We bring decades of experience across mining, finance, government, and international institutions, with technical, strategic, and commercial expertise and extensive regional knowledge.
Our team is comprised of genuinely gifted minds
Ros Lund
CEO
Ros Lund was the Mining Lead for the Department for Business and Trade, focusing on Eurasia. Ros produced Europe’s largest critical minerals conference in 2011 and contributed to the first UK Critical Mineral Strategy in 2022. Ros began her career in finance with Barclays and American Express.
Daniyar Makhanov
COO
Daniyar Makhanov has experience of operating in Kazakhstan having worked for state rail company Temir Zholy and KazMunaiGaz. Daniyar was Finance and Strategy Lead for mineral exploration company Astra Mining.
Senior Advisory Board
Erlan
Idrissov
Idrissov
Erlan Idrissov is a Kazakh politician and diplomat who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Kazakhstan, and as the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the United Kingdom and the United States.
Eric
Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Eric Rasmussen was Global Director of Natural Resources for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, leaving in 2022 and joining Rio Tinto as Chief Adviser Structured Finance. Eric now has a consultancy and board career and is part-time lecturer for mining students at the University of Liege, Belgium.
Dr. Alla
Dolgopolova
Dolgopolova
Alla Dolgopolova is Principal Researcher at the Natural History Museum in London, where she co-leads CERCAMS (Centre for Russian and Central Eurasian Mineral Studies). Alla is Visiting Professor at the Ocean University in Qigdao China and Adjunct Professor at universities in Almaty and Oskemen Kazakhstan.
General Sir Richard
Shirreff KCB CBE
Shirreff KCB CBE
Richard Shirreff is a retired British Army four star General and former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Richard is founder of strategic risk consultancy Strategia, and author of best-selling novel 2017: War with Russia.