Independent investment bank Zeus Capital has appointed a five strong natural resources team as it looks to tap into new markets and diversify its existing sector offering.
Zeus Capital’s new team will focus on mid and small-cap clients across both public and private markets, and brings together experience from across the oil and gas and metals and mining sectors.
Rob Collins will head up the newly formed team, with more than 15 years’ experience in the metals and mining, oil and gas and oilfield services sectors. During this time, Collins has led numerous capital market transactions, including IPOs across the UK, Canadian and Australian stock exchanges.
Richard Slape and Nick Chalmers both join as directors of equity research, with sector specialisms in oil and gas and metals and mining, respectively. Following industry roles at Lansdowne Oil and Gas and Rockhopper Exploration, Slape has more than 25 years’ experience in Oil and Gas finance, while Chalmers previously headed up the mining equity research team at Stifel Nicolaus Europe, and was a senior analyst at Mirabaud Securities and Canaccord.
Alex Wood joins the team as director of institutional corporate broking, with more than 20 years’ experience in senior metals and mining research positions as well as specialist sales. In addition, David McKeown joins as a corporate finance executive, having worked previously for both GMP Securities and Cutfield Freeman, where he was responsible for financial modelling and documentation across a variety of equity, debt and M&A transactions.
Tremayne Ducker, head of corporate finance at Zeus Capital, says: “As a growing market with considerable potential, the natural resources team was the next logical step in the development of our sector expertise. We are pleased to be able to hire a number of extremely experienced individuals to lead our activities, having worked across a wide range of transactions and companies.
“We have had another strong year in terms of transactions completed, and with the addition of this new team, we’re confident of maintaining this momentum over the busy Christmas period and into 2017.”
