About Strand Hanson

Iek van Cruyningen: Iek has over 22 years’ experience in the investment banking industry, working in London, Singapore, New York and Los Angeles. Iek has a broad range of sector and transaction experience and was formerly at SilverWind Securities (Quant Dark Pool Trading).

Prior to that, Iek worked for Libertas Capital for over 6 years where he joined to help establish the securities operations in London before becoming Head of Libertas Americas. Prior to that Iek worked in various equity capital market roles at HSBC, Enskilda Securities, Merrill Lynch and Smith New Court.

He is an active sailor holding an International Yacht Masters Certificate and competed in the America’s Cup with Oracle-BMW.

Warren completed an honours degree in Business Science at the University of Cape Town before joining Strand Hanson in February 2000.

Warren provided M&A, Takeover Code and equity financing advice to listed and private companies in the UK before establishing the regional office in South Africa in 2008. Since 2008, Warren’s role has been focused on developing Strand Hanson’s African presence, including the cultivation of an extensive network of client companies, investors, advisers, governmental and quasi-governmental agencies and industry bodies.

Ritchie read Economics & Management at Keble College, Oxford University. Following university, Ritchie joined the Natural Resources investment banking team of RBC Capital Markets in London, before moving to Gleacher Shacklock, the M&A advisory house, in 2010.

He joined Strand Hanson in October 2012, focusing on advising on equity capital markets and M&A transactions predominantly within the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Technology sectors. Ritchie is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society United Kingdom.

James graduated from Bristol University, in June 2006, with a BSc Honours in Biochemistry. After graduation, James joined Smith & Williamson where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 2009. He then moved into Transaction Services, gaining experience in financial modelling and valuation, followed by two years in the Corporate Finance department.

James is a CFA charterholder and a member of the CFA Society United Kingdom. James joined Strand Hanson in December 2012.

Matthew graduated from Bath University with B.Sc. (Honours) in Business Administration and subsequently qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young.

He then joined Capita Corporate Finance Limited, advising a diverse range of unquoted clients on acquisitions, disposals and venture capital backed transactions. Matthew has been a member of the executive team at Strand Hanson since March 2001 and advises on all types of M&A and ECM corporate transactions.

James graduated from Bristol University with a B.Sc in Economics & Finance and joined Strand Hanson in July 2011.

He is an AIM Qualified Executive and has over a decade of experience advising domestic and international clients on both equity capital markets and M&A transactions, predominantly in the technology, natural resources and healthcare sectors.

Richard joined Strand Hanson in May 2022 from Arden Partners, following over 20 years in the Corporate Finance departments at Grieg Middleton & Co and its successor companies, Arbuthnot Securities, Westhouse Securities and Stockdale Securities.

He has broad sectoral experience advising on IPOs, equity capital fundraisings and M&A transactions, including clients in the TMT, Oil & Gas and Leisure sectors, with operations both in the UK and overseas. Richard is an AIM Qualified Adviser.

Christopher has over 15 years of experience in energy and corporate finance. Prior to joining Strand Hanson, Christopher was CEO of UK based incubator fund, Green House Capital Group.

Until September 2023, he sat on the executive committee of finnCap Group plc – an AIM quoted financial services firm incorporating capital markets, M&A, private capital and debt advisory services – where he was also Head of Energy and Natural Resources and Co-Head of Corporate Finance.

Prior to joining finnCap, Christopher was a solicitor at a multi-national US-based law firm. In September 2022, Christopher was appointed to the board of net-zero energy consultancy, Energise Ltd.

Daniel joined Strand Hanson in November 2022 to help build a Debt Advisory practice.

Daniel brings close to 20 years of experience from Debt Capital Markets from both origination and distribution, most recently as a founding partner of Stockholm-based CapIntro Nordic having focussed on specialty lending and sponsor led debt transactions in the Nordics and the UK.

Previously in his career, Daniel worked as a Manging Director and Head of Nordic Credit Sales with Stifel, ABG Sundal Collier and Oppenheimer & Co

Barney joined Strand Hanson in January 2024 as an Associate Director in Corporate Development and has 10+ years experience working in the Natural Resources sector.

Prior to this he worked in Equity Capital Markets at finnCap Group and Cavendish, raising money for and advising UK listed businesses. He has also worked for Tavistock in Financial PR & IR, where he was advising AIM-listed mining and oil and gas companies on their financial and corporate communications.

Barney has previously worked in-house at an AIM listed, Nigerian Oil & Gas company. He has obtained a mining for bankers certificate and an honours degree in business management.

Rob joined Strand Hanson in September 2019 as an Analyst within the Corporate Finance team. He is now an Associate Director advising on public buy- and sell-side M&A, and equity capital market transactions, including IPOs and fundraisings, with a focus on natural resource sectors.

Rob graduated from the University of Sussex with a First Class Honours in Economics and Finance. There, he was awarded the MacQuitty Prize for the top-performing student across all arts, humanities and social science degrees in 2019, and was also awarded a CISI qualification. Rob holds a Financial Modelling and Valuation Analyst certification.

David graduated from the University of York in 2012 with a degree in Economics and Politics. David joined the Deloitte London office in 2015 and qualified as a chartered accountant in 2018. He then moved into the Equity, Capital Markets team, where he assisted clients with IPOs and equity fundraisings.

David joined Strand Hanson in July 2022 as a Manager with the Corporate Finance team.

Abigail read law at the University of Winchester, and completed her LPC at BPP University, being admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 2018. Abigail has a background of assisting with a wide range of corporate and commercial transactions and has previous in-house experience with a specialist bridging lender.

Abigail joined Strand Hanson in June 2021 as a Senior Analyst within the Corporate Finance team.

