Mr. Robert Ashley This is Me

 Web References

1. 1. Hidefield Plc. - Management - Wed May 3, 2006

   www.hidefield.co.uk/s/Manageme - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/3/2006   Last Visited: 5/3/2006

   Robert Ashley
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   Mr. Ashley is a career bullion banker having spent 18 years with NM Rothschild Group companies as Head of Treasury at Rothschild Australia and later as Global Head of Treasury in London. His financial engineering skills were a key contributor to Rothschild Australia's well recognized leadership in the financing and hedging of Australian gold projects. He has been directly involved in most aspects of the gold industry from the acquisition and revitalisation of the Golden West and MRO refineries, in Perth and Port Moresby, to the wholesale supply of finished bars into Asian markets. He was Chairman of the London Gold Market Fixing Limited and a member of the Management Committee of the London Bullion Market Association.
   
   Mr Ashley has a continuing professional interest in trading and risk management in commodities markets and in the development of financing strategies for metals producers.
   
   He is based in London, has an association with the commodities division of an international bank and is Chairman of Trafigura Asset Management Limited.