{"id":823,"date":"2024-10-27T09:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-27T09:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eu.bureck.com\/?page_id=823"},"modified":"2026-02-02T02:29:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T02:29:18","slug":"benjamin-blake","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.derockmining.com\/eu_derockmining\/benjamin-blake\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Blake"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"823\" class=\"elementor elementor-823\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e29fead wd-section-stretch e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e29fead\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-175d26a elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"175d26a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.derockmining.com\/eu_derockmining\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBenjamin Blake  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85f175b wd-section-stretch e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"85f175b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b4844 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e8b4844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfa8a5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bfa8a5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"285\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.derockmining.com\/eu_derockmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/NewBenjamin.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1104\" alt=\"Benjamin Blake\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.derockmining.com\/eu_derockmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/NewBenjamin.png 285w, https:\/\/www.derockmining.com\/eu_derockmining\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/NewBenjamin-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b270a3c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b270a3c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-337fb47 color-scheme-inherit text-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"337fb47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Benjamin Blake<\/strong><br><strong>Managing Director<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Benjamin Blake, an alumnus of Buckinghamshire New University, earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from the same institution and graduated among the top three in the Faculty of Social Sciences in 1988. He also received a Master\u2019s Degree in Economics from Buckinghamshire New University in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>He began his career at Insight Communications Limited, where he spent two years before transitioning into the banking sector, ultimately becoming the Assistant General Manager and Head of the Construction Group at Gulf Bank. With over 15 years of relevant experience, he has expertise in several core banking Groups\/Units: Corporate Banking, Consumer\/Commercial Banking, Branch Management, and Construction Group.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he possesses significant experience in Project Management, having actively participated in the planning and completion of numerous housing projects in major commercial areas of London from 2001 to 2004.<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, he co-founded the Treasuremix Group of companies, serving as the inaugural Chief Executive Officer before moving to Derock Mining Corporation as an Executive Director of Business Development in October 2008, and he was appointed as Managing Director of Derock Mining Corporation in September 2023.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Blake Benjamin BlakeManaging Director Benjamin Blake, an alumnus of Buckinghamshire New University, earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1104,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-823","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.8 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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