Our people

Formerly Chairman of Global Capital Markets at J.P. Morgan, Ian has worked on over 300 transactions in over 40 countries during a 30 year career. Ian’s capital markets experience includes transformational transactions for BHP Billiton, Xstrata, BT, SABMiller, Pakistan Telecom, Rio Tinto, Rosneft and HSBC. He built J.P. Morgan’s natural resources business into the leading franchise in the sector and is responsible for introducing to the London market – and growing into leading blue chip stocks – several of the major diversified mining companies (BHP Billiton, Xstrata). Ian is a former Captain in the Territorial Army (TD) and has degrees from Imperial College BSc (Eng), ACGI and London Business School (MBA, MSc Econ). He is also a Chartered Civil Engineer (MICE, CEngl, FEANI).

Neil is the CEO and co-founder of Hannam & Partners. He has worked for nineteen years in natural resources corporate finance, advising on a broad range of capital markets and M&A transactions across the natural resource sector for clients including Xstrata, BHP Billiton, British Petroleum, Savannah Energy, and others. He has helped raise over USD30bn in capital in more than 60 capital markets transactions in his career, as well as advising on several of the resource industry’s transformational mergers and acquisitions. He is an active investor and serial business founder in sustainable agriculture and nature based carbon. He is a member of YPO’s London Chapter. He was one of Financial News’ ‘Rising Stars of Finance’. Neil was formerly a helicopter pilot in the British Army and has an MBA and MA (Oxon).

Giles has 30 years of investment banking experience focusing on global capital markets. Prior to joining Hannam & Partners in 2014, Giles was President and Head of Capital Markets at Canaccord Genuity in London. From 2005 to 2008 Giles led Fox–Pitt, Kelton (specialist FIG Investment Bank) as CEO following an MBO from Swiss Re – Giles and the management of FPK teamed up with JC Flowers on the buyout from Swiss Re. Prior to joining FPK, Giles spent five years on the Global Equities Management Committee at ABN AMRO, first as Global Head of Trading and latterly as Head of European Equities. Prior to the purchase of Hoare Govett by ABN AMRO Giles was Managing Director for Secondary Markets. Giles has a BA from Southampton University.

Andrew was previously a Managing Director at Canaccord Genuity where he worked for almost eight years in the natural resources team. He has a broad range of international corporate finance, capital markets and M&A experience focussing on the metals, mining and natural resources sector. He has successfully advised on numerous IPOs, public and private equity and convertible capital raises and M&A transactions including AIM, TSX, ASX, NASDAQ and Official List companies, with a particular focus on Africa and the FSU. Prior to joining Canaccord Genuity, he spent four and a half years with law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner and is a qualified solicitor. He has a first class law degree from Manchester University. Andrew is acting as NED for Cora Gold Ltd (LSE: CORA) and Metals Exploration Plc (LSE: MTL).

Samuel has diverse experience in sourcing and executing M&A and capital raising projects in the energy, infrastructure and oilfield services sectors globally. He previously served in the U.S. Department of Defense as an energy envoy overseeing activity in the Middle East and Central Asia. He worked with Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines & Petroleum to structure, negotiate and manage the implementation of Afghanistan’s first-ever production sharing contracts with CNPC, Dragon Oil and TPAO. He managed seismic operations, monitored operators’ work programs and field development plans, and developed oil & gas marketing and logistics, including the negotiation of the TAPI Pipeline. Samuel is member of the Association for International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) and sits on AIPN’s Leadership Committee for its Young Negotiators program. He is a graduate with honours from Union College and completed studies at Central European University (Hungary), University of Tuebingen (Germany) and Babes-Bolyai University (Romania).

Matthew was previously Managing Director at Numis Securities responsible for the mining team. He worked for 7 years as a specialist salesman and latterly in the Investment Bank. He has a broad range of skills including equity capital markets, M&A and private equity transactions. He has worked on a many IPO’s and capital raise’s for LSE, AIM, TSX & ASX companies including Randgold, Pretium, Ero Copper, Yellow Cake, Pilbara Minerals and NexGen. Prior to joining Numis he spent three years at Collins Stewart who were bought by Canaccord Genuity.

