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Senior Management
Brett Dunstone
Dip. Catering and Hotel Management – William 
Angliss College, B.Bus. Victoria University (part 
complete)
General Manager – Human Resources
Brett Dunstone joined Kingsgate in December 
2012 and has over 25 years experience in senior 
human resource management roles across a 
diverse industry portfolio. Brett was formerly 
head of Human Resources for Crown Casino, 
Melbourne, the Myer group, key Village 
Roadshow entities and head of Employee 
Relations for the Coles Myer group. Brett has 
experience in supporting both large and 
emerging resource company development 
projects locally and overseas (BHP Billiton, 
Woodside, Equinox Minerals and Chalice Gold). 
Michael Monaghan 
Dip Eng (Mining) Dip Business MAusIMM MAICD 
SME
Chief Operating Officer and General Manager 
– Akara Resources PCL
Mike Monaghan joined Kingsgate as the General 
Manager of Chatree Gold Mine in October 2012. 
He is a mining engineer with 28 years of manage-
ment experience in both underground and open 
cut opeartions across a number of commodities 
as well as commissioning, mine management, 
turnaround management and environmental and 
safety compliance in Australia, Africa and 
Europe. Mike was most recently Mining Manager 
at Geita Gold mine in Tanzania for AngloGold 
Ashanti Limited. Prior to that he held General 
Manager and Mining Manager positions at 
Etruscan Resources Youga Gold Mine in Burkina 
Faso and Red back Mining’s Chirano Gold Mine 
in Ghana.
Pakorn Sukhum
BSc (Hons) University of London, UK 
MBA Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Admin-
istration Thailand
Chief Executive Officer –  
Akara Resources PCL 
Pakorn Sukhum joined the management team of 
Akara Resources PCL as Chief Executive Officer 
at the end of 2009. He brings to Akara over 24 
years of industrial commercial managerial experi-
ence in various industries such as metallurgy, 
chemicals and ceramics in international and 
domestic markets of Thailand, having held 
senior management positions in both Thai and 
Multinational joint venture companies such as 
Basell Poyolefins, Bayer AG as well as Padeang 
Industry of Thailand. His major contributions 
and responsibilities have ranged from project 
management, commercial marketing and sales 
to business development.