About Dr Peter Ruxton

Peter Ruxton was a Partner with Actis LLP responsible for all investment in the mining sector in Emerging Markets for the Fund. Prior to that he was Exploration Manager for mid-tier gold producer Ross Mining and involved in the evaluation and feasibility study of the Gold Ridge Gold Mine in the Solomon Islands. Peter also had 11 years experience with Billiton Australia as Regional Exploration Manager and Geologist. His Ph.D. studies were on sedimentary copper deposits in Namibia; he spent a further 18 months as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania, Australia researching VMS base metal and copper deposits. He has a B.Sc. in Geological Sciences, a Ph.D. from the University of Leeds and an MBA from Manchester Business School. Peter is also a Non-Executive Director of Platmin Ltd.