Skills & Experience

Executive Management

Over more than 35 years of my career I managed companies, projects and people. I served as an executive Director on boards of companies listed in London (Angus & Ross) and in Australia (Strzelecki Metals), as well as of private companies (KGHM Polish Copper, Norwest Corp). I am a holder of a Diploma in Company Directorship issued by the Institute of Directors in London.

Financial Modelling

While working on scoping and feasibility studies of mineral exploration and mining projects in Greenland, China and Poland I developed the complex skill of financial modelling of such projects. I had built bespoke models with multiple revenue streams, commodities and tax regimes, debt and equity financing and hedging with futures. I also trained in financial modelling on specialist courses.

Analytical Skills

In the course of my work I had to evaluate many projects as potential acqusition targets and ‘defend’ the projects I worked on at investment analysysts’ metings. As a Chairman of the Association of Mining Analysts in the 1990s I took analytical interest in many projects being presented by their onwers to the AMA. I’m familiar with mirco (project level) and macro (GDP-commodity cycle) analysis. I attended a PhD course in mineral economics at Luleå University, Sweden.

Commodity Trading

I have a first-hand experience of commodity trading, both physical and through futures and derivatives on the London Metal Exchange. I traded copper cathodes, zinc & lead, gold & silver, as well as concentrates of copper and zinc-lead. Through the projects I worked on I also got familiar with markets for tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, tin and tungsten. I have some familiarity with the coal market, coal bed methane and underground coal gasification. I am familiar with the Oil & Gas sector as well.

Mentoring Skills

While working for KGHM Polish Copper in London, I trained over 50 staff from the parent company. I subsequently went on to run commodity training courses for Euromoney and trained UNCTAD staff in Geneva and at thier regional workshops in Kazakhstan and Thailand.

Communication, Presentation & IR

Since the KGHM’s IPO in London in 1997 I have been actively involved in Investor Relations activities of the companies I worked for. I delivered roadshow presentations during our fundraising campaigns, took part in TV interviews, presented at more than 50 conferences. I designed and published corporate newsletters for shareholders, wrote feature articles for the Mining Journal and other publications, and published a book on environmentlay and socially responsible mining (published by UNEP and available for download from here ).

Consultancy Experience

During my freelancing years I acquired significant consulting and research experience working in the UK, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, France, and South Africa for clients such as the World Bank, UNCTAD, UNEP, McKinsey & Co, Mining Journal, Euromoney, CRU, US Department of Energy, Raw Materials Group, World Gold Council, SASOL, and many industrial and mining equipment companies.

Languages

I am a native Polish speaker and have a reasonable command of Russian sufficient to read professional magazines and listen to presentations at conferences without the aid of an interpreter.