BSc (Econ), MA (Econ), non-executive director since November 2013, 57.
Jim is a member of the Audit and Sustainability Committees. He has extensive experience in investment banking and investment management, both as an institutional investor and analyst. He brings to the Board considerable financial insight from the perspective of the capital markets and a deep strategic understanding of the mining industry. Between 1997 and 2013, he was a senior vice president of Capital International Investors (a division of Capital Group), with responsibility for investments in the mining and metals industry with a broad geographic focus that included Europe, Emerging Markets and Australasia. Prior to joining Capital Group, Jim was an investment analyst covering the South American mining and metals industry for HSBC James Capel in New York. He also held analyst roles with Credit Lyonnais, covering diversified industrial companies, and CRU International, covering the copper industry. In July 2016, Jim was appointed as chairman of Dalradian Resources Inc, having served as a non-executive director since 2015.