Over 40 years’ experience in investment banking and mining, having served as Head of Investment Banking at Rothchild Australia and as Chair or Non-Executive Director of a host of mining companies in Australia and internationally.
Former Chair of EMED Mining (AIM:EMED) which acquired, re-developed and operates the original and now 15mtpa Rio Tinto copper mine in southern Spain, and served on the boards of Riversdale Resources, which proved the Grassy Mountain metallurgical coal deposit in Alberta that was taken over by Hancock Prospecting for A$800M in 2019, and Talison Lithium which acquired the Greenbushes lithium mine in WA, prior taken over by Tianqi Lithium for C$900M in 2013.
Served on the board of Oxiana which developed the substantial gold and copper operations at Sepon in Laos, acquired the Golden Grove polymetallic mine in WA, and developed the Prominent Hill mine in SA, and was in 2008 merged with Zinifex to form OZ Minerals now being acquired by BHP for $9.5Bn
Current Chairman of Bannerman Resources (ASX:BMN), owner of the large Etango uranium deposit in Namibia, and Chairman of Felix Gold (ASX:FXG), which has substantial gold exploration properties around Fairbanks, Alaska.
Honours degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, and qualified as a chartered accountant in London.
