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Paul joined the Board of Rurelec PLC on 26 July 2021. He is a member of the Audit, Remuneration and Nominations Committees. He has been re-appointed at the annual general meeting dated 2 August 2023.
After university, Paul spent six years as an officer in the British Army. In 1996 he joined UBS limited where he worked with small caps covering Mergers and Acquisitions and Equity capital markets for listed and AIM traded companies. He subsequently joined Singer & Friedlander Limited where he was a founder member of the team which undertook a MBO to form Bridgewell Limited. Since then, he has continued to specialise in small companies; his experience also includes being an adviser to Rurelec between 2006 and 2017.
Paul is Acting Chairman at GCM Resources PLC.
Andy is a Chartered Accountant, qualifying with Deloitte Haskins and Sells in 1991 then specialising in Corporate Finance advisory work. In 1993, he embarked on a 15 year spell as FD/MD of several financial and operational turnarounds in the manufacturing and distribution sectors, starting with the acquisition and susbsequent turnaround of CP Pharmaceuticals Limited, a loss-making division of Fisons plc before it was sold to Wockhardt Group a decade later. Subsequent roles included Benders Holdings Limited and Bernstein Group Holdings Limited before returning to the advisory world as a partner in Campbell Woolley LLP. Founded Coveney Associates Consulting in 2010 providing FD advice, turnaround services and cashflow management advice to a portfolio of businesses, including taking investments in some of those companies.
Andy joined the Board of Rurelec PLC on 16 November 2016. He will stand for re-election at the next annual general meeting.
Andy is also a director of some of the Rurelec Group subsidiaries:
A Chartered Accountant, qualifying with Deloitte Haskins and Sells in 1991 then specialising in Corporate Finance advisory work. In 1993, Andy embarked on a 15-year spell as FD/MD of several financial and operational turnarounds in the manufacturing and distribution sectors, starting with the acquisition and subsequent turnaround of CP Pharmaceuticals Limited, a loss-making division of Fisons plc before it was sold to Wockhardt Group a decade later. Subsequent roles included Benders Holdings Limited and Bernstein Group Holdings Limited before returning to the advisory world. Founded Coveney Associates Consulting in 2010 providing FD advice, turnaround services and cashflow management advice to a portfolio of businesses, including taking investments in some of those companies.
Andy is also a director of Coveney Associates Consulting Limited, a position he has held since 2011 and the COO and CFO of AzoNetwork UK Ltd.
Ivan is a corporate financier who has been in the investment banking business for over 25 years. He has sourced, structured and raised public and private equity for various companies in the natural resources sector. He is currently a director of Marylebone Capital Limited, his own private equity and debt introductory business.
Ivan joined the Board of Rurelec PLC on 3 September. He will stand for election at the 2024 annual general meeting.
A merchant banker who has worked as Managing Director, Aberdeen Asset Management (Ireland) Limited. $2 billion assets under management. He was also a Founder Director of Cove Energy PLC, sourced deal/partner RTO and led 2 equity placings. Acquired for $1.5 billion. He has also been part of Aladdin Middle East - Turkish Oil E&P company with $20m from private equity. He is also a founder and partner of Murphy Richards Capital, an FCA regulated advisory firm. He is currently a consultant at Capital Plus Partners, an FCA regulated and London Stock Exchange member firm.
Ivan is also a director of Marylebone Capital Limited.