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Adrian Coates
Senior Independent non-executive director
Chairman of the Risk Management Committee
Member ot the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee
Mr. Adrian Coates has over 20 years' experience in the mining sector, most recently at the HSBC Bank Plc, London where he was Global Sector Head Resources and Energy until 2008, with strategic responsibility for HSBC's relationships and businesses with major clients globally in the resources and utilities sectors. Adrian Coates was the lead HSBC banker on a number of large scale metals and mining transactions. He was cited in the press as "HSBC's star advisory banker" and named in Financial News' "Top 20 European Dealmakers" in late 2007. Previously as Managing Director, Metals and Mining at UBS Investment Bank, London, he was responsible for originating the landmark Billiton IPO, a deal which both restarted the London mining market and set a precedent for the subsequent influx of emerging market companies.
Adrian Coates has a MA degree in Economics from Cambridge University and a MBA from the London Business School.
In his non-executive career, Adrian Coates has served as an adviser to a number of leading mining companies. He is a non-executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Regal Petroleum plc and Director of A & P Coates Management Limited.
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