Deborah Gudgeon

A 1982 graduate of the London School of Economics, Ms Gudgeon is a qualified chartered accountant with over 30 years of experience. She started her career with Coopers and Lybrand and in 1987 became a senior accountant for Salomon Brothers International. From 1987 to 1995, she worked as a finance executive at Lonrho PLC and was appointed to the firm’s Finance Committee in March 1993. From 1995 to 1998, she served as a director for Halstead Services Limited, and, from 1998 to 2003, she served as a director of Deloitte, specialising in corporate finance. From 2003 to 2009, Ms Gudgeon served as a founding director of the Special Situations Advisory team for BDO LLP, providing integrated advice on corporate finance, restructuring, debt and performance improvement. Ms Gudgeon was managing director of Gazelle Corporate Finance Limited from 2011 to 2017, and a senior advisor at Penfida Limited in 2017-2019. Since 2015, she has been an independent non-executive director at Evraz Plc, where she serves as Audit Committee chairperson. She joined Highland Gold's Board of Directors in December 2019.