Executive Chairman
Ms Cope has over 20 years’ experience as an investment banker in London, advising small and mid-sized companies on corporate governance, strategy, amalgamations and disposals, capital markets and regulatory compliance. Predominantly, she has advised AIM listed companies in the Oil and Gas sector as both Nominated Advisor and Broker, assisting publicly traded companies to raise finance for their exploration, development and production projects around the world. Accordingly, Ms Cope has an expert understanding of AIM regulations and compliance and previously co-led and successfully developed the oil and gas franchise at Cantor Fitzgerald and also held similar roles prior to that at RFC Ambrian, finnCap and RBC Capital Markets. She is currently a non-executive director of AIM listed, Helium One Global Ltd.
Non-executive Director
Mr Maling is a member of the Chartered Accountants of Australia & New Zealand. He has over 20 years of senior corporate and commercial management experience primarily in the natural resource and technology sectors. Mr Maling has worked with several AIM, ASX and TSX listed companies providing corporate finance, business development and strategic advice. Previously Mr Maling was Corporate Finance and Business Development Manager for AIM listed mining and oil and gas investment house Cambrian Mining plc which merged with Western Canadian Coal plc before being bought by Walter Energy for US$3.3bn.
Non-executive Director
Ms Ndoro is an experienced small cap financier who specialises in working with growth companies. She has worked in the City for over a decade and has spent most of her career as a corporate financier at Peterhouse Capital, advising public companies and executing a broad spectrum of corporate transactions, including IPOs, acquisitions and disposals, CVAs, open offers, and structural reorganisations for corporate clients on the London Stock Exchange, AIM and AQSE. Over her career, Ms. Ndoro has executed the structuring and launch of several companies within sectors including life sciences, healthcare and technology. Ms. Ndoro led the listing and was the key adviser to Ananda Developments Plc, a life sciences group with stakes in operational assets in Israel, Italy and the UK. She was the key adviser in the restructuring and recapitalisation of AIM listed Ceres Media International Plc, which changed its name to Optibiotix Health Plc and subsequently acquired a life sciences group, developing technologies that modulate the human microbiome.
Ms. Ndoro is currently an independent consultant providing strategic guidance on corporate governance frameworks and capital market transactions to start-ups and growth companies, in various sectors.
