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 extensive experience across Kazakhstan’s infrastructure and natural resources sectors. His work has focused on finance, strategy and mineral exploration, with particular emphasis on investment, project development and the evolving critical minerals landscape across Central Asia.
Senior Advisory Board
Alla Dolgopolova
Economic Geologist, Natural History Museum
A specialist in mineral deposits and Central Eurasian geology, with extensive work across Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and neighbouring markets. Her expertise covers exploration targeting, ore-deposit formation, environmental geochemistry and the effects of mining and mineral processing.
Richard Shirreff
Former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
A former four-star British Army General with extensive experience in international security, geopolitical risk and strategic resilience. He brings a senior defence perspective to the security of critical mineral supply chains and their importance to national and economic security.
Erlan Idrissov
Former Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan
One of Kazakhstan’s most experienced statesmen and diplomats. He served twice as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Kazakhstan’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom and the United States, bringing deep expertise in government relations, diplomacy and international economic cooperation.
Eric Rasmussen
Former EBRD Global Director of Natural Resources
An international mining finance and investment specialist with 27 years of experience at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He led mining strategy, investment structures and policy engagement across emerging markets and has advised major mining companies on finance and energy-transition matters.
Frances Wall
Professor of Applied Mineralogy, Camborne School of Mines
A leading international authority on critical minerals, rare earth elements and responsible mineral development. Her work spans mineral processing, critical raw-material supply chains and UK critical minerals policy. She was awarded an OBE for services to higher education and critical minerals.