Board
John Atkins
Non-Executive Chairman
John Atkins is Chairman, ANZ Western Australia. Before joining ANZ, John was Head of the Perth office of National Law Firm, Freehills. John's background is as a commercial lawyer. He was admitted as a lawyer in 1978 and practiced full time until 1996 when he moved into management. In addition to his role at Breakaway, John is also a Non-Executive Director of financial services company Australian Finance Group Ltd, Director of strategy consulting firm Barrington Consulting Pty Ltd, Chairman of Lotterywest, Director and Vice President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Deputy Chairman and former Chairman of Committee for Perth Ltd. John joined the Board as Non-Executive Chairman on 24 November 2006.
David Hutton
Managing Director
David Hutton graduated with Honours from Monash University in 1989 and has spent the last 19 years working in both exploration and mining throughout Australia and overseas in Argentina. After graduation, he spent 7 years with the MIM Group both in underground mining and exploration roles before joining Forrestania Gold NL / LionOre Australia, where he was involved principally in gold exploration throughout the WA Goldfields. He worked at Western Metals as Chief Geologist of the Lennard Shelf Operations prior to rejoining LionOre Australia where he was responsible for management of the East Kimberley Joint Venture. David commenced with Breakaway in the position of Exploration Manager in August 2006, before becoming CEO in February 2009. He joined the Board as Managing Director on 1 May 2010.
Jon Young
Non-Executive Director
Jon Young graduated from UWA with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1981 spending 7 years in their Perth, Melbourne and Sydney offices. The following 23 years have been spent in the Finance and Stockbroking industry and Jon is currently Director Private Clients with leading Perth based stockbroking firm Paterson Securities Limited. For the past 11 years and until the sale of the contracting business in August 2007, Jon served as Non- Executive Chairman of the Barminco Group of companies, including Barminco Limited, one of Australia's largest privately owned underground mining contractors. Jon continues as the Non-Executive Chairman of FMR Investments Pty Ltd (formerly Barminco Investments Pty Ltd), a major shareholder of Breakaway Resources Limited.
Jeff Gresham
Non-Executive Director
Jeff Gresham has over 40 years experience in exploration, mining and the corporate functions both in Australia and overseas. During a career spanning 19 years with WMC he held a number of senior corporate and technical positions, most notably Chief Geologist of the Kambalda Nickel Operations (1981 - 1985), and Executive Vice President Exploration for WMC's Canadian subsidiary Westminster Canada Ltd (1988 - 1993). From 1993 to 1997 he was Managing Director of Wiluna Mines Ltd, General Manager Exploration at Homestake Gold of Australia Ltd (1998 - 2001) and Managing Director of Titan Resources Limited (2004-2006). In addition to his role at Breakaway, Jeff is the Chairman of Rox Resources Limited. Jeff was appointed as a Non-Executive Director to the Board of Breakaway Resources on 1 October 2006.