48Ambrian Capital plc<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> & Accounts <strong>2009</strong>Directors and senior personnelAMBRIAN CAPITAL PLCW Lawrence Banks, CBENon-executive ChairmanLawrence has been a director of Ambrian Capital since 2004.He served as a director of Robert Fleming & Co. Limited, a Britishmerchant banking firm, from 1974, and as it deputy chairman fromApril 1990 to March 1998, when he retired from that firm.Tom GaffneyChief ExecutiveUntil founding Ambrian Partners in 2001, Tom was director ofJP Morgan’s Metals and Mining Team and from 1995 was a directorand member of the Management Committee in the CorporateFinance Department of Robert Fleming & Co. Limited. He hasworked in investment banking <strong>for</strong> over 20 years and has specialisedin the natural res<strong>our</strong>ces sector. He has advised many of the majornatural res<strong>our</strong>ces companies on acquisitions, divestitures and capitalmarket transactions, including BHP Billiton, Glencore, Norsk Hydro,Stora Enso, Total and Rio Tinto. Tom previously worked in seniorexecutive positions at Nesbitt Burns (the investment bank of the Bankof Montreal) and Lehman Brothers in London, New York and Toronto.John ColesFinance DirectorJohn has over 20 years’ experience in investment banking and assetmanagement. After qualifying as a chartered accountant, he workedwith Robert Fleming & Co. Limited in private equity, investmentbanking and stockbroking. Prior to joining Ambrian, John was DeputyManaging Director of JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management inFrance. John holds an hon<strong>our</strong>s degree in business and economicsfrom Trinity College, Dublin, and is a member of the Institute ofChartered Accountants in England and Wales.Charles CrickNon-executive DirectorCharles is a solicitor, having trained and spent the early part of hiscareer at Allen & Overy. After a number of years in private practicespecialising in corporate finance and banking law, he joined NumisSecurities in 1996. From 1997 until his retirement at the end of 2004he was head of Corporate Finance and a main board director ofNumis Corporation plc. Charles is also a partner of Longbow CapitalLLP, a venture capital partnership. Charles became a Non-executivedirector of Ambrian Partners in August 2006 and joined the mainBoard in May 2007.Lee Seng HuangNon-executive DirectorLee Seng Huang is the Executive Chairman of Sun Hung Kai & Co.Limited, the leading non-bank financial institution in Hong Kong,which is listed in Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of MulphaInternational Berhad, a Malaysian-listed conglomerate withoperations in Southeast Asia, Australia and China, and a director ofFKP Property Group, a leading property developer, listed on theAustralian Securities Exchange. Mr Lee is a trustee of the Lee andLee Trust, a discretionary trust that owns a controlling interest inthe issued share capital of Allied Group Limited which is listed inHong Kong.Nathan SteinbergNon-executive DirectorNathan is a partner in Munslows, a firm of Certified CharteredAccountants. He is an experienced tax adviser and has considerablecorporate experience of public companies and currently serves asa non-executive director of Longships plc. He is also a Member ofCouncil of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Englandand Wales.Ambrian Partners LimitedDirectorsTom Gaffney – ChairmanRichard Chase – Managing DirectorJohn Coles – Finance DirectorW Lawrence Banks, CBE – Non-executiveCharles Crick – Non-executiveAmbrian Commodities LimitedDirectorsTom Gaffney – ChairmanMalcolm Freeman – Managing DirectorJohn Coles – Finance DirectorNathan Steinberg – Non-executiveAmbrian Metals LimitedDirectorsTom Gaffney – ChairmanMark Homer – Managing DirectorJohn Coles – Finance DirectorRaymond Felix – Non-executiveMalcolm FreemanAmbrian Asset Management LimitedDirectorsTom Gaffney – ChairmanRoger Clegg – Fund ManagerJohn Coles – Finance DirectorNathan Steinberg – Non-executiveAmbrian Principal Investments LimitedDirectorsTom Gaffney – ChairmanJohn Coles – Finance DirectorAmbrian Res<strong>our</strong>ces AGDirectorsTom Gaffney – ChairmanNicolas RouveyreJean Pierre ConradDominique Lecocq
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