Ernest advises primarily on mergers & acquisitions and fundraisings, with a particular focus on public companies and the financial & business services sector. His broad public markets experience includes advising on multiple hostile and contested takeovers. In M&A he has acted for leading private equity firms, UK FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies in successful buyside and sellside processes. Prior to joining Hannam & Partners in 2013 he worked in the UK investment banking teams at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Investec. He has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.

David has over 20 years of mining finance experience advising on and executing transactions globally. His breadth of experience across the financing spectrum covers private equity and ECM, trade, project and acquisition finance and royalty and streaming agreements. David was formerly at Citibank in London as the Senior Advisor to its global commodities team, with a focus on mining project analysis and structuring. Before that, he was an Executive Director at Minexia Limited in London where he was responsible for originating and structuring ECM and project finance transactions. David also led the mining investments team at Quantum Global in Mauritius, focusing on private equity and mezzanine investment opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. This followed many years in banking working on mining project and acquisition finance transactions for Nedbank, WestLB and Rothschild in both London and Australia. David holds an Honours Degree in Business (First Class) from Monash University, a Master in Mining Engineering from Camborne School of Mines at University of Exeter and is a CFA Charterholder.

Guy is a highly experienced business executive with over 45 years of expertise in both the private and public sectors across developed and developing countries. He has worked with governments, public institutions and corporations, specialising in resolving complex issues in the natural resources sector, particularly in mining. Guy’s career highlights include his advisory roles with the state-owned Mauritanian mining company SNIM, 15 years as a Board Member and adviser to Ivanhoe Mines, and leading advisory mandates in large-scale projects including Rio Tinto’s Simandou project and the US$ 4bn financing of Oyu Tolgoi. He has held senior executive positions at the World Bank, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan, and was a founding member of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Guy is currently the Executive Chairman and interim CEO of TSX-V/FSE/OTCQB-listed rare earths developer Defense Metals Corp.

Sean is a seasoned executive with over 30 years of experience in the natural resources sector. He started his career as an engineer, leading the design and construction of oil refineries and onshore gas plants across various international locations over a ten-year period. Sean then transitioned into banking, working in senior executive roles overseeing project finance, debt restructuring, business development and equity investment across a range of industries, including mining, oil & gas, power, and renewable energy. Sean is a Chartered Engineer and holds a BEng (Honours) from Manchester Polytechnic and an MBA from Bayes Business School in London.

Jay has over a decade of capital markets experience focussed on the natural resources sectors. Prior to joining Hannam & Partners in February 2018, Jay was a Director of Sales and Corporate Broking and head of natural resources at WH Ireland. Jay also worked at RBC Capital Markets as a specialist equity salesman in London and in the natural resources investment banking teams in Canada. Over the course of his career, Jay has advised and raised capital for numerous mining and oil & gas companies on most of the major stock exchanges.

Franck joined Hannam & Partners in July 2017 to work in the Investment Banking Metals and Mining team. Before joining, he worked in Global Markets at Deutsche Bank AG in London for three years as an Equity Research Analyst covering European Listed Metals and Mining companies. Franck was Lead Analyst for small / mid-cap base and precious metal names (Boliden, Polymetal, Nordgold, Acacia Mining, and Nyrstar) and Secondary Analyst for Bulk and Large cap diversified (BHP, Rio Tinto, Glencore, Randgold). Together with the team, he was runner-up at the 2017 Institutional Investor survey and Top Performer at the 2016 Extel survey. Franck is a CFA Charterholder and a Graduate from ESSEC Business School Masters of Finance (French Grande Ecole). Franck has a BSc in Mathematics (hon).

