Professor Fred Cawood is Strategic Mining Advisor to the Board of Tejara International Resources, bringing more than four decades of experience across industry, government, academia and consulting to the group’s resource-development strategy. A mining strategist and mineral economist by training, he has built a reputation for integrating technical, economic, policy and technology perspectives into sharper decision-making across the mining life cycle—from mineral valuation and mine surveying to policy reform, investment frameworks and digital mine modernisation.

His career began on the mines of Gold Fields of South Africa and in government at the Department of Minerals and Energy before a distinguished academic tenure as Head of the Wits School of Mining Engineering and Director of the Wits Mining Institute. He has advised governments, mining companies and international organisations—including the World Bank, the African Union and various United Nations agencies—on mineral policy, mining taxation, royalty frameworks and resource governance across Africa and internationally.

A recognised thought leader in mining innovation and digital transformation, Professor Cawood is the author of more than 130 publications and founder of Minserv, his strategic advisory practice. He holds a PhD in Mining Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand, where he serves as Professor Emeritus, and an LLM in Mineral Law and Policy from the University of Dundee.