Bevan, is a Chartered Accountant with 27 years global experience in the pharmaceutical and mining industries. He graduated with a Bachelor of Management Studies degree from Waikato University in New Zealand. Bevan began his career as a Management Accountant with ICI, where he spent two years before emigrating to the United Kingdom. Bevan joined Beecham Pharmaceuticals in the UK as a Regional Accountant, and remained with the company for 11 years, holding a number of senior finance positions. Following the Beecham Pharmaceuticals merger with SmithKline, he was transferred to Belgium where he successfully established the European Head Office. He remained with the merged company for 5 years, first as European Planning Manager and then as European Controller. Bevan returned to the UK in 1995 and was appointed Finance Director for Orion Pharmaceuticals, a mid-size European pharmaceutical company. Bevan then joined African Eagle Resources plc, a mineral exploration company focused on eastern and central Africa, listed on AIM and the Alternative Exchange of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, where he currently holds the position of Finance Director and Company Secretary. Bevan was granted ACA membership of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand in 1986. He is also a director of BM Financial Solutions Ltd and The FD Group Ltd.