Joel qualified as a chartered accountant with Mazars, Cape Town in 2002, and subsequently joined Toronto-quoted European Goldfields Limited where he held held the position of Group Financial Controller and Vice President Finance, until it was taken over by Eldorado Gold in a C$2.5bn deal. Joel joined AIM-traded Xtract Resources Plc in 2013 and was appointed Finance Director in 2014 and also joined the board of AIM-traded Galileo Resources Plc as Financial Director in 2020. Joel is involved in a number of charities and is a trustee on the boards of the Sephardi Kashrut Authority, British Friends of Tzohar and the UK Friends of Eretz Hemdah. Joel completed his Honours Bachelor of Accounting Science degree from the University of South Africa and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of South Africa as well as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.