David Issroff

Mr. Issroff was a founding Partner with Glencore International AG, having joined Glencore South Africa in 1989. In 1992, he transferred to Glencore’s head office in Switzerland with responsibility for the marketing of ferroalloys (including nickel and cobalt). In 1997, he was appointed Head of the Ferroalloys Division at Glencore International AG, where he was responsible for the global Ferroalloys (including ferrochrome, manganese alloys, ferrosilicon and vanadium), Nickel and Cobalt Divisions of one of the world’s largest suppliers of a wide range of commodities to industrial consumers. Mr. Issroff was also responsible for asset oversight within the division he operated and has extensive experience in optimizing operating assets with a trading element.

In his capacity with Glencore, Mr. Issroff served as a Non-Executive Director of investment companies across South Africa, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In May 2000, Mr. Issroff joined the Board of Xstrata AG, and was subsequently appointed to the Board of Xstrata plc in February 2002 at the time of the London Initial Public Offering. Mr. Issroff left Glencore and the Xstrata plc Board in 2006 for personal reasons to relocate to the United States, where he remains based today. Mr. Issroff is principal at New York-based City Hall Capital LLC and has extensive experience across a wide range of asset classes and is actively involved leading the investment team at City Hall Capital.

Mr. Issroff serves on the Boards of various portfolio investment companies, and several non-profit organisations.