Lawrence Banks CBE: Non-executive Chairman
Lawrence has been a director of Ambrian Capital since 2004. He served as a director of Robert Fleming & Co, Limited, a British merchant banking firm, from 1974, and as its deputy chairman from April 1990 to March 1998, when he retired from that firm. Lawrence is also a director of Roper Industries Inc, listed on the NYSE, a diversified industrial company.
Tom Gaffney: Chief Executive Officer
Until founding Ambrian Partners in 2001, Tom was director of JP Morgan’s Metals and Mining Team and from 1995 was a director and member of the Management Committee in the Corporate Finance Department of Robert Fleming. He has worked in investment banking for over 20 years and has specialised in the natural resources sector. He has advised many of the major natural resources companies on acquisitions, divestitures and capital market transactions, including BHP Billiton, Glencore, Norsk Hydro, Stora Enso, Total and Rio Tinto. Tom previously worked in senior executive positions at Nesbitt Burns (the investment bank of the Bank of Montreal) and Lehman Brothers in London, New York and Toronto.
John Coles: Finance Director
John has over 20 years’ experience in investment banking and asset management. After qualifying as a chartered accountant, he worked with Robert Fleming in private equity, investment banking and stockbroking. Prior to joining Ambrian, John was Deputy Managing Director of JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management in France. John holds an Honours degree in business and economics from Trinity College, Dublin, and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Charles Crick: Non-executive Director
Charles is a solicitor, having trained and spent the early part of his career at Allen & Overy. After a number of years in private practice specialising in corporate finance and banking law, he joined Numis Securities in 1996. From 1997 until his retirement at the end of 2004 he was head of Corporate Finance and a main board director of Numis Corporation plc. Charles is also a partner of Longbow Capital LLP, a venture capital partnership. Charles became a Non-executive Director of Ambrian Partners in August 2006 and joined the main Board in May 2007.
Lee Seng Huang: Non-executive Director
Lee Seng Huang is the Executive Chairman of Sun Hung Kai & Co Limited, the leading non-bank financial institution in Hong Kong, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (“HKex”). He is the Chairman of Mulpha International Berhad, a Malaysian-listed conglomerate with operations in Southeast Asia, Australia and China, and a director of FKP Property Group, a leading property developer, listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Mr Lee is a trustee of the Lee and Lee Trust, a discretionary trust that owns a controlling interest in the issued share capital of Allied Group Limited (“AGL”), the ultimate holding company, through its interest in Allied Properties (H.K.) Limited (“APL”). Both AGL and APL are companies listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited.
Nathan Steinberg: Non-executive Director
Nathan is a partner in Munslows, a firm of Certified Chartered Accountants. He is an experienced tax advisor and has considerable corporate experience of public companies and currently serves as a non-executive director of Longships plc. He is also a Member of Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
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