15 years investment banking experience at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank across diciplines that included ratings-advisory credit analysis, and derivatives-based structured and project finance
Decade spent as a mining and exploration geologist in Australia, Scandinavia and the former Soviet Union
Direct experience in Archaean orogenic gold and volcanic nickel sulphide deposits, slate belt gold, and epithermal and porphyry copper-gold systems
Worked on or assessed and analysed at least 180 projects in at least 26 countries
Holds a BSc and MSc in Economic Geology, as well as an MBA in International Finance
Previously partner at 9W Capital, an illiquid opportunities investment manager, co-founded in 2012
From 2004 until 2012, Co-Head, Private Investments for Polygon Global Partners, focused on equity and equity-linked investments in both private and emerging public companies
From 1998 to 2004, principal in private equity group at Williams E. Simon and Sons
Began career as management consultant at McKinsey & Company
AB in Economics from Princeton, MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, JD from Harvard
