Directors

Jonathan Wearing - Chairman

Jonathan Wearing joined the board as a non-executive director on 1^st July 2023. He started his career with Citibank in London in the 1970s, progressing through both the commercial and investment banking units, finishing as a mergers and acquisitions specialist. Mr Wearing was formerly the Chairman of AIM-listed Ideagen plc, the software company taken private by Hg Capital in July 2022 and, separately, Chairman of AQSE-listed Sativa Group plc. Independently, for the last two decades Mr Wearing has built his own consultancy and investment business.

Peter Taylor - Chief Executive Officer and Director

Peter is a graduate of the Camborne School of Mines and was previously the Chief Executive Officer of London AIM-listed Pathfinder Minerals plc. He has extensive experience in exploration and mining including, the Moebase and Naburi heavy mineral sands mining licences in Mozambique and, as former Chief Operating Officer of dual-listed (Canadian TSX-V/AIM) Afferro Mining Inc, the New Liberty Gold Mine in Liberia and the Nkout Iron Ore Project in Cameroon.

John Byfield - Independent Non-executive Director

John Byfield has joined the Board as an independent non-executive director with effect from 1 July 2023. He qualified as a solicitor in 1978, forming his own practice in Southampton in 1980. This practice focussed on sports law and commercial elements around sport, in particular Formula 1 motor racing. After merging with a larger regional firm, Mr Byfield retired from private practice and founded a sports management business, Essentially Group, of which he was Executive Chairman, and which was admitted to trading on AIM in 2006, before being sold to Chime Communications in 2010.

James Butterfield - Director

James joined 3i plc in 1969 and, over a ten year period, became an Area Manager and Local Director, in which role he oversaw and managed a portfolio of more than 200 unquoted investments. Since leaving 3i plc, he has, for over 30 years, specialised in advising small to medium sized companies on a range of matters including stock market listings, mergers and acquisitions, fund-raising and corporate recovery work. Until October 2009, James was a director of Essentially Group Ltd, an AIM-quoted sports marketing and management business, in which he was actively involved in the creation and early development of what is now one of the world’s largest Rugby Union and Cricket player management businesses. James resigned as a result of a successful takeover of the business by Chime Communications Plc. Until recently, James was a director of EDGE10, a world-class provider of sports technology to 750 sports teams internationally.

Board of Directors

Jonathan Wearing
Chairman

Peter Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
and Director

John Byfield
Independent Non-Executive Director

James Butterfield
Director

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Directors

Directors

Board of Directors

Jonathan Wearing Chairman

Peter Taylor Chief Executive Officer and Director

John Byfield Independent Non-Executive Director

James Butterfield Director

Jonathan Wearing
Chairman

Peter Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
and Director

John Byfield
Independent Non-Executive Director

James Butterfield
Director