He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. in Economics & Finance, Magna Cum Laude, from Princeton University.

He holds an M.Sc in Finance from Trinity College Dublin and a B.Sc in Economics from Wharton Business School.

He is a chartered chemical engineer, with a BE from Bath and a PhD from Queensland.

Steven has a Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo and a MBA from the Richard Ivy School of Business at Western University.

Richard has overseen resource and reserve governance audit programs for several Tier 1 mining companies and has routinely coordinated technical due diligence assignments for lenders, advisory firms and financial institutions.

Richard has extensive experience in management and has led Golder Associates’ operations in various operational roles.

Richard has a BEng in Mining Engineering and an MSc in Mining Geostatistics from the University of Leeds, UK.

Justin holds a Master of Science in Mineral Economics and a Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering, both from the Colorado School of Mines.

Trevor received an MBA from Northwestern University, and graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Colorado.

Christine has a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of California at Berkeley (1995) and a Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center (1998). She qualified to practice law in Texas in 1998 and in New South Wales, Australia in 2011.

In 2001, he became the Group Safety Manager at Glencore/Xstrata Coal, where he played a pivotal role in establishing and implementing the company’s safety standards.

In 2011, David moved to Glencore’s Swiss head office as General Manager Sustainability with the Xstrata Iron Ore department, and in 2013 was appointed as General Manager HSEC Risk Management to develop and implement a new approach to HSEC management, including system standardization and hands-on implementation across 150 operations and 50 countries.

David has been semi-retired since late 2021. He became qualified as a NSW Australia Coal Mine Manager in 1982, and holds a Graduate Diploma in Minerals Industry Risk Management from the University of Queensland (2007), and a Diploma in Company Directorship (2011) from the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Yvonne has over 30 years of compliance, audit, risk management, and consulting experience working with broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investment companies (mutual funds). Before joining ACA, she served as CCO for numerous firms and held senior positions with Global Compliance Risk Management Corporation, HSBC Asset Management, Virtus Investment Partners, Deutsche Bank Asset Management, and KPMG LLP. Her various duties included establishing compliance policies and compliance monitoring programs under SEC Rules 206(4)-7 and 38(a)-1 for investment advisers and FINRA regulations for broker-dealers to mitigate regulatory risks.

Yvonne’s expertise encompasses, among other areas, FINRA regulations, U.S. federal securities laws, the SEC Investment Company Act of 1940 and Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the SEC Acts of 1933 and 1934, ERISA, CFTC rules and derivatives, and other regulatory requirements.

Yvonne earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Management and Accounting from the University of Massachusetts and her MBA in Finance from Suffolk University. She is a Certified Public Accountant. She is serving as a Lecturer of Strategic Risk Management with Columbia University, the New York City Risk Management Association’s Board of Trustees, the Mass General Hospital/NWH Advisory Board and served on the executive committees of Suffolk University’s Board of Directors.