Aurora Russia Limited has appointed Gilbert Chalk and Geoffrey Miller to the board of the company as non – executive directors.
Chalk (63) is a British citizen with extensive private equity and banking experience with Baring Private Equity Partners Limited and Hambros Bank Limited. Chalk also has considerable listed company expertise and is currently a board director of two listed companies, Castle Private Equity AG, a private equity and venture capital fund of funds and Vantage Goldfields Limited, an ASX listed South African Gold Mining Company.
Miller (45) is a British citizen, resident in Guernsey, with over twenty years of experience in fund management and investment banking. He has particular expertise in Russia and emerging markets, having been Head of Research Marketing for Troika Dialog in Moscow and is an advisory board member of silkroutefinancial, an emerging markets focused investment bank. He is currently an executive director of Greenwich Loan Income Fund, an AIM and CISX listed investment company.
Chalk will sit on the valuation and audit committee of AUR and Miller will sit on the valuation committee.
Dan Koch, non-executive chairman of AUR, says: "We are delighted to be welcoming Gilbert Chalk and Geoff Miller to the Board. Their combined expertise in the private equity, emerging markets and the investment company arena will be a great asset as we continue to seek out opportunities for investment and optimising returns from our investments in the Russian market."
