Trident Royalties PLC

The Board & Management

Trident has assembled a strong team with the requisite experience and technical and financial acumen to successfully execute on Trident’s strategy.

Chief Executive Officer

Adam Davidson

Chief Executive Officer

Adam Davidson

    Adam Davidson has over 10 years of experience in the natural resources sector, most recently with Resource Capital Funds, a leading mining-focused private equity firm. Prior to RCF, Adam held positions with BMO Capital Markets in Metals & Mining Equity Research and with Orica Mining Services in Strategic Planning. He has extensive mining capital markets experience across a breadth of jurisdictions and commodities. Adam began his career with T. Rowe Price and also served in the U.S. Marine Corps.

    Adam is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and previously served as a Non-Executive Director of private gold producer RG Gold. He earned his MBA from the College of William & Mary and completed a post-graduate in Mining Studies from the University of Arizona.

    Chief Financial Officer

    Richard Hughes

    Chief Financial Officer

    Richard Hughes

      Richard Hughes has over 15 years of experience in the natural resources sector. In 2019, he founded an independent consultancy providing corporate finance advisory services to both mining and royalty finance companies. Prior to this he was a senior member of the Metals and Mining Investment Banking team at RBC Capital Markets based in London from 2010 to 2018. Richard began his career at CIBC, where he was a member of the Global Mining Group. He has extensive mining capital markets and advisory experience across a breadth of jurisdictions and commodities.

      Richard holds an MA (Oxon) in Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.

      Non-Executive Chair

      Albert Gourley

      Non-Executive Chair

      Albert Gourley

      • A Audit Committee
      • C Chairman of Committee

      Mr Gourley is the London Managing Partner of Fasken Martineau, an international law firm, where his practise focuses on finance and asset transactions in the natural resource industry. Mr. Gourley has served as a director of several TSX, TSX-V and AIM mining and mineral exploration companies, including a company that was acquired by Franco-Nevada for its gold royalty on the Newmont Ahafo Mine in Ghana. Mr. Gourley has direct mining industry experience having worked for the Noranda Group (1992 to 1995) and having served as CEO of an AIM-listed industrial mineral producer (2011 to 2012).

      Mr. Gourley is a member of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (England and Wales), a member of the Ontario Law Society and Chairman of the Board of the World Association of Mining Lawyers (WAOML), whose Advisory Council he led from the date of its formation in 2014 until 2018. Mr. Gourley holds a BBA from Schulich School of Business and an LLB from the University of Ottawa.

      Al serves as Non-executive Chairman and sits on the Audit Committee.

      Non-Executive Director

      Helen Pein

      Non-Executive Director

      Helen Pein

      • N Nominations Committee
      • R Remuneration Committee

      Mrs Pein has had a successful career spanning more than 30 years as an economic geologist in the natural resource sector. Helen is currently a director of Pan Iberia Ltd. (UK) and founder member of Panex Resources Pty. Ltd. (Mauritius and SA) a private company focusing on finding and developing global mining projects.

      Helen was formerly a director and shareholder of Pangea Exploration (Pty) Ltd for 20 years. She was part of the executive team which was directly responsible for the discovery and evaluation of a number of world class gold and mineral sands deposits throughout Africa. (Burnstone, Tuluwaka, Buzwagi, Corridor Sands and Kwale). From 2012, Pangea was affiliated to Private Equity Company, Denham Capital International, providing asset analysis and technical evaluation of mining investments in Africa.

      Helen is a recipient of the Gencor Geology Award and Fellow of the Geological Society of South Africa and member of the International Society for Economic Geologists. She holds a B.Sc. Geoscience and a B.Sc. Geology (Hons) (Cum Laude), from the University of Stellenbosch SA.

      Helen serves as Deputy Chair on the Technical Committee and sits on Remuneration and Nomination Committees.

      Non-Executive Director

      Peter Bacchus

      Non-Executive Director

      Peter Bacchus

      • A Audit Committee

      Peter Bacchus is currently Chairman and Chief Executive of Bacchus Capital, an independent investment banking boutique with particular expertise in the natural resources sector. Peter has over 25 years of experience as a leading global M&A adviser, with particularly deep experience within natural resources having advised some of the largest companies in the sector. Throughout Peter’s career he has been at the forefront of several large and transformative M&A transactions, financed substantial deals, and advised on development projects worldwide.

