The Team “If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” African Proverb The Pallinghurst Group have a unique, experienced senior management team with a multifaceted skillset including the development of mining companies, private equity as well as finance and corporate development. We have a proven track record and an in-depth industry knowledge of assets, companies, people and trends. As a team, we pride ourselves on being recognised for our strategic insight and vision, decades of value creation, being highly regarded by international investors, and our trademark of pioneering innovative and sustainable transactions. Since our formation over 15 years ago, The Pallinghurst Group’s ethos has been built on integrity, sustainability, teamwork and leadership. Through those four pillars, The Pallinghurst Group is focused on providing its investors with superior and sustainable returns. Senior management consists of three Executives, namely Arne H. Frandsen and Andrew Willis, the Managing Partners, and Chris Powell, Partner and Chief Financial Officer. The Partners provide The Pallinghurst Group with leadership and strategic guidance as well as hands-on management and execution oversight. As a team, the Partners have complementary skills and experience providing a unique skillset which in turn unlocks and maximises the potential of its portfolio companies. Through a unique hands-on approach, the Pallinghurst Team provides management and oversight which in turn maximises value for the benefit of all our stakeholders. The Partners are supported by an experienced team of the highest calibre professionals. The complementary skills of the professional individuals of the Pallinghurst Team, provides a complete knowledge base which enables us to do our asset evaluations, deal execution as well as ongoing management in house. In addition to its core in-house team, Pallinghurst has formed an Independent Advisory Committee comprising a breadth of highly experienced senior mining professionals and financial managers. Pallinghurst can call upon these specialists where required as it develops its investments. Headquartered in London with additional offices in Canada, Guernsey and Australia. Senior Management Arne H. Frandsen Co-Chief Executive Having studied Law in Europe, Africa and Asia, Arne Frandsen holds a Masters in Law. Arne has over ten years’ of investment banking experience with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, providing strategic advice and structuring mergers and acquisitions as well as corporate finance transactions for clients in 30 different countries, raising in excess of US$20 billion of capital. Read More Andrew Willis Co-Chief Executive Andrew Willis has over 15 years’ experience in international finance, structuring and private equity. He started his professional career as an accountant in New Zealand and after moving to Europe spent three years with pan-European private equity investment manager Candover Investments. Read More Chris Powell Chief Financial Officer Chris Powell has more than 20 years of experience in accounting, resource finance, investment management and private equity. He has worked for a number of leading multinational companies, active in various sectors. Read More Senior Advisors Dr. Rod Baxter Senior Advisor & Chairman of Pallinghurst Australia Dr. Baxter is an Australian and South African citizen with more than 30 years’ experience as a natural resources professional and senior business executive. Whilst his main focus has been on the mining and processing sectors, he has also been active in other industries including construction, engineering and infrastructure development. Read More Dr. Lumkile Mondi Senior Advisor & Director of Sedibelo Platinum Dr. Mondi has more than 30 years or experience as a Chief Economist, scholar and senior business executive. Whilst his main focus has been on economics, he also has more than two decades of experience as an executive and non-executive director of natural resources companies. Read More Dr. Jürgen Köhler Senior Advisor & Director of Nouveau Monde Graphite Dr. Köhler has more than 30 years of experience as a leading chemical engineer and senior executive. He has designed, built and operated a number of specialty chemical plants. In addition, he has a prominent career as a senior executive, including having been the CEO for one of the world’s leading fine chemicals and graphite companies. Read More George Nakos Senior Advisor Mr. Nakos acts as senior advisor to The Pallinghurst Group. He is Joint-CEO of Grey Matter financial advisory services. For almost a decade, George has advised The Pallinghurst Group on a number of key M&A transactions as well as capital raisings. Read More Garth Higgo Senior Advisor Mr. Higgo is an Australian based natural resources executive with 25 years of experience as a natural resources professional and senior business executive. Garth is a civil engineer and qualified accountant. He has held senior executive positions with some of the world’s biggest mining corporations. Read More Julien Naginski Senior Legal Counsel and Advisor Julien Naginski is senior external legal counsel at Pallinghurst. He is a partner at Chammas & Marcheteau in Paris and is admitted to the bar in Paris, New York and England & Wales, and is a member of the board of the World Association of Mining Lawyers. Read More Key Employees Dr. Alex Middleton Dr. Alex Middleton is Head of Pallinghurst Canada and spearheads the Group’s geological analysis. Alex is British but based in Montreal, Canada, and earned a PhD with a focus on geochemistry as well as natural resource research and development from the University of Queensland, Australia. Read More Alice Coslett Alice Coslett is Group Head of HR and Operations and joined The Pallinghurst Group in 2011. For over a decade, Alice has been instrumental in implementing and refining operations to ensure that the Group functions efficiently and effectively. Read More Anthony Payne Anthony Payne is the Group Head of Compliance and oversees regulatory compliance throughout The Pallinghurst Group, along with ensuring the group adheres to positive ESG practices and global tax regimes. Read More Carissa Mosser O'Neill Carissa Mosser O’Neill is the Business Manager for the Channel Islands and Australia and oversees the smooth operations of both office locations as well as providing high-level secretarial, administrative and information management support to Andrew Willis and the wider team. Read More Edmund Zimmer Edmund Zimmer joined Pallinghurst as a Financial Accountant and provides financial reporting and modelling support for various entities across the Group. Edmund is fully exam-qualified through the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and has extensive financial reporting experience within the light industrial sector. Read More Eve James Eve James is the Business Manager for the UK and Canada and joined The Pallinghurst Group in 2018 providing varied operational support to the global team, including the core investment and compliance teams. Read More Mike Reid Mike Reid joined the Pallinghurst Group as an Associate within the Investment team. Mike provides vital expertise to the team identifying new investment’s, bringing multiple disciplines to Pallinghurst’s due diligence team, including financial controls, valuation techniques as well as financial modelling for both mining and processing activities. Read More Richard Dudley Richard Dudley is the Group Head of Corporate Investments, having joined Pallinghurst in 2016, and has been a key part of the corporate finance team ever since. He has worked on several transactions across the group, which include the successful Pallinghurst Resources takeover of Gemfields, and restructurings within Pallinghurst’s platinum group metals portfolio. Read More Sean Thijsse Sean Thijsse is the Group Head of Corporate Finance and joined Pallinghurst in 2011. He has been an integral part of Pallinghurst’s corporate finance team for over a decade. Specifically, he headed the execution of Pallinghurst’s Steel Making Materials strategy which resulted in building the Tshipi manganese mine into the single largest manganese mine in South Africa and the top five in the world. Read More Spiro Pippos Spiro Pippos is the Group Head of Mining and Engineering and oversees our mine management upstream effort. Spiro is Australian and holds an MBA from London Business School. In addition, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) with honours as well as a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) from University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Read More Timene Stemmet Timene Stemmet is the Global Head of Accounting, and having joined Pallinghurst in 2009, has been managing the accounting needs of the Group’s offices across the globe ever since. Having worked internationally and within a variety of sectors including financial services, media and hospitality prior to joining Pallinghurst, Timene brings diverse accounting expertise to the Group. Read More Ulandi Langhein Ulandi Langhein is a Business and ESG Analyst and has over 30 years of experience in various disciplines such as Business, Financial and Project Management as well as Operating Excellence and Community engagement. 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