Non-Executive Directors

Dr Graham Birch

Senior Non-Executive Director

Dr Birch was appointed to the Board in 2010 and became Senior Non-Executive Director in January 2011. He is also vice-chairman of Rothamsted Research. Dr Birch was formerly a director of BlackRock Commodities Investment Trust Plc and manager of BlackRock’s World Mining Trust and Gold & General Unit Trust. Dr Birch worked at Kleinwort Benson Securities and OrdMinnett/Fleming OrdMinnett before joining Mercury Asset Management in 1993. Dr Birch holds a PhD in mining geology from Imperial College, London.

Sir Malcolm Field

Sir Malcolm Field was previously a non-executive director of Aricom plc, a position he had held since 2003, and was appointed to the Board in 2009 upon the merger with Aricom plc. Sir Malcolm is also the senior independent director of Hochschild Mining Plc. He was formerly CEO of WH Smith Plc and a non-executive director of Scottish & Newcastle, MEPC, The Stationery Office and Evolution Group Plc. He was previously chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority and Tube Lines Limited.

General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank

Non-Executive Director

General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE DL was appointed to the Board in 2008. He is also a director of Colt Defense LLC, an independent member of the House of Lords, a board member of the Moscow School of Policy Studies, a Visiting Professor and Honorary Fellow of King’s College London, Colonel of the Life Guards and Gold Stick to The Queen. He was formerly a director of NM Rothschild & Sons Limited, Chief of the Defence Staff and the Principal Military Adviser to two Prime Ministers and three Secretaries of State for Defence.

Sir Roderic Lyne

Non-Executive Director

Sir Roderic Lyne was previously a non-executive director of Aricom plc, a position he had held since 2006, and was appointed to the Board in 2009 upon the merger with Aricom plc. Sir Roderic served as British Ambassador to Russia from January 2000 until August 2004. He is Chairman of the Board of Governors of Kingston University and a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. In 2009, Sir Roderic was appointed as a member of the Committee of the Iraq Inquiry.

Mr Charles McVeigh

Non-Executive Director

Mr McVeigh III joined the Group as Non-Executive Director in June 2009. He is the chairman of Citigroup’s Corporate and Investment Banking Global Wealth Management Partnership and a director of EFG-Hermes and Savils Plc and the Landmark Trust. He was formerly President of the American Chamber of Commerce and was on the boards of London Stock Exchange, LIFFE and Witan Investment Company Plc.

Dr David Humphreys

Non-Executive Director

Dr David Humphreys was appointed to the Board on 24 August 2011. Dr Humphreys has a broad range of experience within the global mining industry as a consultant, lecturer and writer. He has extensive knowledge of the Russian mining industry, having been Chief Economist at Norilsk Nickel, Russia’s largest mining company, from 2004 to 2008. He was previously with Rio Tinto for eighteen years, the last eight of these as the company’s Chief Economist. Prior to joining Rio Tinto, Dr Humphreys worked for nine years in UK government service, for six of these as an advisor on minerals policy.