Donovan Antony Chimhandamba

Experience

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  Engen

  Feb 2002 - Jul 2003

  Industrial Engineer

  Oil refinery and fuel producer

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  PPC Cement

  Aug 2003 - Dec 2004

  Operations Engineer

  Cement Production

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  Vesuvius

  Jan 2005 - Sept 2007

  Operations General Manager

  Refractory & Ceramic Producer for Pyrometallurgy Industry

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  Group Five

  Sept 2007 - Apr 2008

  Business Development - Construction Materials
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  National Empowerment Fund

  May 2008 - May 2011

  Head: Strategic Projects Fund

  Project Finance, Private Equity and Venture Capital

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  Nyanza Light Metals

  Jun 2011 - now

  President & CEO

  Titanium Dioxide Pigment Producer

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  Arkein Capital Partners

  Jul 2011 - now

  Director

  Pan African Private Equity Fund Manager

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  Arkein Industrial Holdings

  Jul 2011 - now

  Director

  Mining, Mineral Processing, Oil & Gas early stage investments across Africa

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  Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group

  Nov 2016 - now

  Chairman

  Infrastructure Investment Company

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  Nyanza Industrial Holdings UAE

  Dec 2022 - now

  Director

  Platform investment holding company for the mineral beneficiation and value addition on critical minerals such as Titanium (Ti), Lithium (Li), Iron (Fe), Phosphate (P), Zirconium (Zr) and Silica (Si). Portfolio investments and projects focus on production of Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) pigment, Fumed Silica (SiO2), and energy transition materials such as Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP), and Zirconium Oxychloride (ZrOCl2). The portfolio companies include Nyanza Light Metals, Transition Metals Industries and Zirconium Silica Processing Company. The primary markets and manufacturing industries served by our portfolio products include: paints, industrial coatings, plastics, industrial glues and adhesives, battery materials for electric vehicles, portable electronic devices, renewable energy storage systems and solid state batteries. Show less

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  Transition Metals Industries

  May 2024 - now

  Director

  Production of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP), Zirconium Oxychloride (ZrOCl2) and Fumed Silica (SiO2), which are the leading energy transition materials used in the manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles, portable devices, and other solar and renewable energy storage systems.