Board & Management
HRE’s team is made up of accomplished experts with significant experience in the industry.
Gabriel Chiappini
Non-Executive Chairman
Gabriel Chiappini is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years’ experience as a director, capital markets participant and a governance professional. He is a current member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Institute of Chartered Accountants (Australia).
Mr Chiappini manages his own consulting firm offering Corporate Advisory, Governance Services, and Non-executive Director services to a variety of ASX and start-up companies. He has provided advice and services on equity raisings exceeding AUD$850m, debt financing in excess of AUD$350m and assisted his clients with both divestment and acquisition strategies. Recently he managed and assisted with the vending in of seven ASX IPO’s and RTO’s.
Gabriel has had a diverse and successful career as an ASX/public company director inclusive of Chairman, Non-executive Director and Finance/Chief Financial Officer roles, and Chair of Governance. He has a wide range of offshore corporate structuring experience in the USA, Europe and in the Middle East and is a current director of Black Dragon Gold Corporation (ASX:BDG) and Invictus Energy Limited (ASX:IVZ), as well as Head of Governance (Australia) for Adriatic Metals plc (ASX:ADT).
Amanda Buckingham
Non-Executive Director
Dr Amanda Buckingham is a geophysicist with more than 30 years of experience in mineral exploration. In 2007, she co-founded Fathom Geophysics, a company providing advanced exploration targeting services to junior, mid-tier, and major mining companies across a range of jurisdictions. Her career has taken her across the globe, giving her extensive international exploration experience.
Earlier in her career, Amanda worked with major mining companies such as Rio Tinto, as well as with listed juniors in both Canada and Australia. She also spent several years consulting with SRK. In addition to co-founding Cygnus Metals Limited (ASX: CY5) and Desert Minerals Limited (ASX: DM1), she serves as a director of several private companies, including Plutonic Limited, and is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.
Amanda has been the Managing Director of Warriedar Resources Limited (ASX: WA8) for the past 3 years, focused on the discovery and expansion of gold and antimony Resources in Western Australia.
Graeme Morissey
Non-Executive Director
Mr Graeme Morissey is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience serving as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for a number of mining and mineral exploration companies listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Over his career, Graeme has worked with early-stage explorers, developers, and producers, gaining broad managerial expertise in equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, debt financing, and the management of mining and exploration operations across multiple jurisdictions, including the Americas and Africa.
He began his career in public practice, spending 15 years in the audit divisions of global accounting firms EY, KPMG, and Grant Thornton, where he held the role of Director. This experience provided him with a strong foundation in corporate governance and compliance for publicly listed mining companies. His technical expertise spans Australian Accounting Standards, the Corporations Act, ASX Listing Rules, and both Australian and international mining regulations.
Graeme is currently serving as the Chief Financial Officer for Warriedar Resources Limited (ASX: WA8). He a Chartered Accountant (CA) and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University in Canada.
Justin Mouchacca
Company Secretary & Financial Controller
Mr Mouchacca is a Chartered Accountant and Fellow of the Governance Institute of Australia with over 15 years’ experience in public company responsibilities including statutory, corporate governance and financial reporting requirements. Since July 2019, Mr Mouchacca has been principal of JM Corporate Services and has been appointed Company Secretary and Financial Officer for a number of entities listed on the ASX and unlisted public companies.