      Peter previously acted as the Global Head of Mining and Metals at Morgan Stanley and European Head of Investment Banking at Jefferies. Before relocating to London in 2006, he was based in Australia and Indonesia, where he was Asia-Pacific Head of Industrials and Natural Resources investment banking at Citigroup. Peter currently sits on the boards of New York and Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed Gold Fields Limited, London Stock Exchange listed Kenmare Resources Plc and Australian Stock Exchange listed Galaxy Resources Limited. He is also Chairman of Africa-focused conservation charity, Space for Giants.

      Peter holds an MA from St John’s College, Cambridge and is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

      Peter serves as Chair of the Audit Committee.

      Non-Executive Director

      David Reading

      Non-Executive Director

      David Reading

      • N Nominations Committee
      • R Remuneration Committee

      David previously held Chief Executive Officer positions at Aureus Mining (TSX & AIM: AUE) and European Goldfields and was formerly Chief Geologist and SVP Exploration & New Business for Randgold Resources. From 2018 to 2020 David served as Special Advisor to the board of directors and CEO of Continental Goldfields Inc (TSX: CNL), undertaking a full review of all geology and exploration data and previous work providing strategic advice and being extensively involved in its sale to Zijin. Mr. Reading has over 40 years’ experience in the mining industry covering all stages of mine development, including exploration, feasibility, financing, construction and operations. He has an MSc in Economic Geology and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining and is a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists.

      David serves as Chair of the Renumeration and Nomination Committee and the Technical Committee.

      Vice-President EMEA

      Julien Bosché

      Vice-President EMEA

      Julien Bosché

        Julien Bosché has over a decade of experience in the natural resources sector across commodities, jurisdictions, project stage, and investment types. Prior to his most recent work as an independent advisor, he was with Pala Investments (“Pala”), a leading metals and mining focused investment firm. Prior to Pala, Julien held roles in the International Finance Corporation´s mining division in Washington, D.C. and the M&A group in Citigroup´s investment banking division in New York.

        Vice-President APAC

        Tyron Rees

        Vice-President APAC

        Tyron Rees

          Mr Rees has over 10 years’ experience in the natural resources sector, most recently with Resource Capital Funds (RCF), a mining focused private equity firm. Prior to RCF, Tyron held various roles with Sandfire Resources and Newmont Goldcorp in a technical capacity as a Metallurgical Engineer.

          Tyron is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, is a CFA Charterholder, holds a Master of Finance from Charles Sturt University and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering in Minerals Engineering.

          Vice-President Americas

          Justin Anderson

          Vice-President Americas

          Justin Anderson

            Justin Anderson has more than 15 years’ experience in the natural resources sector, most recently with McGriff Insurance Services (McGriff) where he worked on developing comprehensive risk management and insurance solutions for mining companies. Prior to McGriff, Justin worked for over ten years with Resource Capital Funds, a leading mining-focused private equity fund. He has also worked in several different engineering roles within the mining industry.

            Mr. Anderson earned his Bachelors in Mining Engineering and Masters in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines. He has served as a director of Alufer Mining Limited and First Bauxite. Furthermore, he is a licensed Professional Engineer in Colorado.

            Non-Executive Director

            Leslie Stephenson

            Non-Executive Director

            Leslie Stephenson

            • N Nominations Committee
            • A Audit Committee
            • R Remuneration Committee

            Leslie Stephenson has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry.  Leslie has worked for two major insurance companies in the US, and has worked in banking and held senior roles at HSBC, specifically around strategic planning and risk management. Leslie left HSBC in 2022.

            Leslie was also previously the Head of Governance & Control for the UK Remediation Management Office, which carried out a regulatory review of the UK bank.  Leslie currently sits on the board of the Canada-UK Council and previously was Vice President of the Canada-UK Chamber of Commerce. Leslie holds an MBA from Richard Ivey School of Business and a BA from Western University.

            Leslie sits on the Audit Committee and the Renumeration and Nomination Committee.

            More on Director’s responsibilities and committees can be found in Principle 9 of our Corporate Governance Statement.

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