The Chamber of Mines of Namibia has appointed Fabian Shaanika as its new chief executive officer, effective 1 May 2026.
The executive committee confirmed the appointment this week.
Shaanika most recently served as managing director of Kelp Blue, where he led the scaling of Namibian operations to full commercial capacity.
Before that, he was the mining and resources sector lead at Rand Merchant Bank Namibia and head of business banking at Standard Bank Namibia.
His earlier career includes roles at Namdeb, Vedanta’s Skorpion Zinc Mine and Debmarine Namibia, where he worked in technical and strategic positions.
Shaanika holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Stellenbosch Business School. He has also completed executive education programmes at Imperial College Business School and London Business School.
Reporter: Chamwe Kaira
