Jay Hambro is a British businessman in the mining, energy, steel and commodity sectors. He is the founder of Verdigris Strategic, a long-term investor and business transformation specialist.

Early life

Hambro is a member of the Danish

Hambro Hambro is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Calmer Hambro (1747–1806), Danish merchant and banker * Carl Joachim Hambro (1807–1877), Danish-born founder of the British bank Hambros Bank *C. J. Hambro (1885–1964), Norwegi ...

merchant banking family, and the son of Peter Hambro, co-founder of Petropavlovsk plc. He was educated at Harrow School, followed by a bachelor's degree in business administration from Newcastle University.

Career

Hambro began his career in the resource finance team at

N M Rothschild & Sons Rothschild & Co is a multinational investment bank and financial services company, and the flagship of the Rothschild banking group controlled by the French and British branches of the Rothschild family. The banking business of the firm covers th ...

. He was chief executive officer (CEO) of Aricom between 2006 and 2009, and subsequently chief information officer of Petropavlovsk plc – the FTSE listed gold and iron ore miner. Hambro business development director of Petropavlovsk, which became the second largest gold producer in Russia, having started out as a junior exploration company in 1994. Prior to joining, Hambro was a manager of the metals & mining corporate finance team within HSBC. Hambro was also a director of Winsway Coking Coal and Cellmark AB. Until July 2021 he was the chief investment officer of the

GFG Alliance Gupta Family Group Alliance (GFG Alliance) is an international group of businesses associated with businessman Sanjeev Gupta and the British Gupta family. Collectively, companies in the alliance are involved in mining, industry and trading. Histo ...

, leader of the SIMEC Group for mining and energy, non-executive director of Wyelands Capital and non-executive chairman of

IRC Limited IRC Limited (IRC; ) () is a Hong Kong-based business that is focused on exploring for, developing, and operating industrial commodity projects, particularly in the mining sector. Its operations are centred in the Far East of Russia and in China's ...

. Hambro worked with the GFG Alliance on an acquisition, investment and development programme in UK industry with a focus on metals and energy. In July 2021, Hambro left GFG after a disagreement about the sale of Alvance, a Franco-Belgian aluminium company.

Professional memberships

Hambro is a

Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Fellowship of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (abbreviated as FIMMM) is an award granted to individuals that the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) judges to have made “significant contribution or established a r ...

. He was included in Grant Thornton's "Faces of a Vibrant Economy". He won the Rising Star Individual Award in the 2022 Platts Global Metals Awards.

References

English businesspeople English Jews English people of Danish descent Living people British LGBT rights activists Chief investment officers N M Rothschild & Sons people Hambro family Alumni of Newcastle University People educated at Harrow School 1975 births {{UK-business-bio-stub Fellows of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining