Bio

Damian is a senior mining investment and financing executive with over 20 years of experience in mining mergers, acquisitions, divestments and financing. Prior to EMR Capital, Damian was a senior member of Deutsche Bank’s global natural resources team where he led numerous cross-border M&A and financing transactions for companies including Fortescue, Glencore, Baosteel, Minmetals, EMR Capital, St Barbara, Kidman Resources and Galaxy Resources. Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, he worked for BNP Paribas in a similar capacity. Damian commenced his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the UK. Damian has extensive strategic advisory and end to end M&A experience which includes major investments by Asian corporates in Australia, complex M&A situations. His financing experience includes work across the capital structure - equity, convertible bonds, senior bank debt, mezzanine loans and US debt markets. He has experience of multiple commodities including. coal, iron ore, gold, base metals and battery materials. Damian graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Birmingham, UK and is a Chartered Accountant.