Non-Executive Chair
Paul Smith

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Paul Smith has built a prominent career in the mining industry and has held various senior level positions at Glencore Plc including the group’s Head of Strategy. During his time in this role, he successfully completed a number of large scale corporate and capital markets transactions, including the merger with Xstrata plc.
Whilst working at Glencore, Paul also served as CFO of Katanga Mining Limited, Glencore’s subsidiary, from 2019 until its de-listing in 2020. Additionally, Paul represented Glencore as a non-executive director of Lonmin Plc and Glencore Agriculture Limited. Prior to joining Glencore, Paul was an analyst and fund manager at Marshall Wace Asset Management before working in investment banking at Close Brothers and Credit Suisse.
Paul is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds an MA in Modern History from Oxford University.