Roger is Managing Director of Research at Hannam & Partners, leading a team of analysts providing equity market and industry insights for investor clients. Roger has over 16 years’ experience in mining & metals equity research, having worked at UBS, Sanford C Bernstein and J.P. Morgan Cazenove. Prior to joining H&P, he headed J.P. Morgan’s European Steel Sector coverage, winning recognition in the 2016 Institutional Investor survey. Roger holds a Masters in Mathematics from Oxford University, graduating with first class honours, and is a CFA charter holder.

Jonathan Guy has twenty three years capital markets experience covering the mining sector as an equity analyst. Prior to joining Hannam & Partners he was co-head of mining research at Berenberg and has also worked at a number of other brokers including Numis, RBC and Investec, principally focusing on covering gold and silver mining companies. Jonathan trained as a geologist at the Camborne School of Mines and holds a B.Eng in Industrial Geology.

Ben has thirty years’ experience as an investor and analyst. He started at Fidelity in London where he spent ten years covering five different sectors and first discovered Diversified Financials. More recently, he has managed a Pan European fund for Investec, and a European equity long/short fund for GSA, before focussing back onto diversified financials businesses as a research analyst at Liberum and at Shore Capital. Ben read Classics and Modern Languages at Wadham College, Oxford.

Ian has over 20 years of corporate finance experience working across a number of different sectors. Over the last fifteen years, Ian has focused exclusively on the metals and mining sector. Previously, Ian worked in an in-house M&A and strategy role with one of Australia’s largest companies and, prior to that, in the M&A team of a large European investment bank in Australia. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Law from the University of New South Wales. He is a Chartered Accountant and a qualified Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales.

Eloise has over 15 years of experience in project finance, structured finance and capital structuring advisory with a focus on the energy and natural resources sector. She previously worked at ING in the project finance advisory team focusing on large scale projects in the energy and natural resources sector. In addition to English, Eloise speaks French (native) and Spanish (fluent). She holds a Master of Humanities from the Sorbonne University, a Master of International Business (Honours) from Institut d’Etudes Politiques and an MBA from ESSEC. Eloise is currently on the board of Aya Gold & Silver Inc. (TSX: AYA; OTCQX: AYASF).

Anish joined H&P in 2018 and launched coverage on E&Ps Eco (Atlantic), Hurricane Energy and Savannah Petroleum. He has over 15 years’ experience of equity research in the oil & gas sector and most recently was Managing Director for oil & gas equity research at Tudor Pickering Holt & Co, covering global E&Ps and integrated oil companies. Previously he was an oil & gas equity research analyst at UBS covering 15 stocks across Europe.

Richard Clarke joined Hannam & Partners in 2019 as a Senior Adviser. He was formerly at KPMG for 31 years (18 as a Partner) where he headed Corporate Finance, M&A and Asset and Wealth Management. He has led M&A deals for over 80 clients including global financial institutions, public bodies, listed, private equity and owner managed businesses. Most of these M&A deals were in wealth management, financial planning and asset management. Richard has Board level contacts across regulated financial services and is a Chartered accountant.

Michael was formerly acting Global Head of Equity Compliance for Barclays Capital. He has also held positions as Global Head of Compliance at JPMorgan Cazenove, Co Global Head of Compliance and Legal at Swiss Re (Capital Management and Advisory) and Head of Investment Banking Compliance at Nomura International.

James is an accomplished entrepreneurial accountant who founded Whale Rock in 2004 and then sold it to Capita plc in 2012. He has significant advisory and transaction experience in both private and public markets including in the natural resources sector. As well as acting as NED for Hannam & Partners, James also sits as an advisor to a number of companies across various sectors.  He is also a charity Treasurer.

Kiran has extensive financial services experience across multiple asset classes. Having started her career in private wealth management, she has worked at hedge funds, asset management, and private equity in both front office and compliance roles. Most recently, Kiran was the global head of compliance at a fintech startup covering LATAM, North America, EMEA. Over the course of her career Kiran has worked with many regulatory agencies including the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, the Takeover Panel, the Central Bank of Ireland and the De Nederlansche Bank. She has BSc in Economics & Accountancy from City University.