Leadership & Governance
Leadership Driving the Future of the Vanadium Industry
Vanadium Resources Group is led by a founding team committed to building an integrated vanadium processing, beneficiation and logistics company that supports South Africa’s position in the global critical-minerals industry.
As the Company progresses through its growth strategy, VRG intends to expand its Board of Directors, Executive Management and Technical Advisory Team by bringing together expertise across mining, metallurgy, engineering, finance, logistics, project development and international marketing.
Governance
Built on Strong Governance and Technical Discipline
VRG believes that strong governance, technical excellence and strategic leadership are fundamental to creating long-term value. The Company intends to develop governance structures appropriate to each stage of growth while strengthening technical oversight, commercial accountability and responsible decision-making.
Founding Leadership
Board of Directors
Vangile Thabethe serves as Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Company.
Vangile Thabethe
Co-Founder and Executive Director – Mining Finance and Corporate Strategy
Vangile Thabethe is a mining engineer with experience across mining finance, corporate strategy, project evaluation and operational improvement. She is the Co-Founder and Executive Director responsible for Mining Finance and Corporate Strategy at Vanadium Resources Group.
Vangile holds a BSc Honours degree in Mining Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and is pursuing a Master of Engineering (Mining & Minerals Engineering) in North America, United States. She is a Candidate Mining Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and a CFA Program Level I candidate.
Her mining-industry experience spans underground and surface mining, mine design, engineering economics, asset management, technical reporting and capital project evaluation, with practical exposure to operational improvement and investment appraisal across multiple mining environments.
Vangile Thabethe is a Co-Founder and Executive Director of Vanadium Resources Group, where she is responsible for Mining Finance and Corporate Strategy. She applies her mining engineering background to the evaluation of mineral opportunities, the development of investment-ready projects and the assessment of project feasibility as the Company advances its critical-mineral ambitions through the development stages.
Vangile holds a BSc Honours degree in Mining Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand and is pursuing a Master of Engineering (Mining & Minerals Engineering) in North America, United States. She is a Candidate Mining Engineer with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and a CFA Program Level I candidate, combining technical mining discipline with formal training in finance and investment analysis.
Her mining-industry experience spans underground and surface mining, mine design, engineering economics, asset management, technical reporting and capital project evaluation, with practical exposure to operational improvement and investment appraisal across multiple mining environments.
Through her participation in a structured Graduate Mining Engineer development programme with Samancor Chrome, Vangile contributed to projects involving underground infrastructure, conveyor and tipping systems, equipment and steel recovery, and copper recovery from mining waste. Her work on these engagements included lifecycle costing, productivity improvement and investment appraisal, giving her practical grounding in how engineering decisions translate into project economics.
Her broader operational exposure was shaped by technical visits and structured learning across a range of South African mining environments, including Mponeng Gold Mine, Sasol Impumelelo Colliery, Finsch Diamond Mine and Kolomela Iron Ore Mine, operated by Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore, as well as JA Engineering. These experiences provided exposure to gold, coal, diamonds, iron ore and chrome operations, together with mining equipment, engineering solutions and the different operational environments in which mining companies work.
Vangile is committed to advancing a diversified, value-based South African mining industry, and she brings this combination of technical mining exposure, project economics and commercial thinking to VRG’s development of investment-ready critical-mineral projects.
- Master of Engineering (Mining & Minerals Engineering) (In Progress) - North America, United States
- BSc Honours in Mining Engineering (Completed) - University of the Witwatersrand
- Candidate Mining Engineer - Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
- CFA Program - Level I Candidate
- South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM)
- WITS University Mining Engineers Association
- Mining finance and corporate strategy
- Engineering economics
- Project evaluation and investment appraisal
- Capital project evaluation and financial modelling
- Mine design and operational improvement
- Asset management and lifecycle evaluation
- Mineral opportunity evaluation
- Critical-mineral project development
- Technical reporting
Building a World-Class Leadership Team
Future Leadership Requirements
VRG welcomes expressions of interest from experienced professionals who share its ambition to build an integrated African vanadium processing, beneficiation, logistics and market-access business.
These areas represent future organisational capabilities and do not constitute active or confirmed vacancies.
Expressions of interest, not confirmed vacancies.
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
General Manager – Processing Operations
Commercial and Marketing Director
Supply Chain and Logistics Director
Business Development Executive
ESG and Sustainability Executive
Legal and Corporate Governance
Company Secretary
Strategic Advisory Development
Technical and Strategic Advisory Board
VRG intends to establish a Technical and Strategic Advisory Board comprising experienced professionals from the mining, metallurgical, engineering, financial, governance and energy sectors.
The Advisory Board is being established. No adviser appointments or profiles are confirmed for publication.
- Vanadium-processing technologies
- Metallurgical optimisation
- Mining partnerships
- Project finance
- International trade
- Critical-minerals policy
- Corporate governance
- ESG and sustainability
- Energy-storage markets
- Global market development
Expressions of Interest
Start a Leadership Conversation
Experienced professionals who share VRG’s long-term ambitions are invited to begin a strategic conversation about future leadership, technical and advisory requirements.
Strategic Engagement
Contribute to the Next Stage of VRG’s Development
Experienced mining, metallurgy, engineering, finance, logistics, governance and energy professionals are invited to begin a strategic conversation.