Robert graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2017 with a master’s degree in Economics. After graduation Robert worked in Audit at UHY Hacker Young where he qualified as a chartered accountant in 2021.

Robert joined Strand Hanson in June 2021 as a Senior Analyst within the Corporate Finance team.

Edward graduated from Pembroke College, the University of Oxford in July 2020 with a master’s degree in Engineering Science. Since graduating Edward completed an extended internship at a London investment bank in the Investment Banking Division.

Edward joined Strand Hanson in March 2021 as an analyst within the corporate finance team.

Imogen graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in Philosophy and Theology in 2020.

Thereafter, she was based in Kenya working on the business development of several renewable energy projects.

Imogen joined Strand Hanson in January 2022 as an analyst within the Corporate Finance team.

Harry has a BSc honours in Finance, Accounting and Management from the University of Nottingham, graduating in 2022.

Prior to joining Strand Hanson, Harry worked in the Funds Management department at LendInvest, a specialist UK Real Estate lender, as a Fund Junior Associate.

Harry joined Strand Hanson in April 2024 as an Analyst within the Corporate Finance team.

Jess graduated from Oxford Media and Business School with an Executive PA Diploma in 2012. She has worked across a broad range of industries and currently sits on the Growth Advisory Board for the charity Suicide&Co.

Jess joined Strand Hanson in May 2024 as the Executive Assistant to the Directors.

In a career spanning 19 years with the World Bank Group, Constantine has held various operational, strategy and management roles within the World Bank Group delivering development solutions for the Bank’s client countries through analytical work, high level policy dialogue with governments and advising the Board on forward-looking initiatives. He oversaw a threefold growth of the World Bank’s investment portfolio in Southeast Asia and a 40 per cent. improvement in its performance as chair of committees that shaped the Bank’s operational strategy and investment portfolios in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.

Robert graduated from Oxford University with a degree in English Literature before embarking on a career in international corporate finance, primarily focused on the construction, mining and building sectors.

Robert was an Associate Director of N.M Rothschild & Sons, spending a number of years in China and South East Asia and subsequently became a main board director of Hanson Plc, with a specific responsibility for mergers and acquisitions. He is currently the Chairman of both Hanson Capital Limited and the Hanson Family Holdings Limited and is also a Non-Executive Director of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd and Managing Partner of Millennium Hanson Internet Partners. Robert became the Chairman of Strand Hanson in October 2009.

Nick is a Petroleum Geologist by training, with a long career in the international Oil & Gas industry, much of it spent working for Phillips Petroleum Company in the United States, Canada, Norway and the UK. Apart from exploring for oil in basins around the world, Nick has managed non-operated interests in some major North Sea field development projects and has extensive Commercial experience gained as a portfolio manager and strategic planning director.

Since 2004 Nick has acted as consultant to a number of Oil & Gas companies, mainly in the areas of project evaluations and A&D, and has provided technical support and advice to various City financial institutions. In particular, he has worked extensively in the AIM market acting as an advisor to Nomads in the Oil & Gas sector.

Rory is an experienced business development professional and originator. He has raised and introduced financing for businesses and developed projects in a variety of sectors; including manufacturing, energy, agriculture and mining. Prior to moving to Guyana, he worked in Africa for eight years where he built very strong political and commercial relationships in the West African region.

In 2011, Rory founded a mining services company, which until 2016, provided mining services to a TSX listed gold producer. Rory has also been involved in a number of projects in petroleum infrastructure, power production and mining exploration.

Rory has also spent time in Mexico working on a gold project and in Kenya, with an agricultural project. Rory has implemented business development for International Energy Trading Houses for whom he arranged local content partners and facilitated import of clean petroleum products and bunker fuels into the WAF market. Rory has also been the representative for two Chinese SOEs, with infrastructure projects currently under development.

Most recently, Rory has been running a west African representative office for Strand Hanson and has now moved to Guyana where he continues to represent Strand Hanson for South America & the Caribbean.

Miles started his career as a derivatives trader, becoming Head of Equity Derivative Sales for Credit Lyonnais Securities in 1994. Thereafter, he moved into venture capital, spending 10 years with Compass Investment Management as Managing Director of their technology investment and advisory business,Compass Venture Management.

He then joined Strand Hanson as a Director and focused on technology and renewable energy until 2006 when he decided to focus on his personal investments in waste to energy technology. Miles has been an early stage investor, adviser and founder of a range of companies across a broad spectrum of industries. In 2009 he moved to Buenos Aires, where despite the challenging business climate of the time, he acted as a consultant to agribusiness, insurance and property/hotel investors.

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Michael has over 20 years experience as a geochemist specialising in field data surveys, databasing, and geological interpretation with the British Geological Survey where he was employed as a senior geologist. For nearly a decade he worked as a mining consultant, principally in the assessment of commodity markets and mining projects, with Mining Journal Research Services where he was deputy head of research. He is now principal at Mining Research advising mining companies and service providers.

Mark Kenwright, FAusIMM CP(Geo), is a seasoned geologist with over 29 years of experience spanning exploration, production, and consulting. A Fellow and Chartered Geologist, Mark has led projects across more than 20 countries, working with diverse commodities including gold, copper, cobalt, iron, lithium, and rare earth elements.

His extensive career highlights include delivering feasibility studies, managing multimillion-dollar exploration programs, and playing key roles in securing mining licenses.  His expertise have driven successful projects for clients such as Nordgold, Aura Energy, and Akora Resources.

Mark completed his Master’s degree thesis on the Ruby Hill (Carlin Type) gold deposit, Eureka Nevada, and was awarded his Master’s degree from Camborne School of Mines in 1995.