Mr. Edwin T. Elias is the Chief Executive Officer of Morupule Coal Mine. He has a wealth of experience spanning at least 20 years in the diamond mining industry of which he has served 13 years in the Executive Management of Debswana Diamond Company and the De Beers Group.

Before joining MCM, Mr. Elias was the Group Head of Ore Processing/Metallurgy at Debswana Diamond Company where he previously held various executive roles as Senior Manager – Ore Processing (Jwaneng Mine); Head of Maintenance and Process (De Beers Canada – Victor Mine); Senior Manager – Ore Processing (Orapa, Letlhakane and Damtshaa Mines).

Mr. Elias is the Board Chairman of the Botswana Institute for Technology, Research and Innovation (BITRI). He also serves on the De Beers Technologies (DebTech) Technical Committee as a Debswana representative and as a Board member at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST).

In addition to the experience he has amassed over the years, Mr Elias is a distinguished member of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM), and the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa (IoDSA).

Mr Elias holds an Executive Masters Degree in Business Administration (EMBA) from the University of Toronto – Rotman School of Management, Canada; a Bachelor of Science (Bsc.) – Metallurgical Engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA and Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) Certification from the London Business School, UK.