Brian is a Partner at Holman Fenwick Willan where he advises clients on a wide range of corporate, mining, energy and carbon related matters including cross-border mergers & acquisitions transactions, corporate finance and joint ventures as well as upstream oil and gas and mining licence arrangements. Brian has significant international deal exposure as well as a strong capital markets practice having worked on numerous deals advising institutional and corporate clients on flotations, takeovers and de-listings. Brian is a co-founder of the Singapore Mining Club.

Sebastian is a Director at SAC Capital and has more than 10 years’ investment banking experience within the mining and energy sectors. He has advised on numerous public and private mining transactions including initial public offerings, reverse takeovers, secondary fundraisings, disposals, mergers and acquisitions. He is experienced in the public markets of Singapore, the UK, Canada, South Africa and Australia. Sebastian is a co-founder of the Singapore Mining Club.

Graeme is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Intrasia Capital. He is an Australian born Singapore citizen with a history of developing and managing mining companies in Australia, Asia and Africa over the last 35 years. He has been Managing Director of New Hope Corporation Ltd in Australia, President Director of PT Adaro Indonesia (coal), PT Masmindo Eka Sakti (gold) in Indonesia and is currently Executive Chairman of Intra Energy Corporation Ltd with coal operations in Africa. His company, Intrasia Capital Pte Ltd represents his interests in the mining, energy and logistics industries.

Olga is a Finance Controller in the Singapore office of Louis Dreyfus. Prior to joining Louis Dreyfus, Olga gained over six years of experience in finance management of international commodity trading houses, as well as external audit in a number of leading auditing firms during which time her work focused on the oil and gas industry in Russia and emerging markets. Olga holds an ACCA degree. Olga has served as Treasurer of SMC since it was founded in March 2014 and is a member of the Committee.

Beth has more than 10 years’ international financial communications and investor relations advisory experience in the natural resources sector. During this time, she acted on a number of IPOs, secondary fund raisings, mergers and acquisitions as well as numerous reputation, crisis and issues management campaigns, corporate social responsibility projects and event management. Since SMC was founded in March 2014, Beth served as a member of the Committee until March 2017 when she was appointed a salaried staff member of the Club.

Geoff is a Partner at Medea Natural Resources, Non-Executive Chairman of Cora Gold and Non-Executive Director of Access Asia Pte Ltd. Geoff has over 23 years of resource sector experience as a geologist, project manager, corporate financier and fund manager. He was most recently an owner and Investment Director of Pacific Road Capital, a private equity manager, investing in the global mining industry. Prior to that, he was a Director of Societe Generale’s Mining Finance group in New York. Operational roles include Project Manager, Senior Mine Geologist and Mine Geologist for Ivanhoe Mines, Lion Ore International and Western Mining Corporation. Geoff holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Geology, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Finance and Investment from the Financial Services Institute of Australasia. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) and the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).

Edward, Technical Manager at AMC Mining Consultants (Singapore) Pte Ltd, is an Australian mining engineer who has spent nearly half of his 20-year career working in South-East Asia. He has designed, operated, and evaluated many mines throughout the region, and has worked with a range of commodities. Edward has an established track record in mining studies, due diligence, and ore reserve estimation. He is familiar with the public reporting requirements that relate to mineral resources, and mineral asset valuations in the major mining jurisdictions. He is a chartered professional of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM) and a Registered Professional Engineer of Queensland.