Deborah Gudgeon

Deborah qualified as an ACA accountant at PwC (Coopers & Lybrand) before spending eight years as Finance Executive with the Africa-focused mining and trading group Lonrho plc. Ms Gudgeon subsequently held positions with Deloitte, BDO, Gazelle Corporate Finance and Penfida Limited. Ms Gudgeon has significant experience in acting as an independent non-executive director, having held that position at Ithaca Energy plc, Petra Diamonds Limited, Evraz plc, Highland Gold Mining Limited and Acacia Mining plc. As well as being an independent non-executive director, Ms Gudgeon is or was also chair of the audit committee for each of these entities.

Deborah has a degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, a Post Graduate degree in Journalism and is a member of the of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.