Central Asia Metals PLC (AIM:CAML) is a copper, zinc and lead production and exploration company, with operations in Kazakhstan and North Macedonia.

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Central Asia Metals

Gavin Ferrar is the current Chief Financial Officer at [Central Asia Metals](/org/central-asia-metals). Gavin has over fifteen years of experience in mining finance and business development. Prior to their current position, Gavin served as the Chief Financial Officer at Q Resources plc from February 2011 until September 2012. In this role, they were responsible for business development and financing acquisitions, project capital, and corporate development. 

From August 2007 to January 2011, Gavin worked as a commodities and resource finance manager at [Investec](/org/investec-plc). Gavin was responsible for fund management, proprietary equity investment, debt structuring, and commodity hedging. In 2006, they became a director at WestLB and worked in investment banking for metals and mining. 

Gavin began their career in 1995 as a project manager at [Anglo American](/org/anglo-american). Gavin held this position until 1999 when they transitioned to Barclays Capital as an investment banker for mining and metals. Gavin remained in this role until 2005. 

Throughout their career, Gavin has demonstrated success in financial management and business development within the mining industry. Gavin's experience has made him a valuable asset to [Central Asia Metals](/org/central-asia-metals).

Gavin Ferrar has an MBA in Finance from [Imperial College London](/org/imperial-college-london), an MSc in Geology from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and a BSC (Hons) in Geology from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Some of their coworkers include Louise Wrathall - Executive Director, Corporate Development. Gavin Ferrar reports to Nigel Robinson, Chief Executive Officer.

Gavin Ferrar

Louise spent much of her career working for 9 years as a mining analyst focussed on London listed companies. Most recently in this role, she worked as part of the No.3 Extel ranked team at [Investec](/org/investec-plc) covering a wide range of companies including miners in the FTSE100 index and junior miners and explorers. Louise has a degree in geology from the [University of Liverpool](/org/university-of-liverpool) and a Masters degree in mining geology from the Camborne School of Mines. Louise joined [CAML](/org/caml) in 2015.

Louise Wrathall

Mike has 35 years of investment management experience, most recently as a Fund Manager at BlackRock and, previously, he worked in private equity for 3I Group. He has a degree in geography from the University of Cambridge and is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with Peat Marwick Mitchell (now KPMG) prior to commencing his investment management career. He is also a non-executive director of Invesco Perpetual UK Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc.

Mike Prentis

Mike has some thirty-five years’ experience in the mining industry. He spent his early career working underground as a geologist in South Africa and then completed his PhD assessing alternative methods of reserve estimation at the Renco Mine in Zimbabwe. He then joined SRK Consulting in 1991 and over the next thirty years held various technical and management roles before leaving in early 2022. These roles included being Managing Director and Chairman of SRK’s UK practice and Chairman of SRK’s Russia and Kazakhstan practices. He also spent six years as Chairman of SRK Global. He is also a founding director of Sarn Helen Gold and is currently a Non-Executive Director of Tertiary Minerals. Mike spent many years as joint course co-ordinator of a MSc in Mineral Resources at Cardiff University and then as external examiner for the MSc in Metals and Energy Finance at Imperial College, University of London. He has also been a council member and Vice President of the Geological Society and is currently Chairman of the Applied Earth Science Division of IOM3 and Honorary Chairman of the Critical Minerals Association.

Mike Armitage

Gillian Davidson

Nick Clarke

Nigel Robinson

David Swan is the current Non-Executive Director at [Central Asia Metals](/org/central-asia-metals). David has also been the CFO at SCOTGOLD RESOURCES LIMITED from January 2016 to June 2019. Prior to that, they were with [Central Asia Metals](/org/central-asia-metals) plc as well as Sunrise Resources Plc. David Swan has a total of 12 years experience in finance and corporate governance.

David Swan attended Christ Church Grammar School in WA before going on to the University of Western Australia.

David Swan

Roger Davey

Nurlan Zhakupov

The leadership team at Central Asia Metals has experience in mining finance and business development, commodities and resource finance, and director-level positions at various companies. They have also been educated at some of the top schools in the world for finance and geology.

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