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The highly experienced technical and investment team, has overseen 60+ mine builds and over US$200bn of mining sector transactions, and works in a close and collaborative manner with management teams to deliver optimal results

The Appian Team

KEN BRISEBOIS

Director, Mine Evaluations and Pipeline

DESCRIPTION

Ken is a Director of Mine Valuations and Pipeline for Appian. Ken is responsible for undertaking technical due diligence from a resource modelling and geology perspective.

Ken has more than 30 years of worldwide experience in the mining industry. His core skills include resource and reserve risk assessment, audits, due diligence activities, geostatistical studies, operational improvement studies and resource and reserve estimation. Ken has been directly involved in the final resource and reserve estimations for new mine openings at more than 10 mines including Los Pelambres, Escondida Norte, San Gregorio, Grasberg Big Gossen, Akyem, Diavik and Gaucho Kue.

Ken has led and participated in more than 150 studies and reviews ranging in focus among greenfields, PEA, PFS, DFS and operating mines. Ken has executed projects in a wide range of locations including North and South America, Africa, Indonesia, Russia and Australia, serving as a Competent / Qualified person (NI43-101 and JORC) across several commodities including gold, silver, diamonds, copper, nickel and zinc. Prior to joining Appian, Ken spent 22 years with Amec Mining and Consulting (now Wood PLC).

MICHAEL W. SCHERB

Founder and CEO

GUILLERMO KAELIN

Managing Partner

GRAHAM BROWN

Senior Operating Partner

WILLIAM LAMB

Senior Operating Partner

ROB ATKINSON

Senior Operating Partner

GRAEME DELL

Chief Operating Officer

IGOR GONZALES

Chief Operating Officer (technical)

RICHARD JOHNSON

Global Head of Investor Relations

MATHIAS J. IRANZO CONDE

General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

TIMOTHY MISTER

Head of Credit & Royalties

ANTTI GRÖNLUND

Managing Director, Private Equity

ALYSSA McANNEY

Head of Legal, Global M&A

IGNACIO BUSTAMANTE

Head of Base Metals

WADE BICKLEY

COO, Base Metals

SILVIO LIMA

Head of Corporate Affairs, ESG and Community Engagement

MICHAEL LI

Head of North America

RICHY XIE

Head of Asia

K2 MAPASA

Head of Africa

KIERAN BECK

Head of Australia

RALPH PENNER

Director of Mining

KEN BRISEBOIS

Director, Mine Evaluations and Pipeline

ADAM FISHER

Managing Director

YOHAN SANMUGAM

Principal

SAM ABRAHAM

Principal, Credit

MILOS AMATI

CFO, Base Metals

AUGUSTO CHUNG

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

PERCY CONDORI

Director, Processing and Metallurgy

ALBERTO DIAZ

Director, Underground Mining

TREVOR KRAWCHYK

Head of Continuous Improvement

RICHARD CLARK

Global Head of Specialty Materials and Processing

BENJAMIN MUSTON

Senior Vice President

JOSÉ MONTOYA

Senior Vice President, Latin America

JÜRGEN UHLMANN

Senior Vice President

SAM WIGNALL

Senior Vice President

DAVID ALLISON

VP of Operations

CHRIS ANDERSON

VP of Tailings

GAVIN CLOW

Senior Underground Mining Engineer

RICHARD HATCHER

Senior VP, Exploration

DARREN PARSONS

Vice President, Production Geology

HECTOR SALAS

Senior Geologist, Mexico

LUCAS SARTO

Project Management Officer

DEREK MARLOW

Vice President

AIMAN CHBARY

Vice President

STEFAN STROBELE

Vice President

EMMA LEITH

Head of Sustainability and People, Base Metals

ANDREW TODD

Head of Communications

NIKKI MIAO

Senior Associate

VICTORIA TWEEDIE

Senior Resource Geologist

DIOGO OLIVEIRA

Director, Environmental & Social

MELODY DONG

Head of Commodity Research

MARTIN BARAKSO

Investment Associate

MAURICIO ELESPURU

Investment Associate

CHARLES MOORMAN

Investment Associate

JASON SANTIXIS

Investment Associate

AROHI DUREJA

Investment Associate

SEBASTIAN MACIAS BRANDES

Associate (Base Metals)

SAM DENLAY

Associate (Base Metals)

TOM DE NERT

Head of Marketing and Design/Graphics

PANOS PHILALITHIS

Investment Analyst

ANUP PATEL

Director of Fund Finance

ABDUL OSMAN

Fund Controller

IRENE CABANUS

Fund Controller

VIDHUR KANSARA

Fund Controller

AZZA OSMAN

Group Finance Director

ADRIANO FAGUNDES

Director, ANRH Cooperatief U.A.

AMABELLE MORAS

Controller, UAE Entities

SAHLA SALEEM

Corporate Accountant

OUTI NEVALA

Chief of Staff

RACHEL BENSON

Executive Assistant, Office Manager Dubai

HUSSEIN JANMOHAMED

Personal Assistant to the CEO

AIMÉE HAND

Personal Assistant to the CEO

RACHEL ALEXANDER

HR Admin

ROMINA ASTE

Executive Assistant

ALISON GORDON

Executive Assistant

MADISYN WHITE

Executive Assistant

ZOE DESMOND

Executive Assistant

EMILY HEARN

Executive Assistant

MINOU MOUSSAVI

Facilities Manager

MAJEDAH FIDDAH

Receptionist