Leadership
A small team, with named responsibilities.
The company is managed by its registered manager (gérant) and a management team based in Kinshasa, eastern DRC and Ontario. 36 people work for BYM in total.
Management team
Who does what.
- 01
Dacosta
Chief Executive Officer & Principal Investor
As Chief Executive Officer and principal investor, Dacosta sets the strategic direction of Black & Yellow Minerals — capital deployment, investor relations and corporate governance. He is the registered manager (gérant) of the DRC entity.
- Corporate strategy
- Capital and investment
- Governance
- Investor relations
- 02
Richard Rwessi Dunia
Representative, Eastern DRC
Richard Rwessi Dunia represents BYM in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He coordinates field operations, relationships with local cooperatives and liaison with provincial authorities in Tshopo, North Kivu and Ituri.
- Field operations
- Local partnerships
- Provincial liaison
- 03
John N'sengo
Head of International Partnerships
John N'sengo leads BYM's international partnership work, building relationships with institutional partners, prospective offtake counterparties and stakeholders in Europe, North America, the Gulf and Asia.
- International partnerships
- Business development
- Market access
- 04
Guerschon Jean Benoit
Technical Office Lead
Guerschon Jean Benoit leads BYM's technical office, responsible for operational support systems, digital infrastructure and the management of technical projects that support mining operations.
- Technical operations
- Digital systems
- Project management
Board and oversight
Oversight today.
Black & Yellow Minerals SARL is managed by its gérant, Dacosta, with the management team above. Black & Yellow Minerals Corp. is the Canadian corporation through which international partners engage.
There is no separately constituted board of directors at this time. Board appointments will be published on this page when they are made.
- Registered manager (gérant)
- Dacosta
- Black & Yellow Minerals SARL
- Management team
- 4 people
- Kinshasa · eastern DRC · Ontario
- Headcount
- 36 people
- Company record