architect & executor of practical plans for unlocking the potential value of their natural resources base. Mr. Clegg has been Chairman of numerous high-profile Natural Resources Technical Conferences and Seminars in the industry globally, and is sitting Chairman of the African Union event, The African Mining Summit. He is also an accomplished technical author and speaker of over 40 papers and Journal Articles. Further, he has been nominated for a number of awards and prizes internationally, including for the prestigious “John Barrie Award” of the PMI (USA) Project Management Institute, for his contribution to Project Management Theory & Practice.


Mr. Clegg is an active Independent Consultant and Competent Natural Resource Project Valuator to the industry globally and has an acute interest in new technologies deployment for improved return on equity and investment in general.


Mr. Clegg held 8 past Board appointments, including 3 at CEO level in International and Multinational natural resource, process engineering, equipment & construction sector companies and has been active as a member and Fellow of the Institute of Directors of RSA & UK and in several other countries keeping fully up to date with highest standards for Corporate Governance in companies and has served and/or chaired numerous Board sub-committees.


Alan M. Clegg
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