Mr Mead started his career as a political risk analyst for WMC Resources Ltd in Brazil on the CVRD privatisation opportunity. He then worked as an investment analyst at AMP Asset Management and mining analyst for Cazenove in Sydney, Australia. Mr Mead subsequently moved to The Sentient Group, a global private equity investor in the mining sector, where he became Partner for Investor Relations concentrating on developing and maintaining relations with investors, consultants and stakeholders.

During his time at Sentient, Mr Mead directly managed the raising for three separate investment funds totalling more than US$2bn. Since his time at Sentient, Mr Mead has worked with start up and existing businesses in the mining, property and infrastructure sectors to either raise funds or to advise on investor and stakeholder management.

An Australian citizen, Mr Mead has also lived in Brazil, the UK and Canada. He is a graduate of Monash University, the University of Oxford and the Securities Institute of Australia.

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