Lionel Therond

Lionel Therond, CFA® has over 30 years of experience in natural resources and banking. He is a co-founder and partner at Blue Oak Advisory, a London-based corporate finance boutique focused on natural resources and ancillary sectors in developed and developing markets. He also serves as a Director of IStar Capital Ltd, a London and Dubai based independent investment banking firm that connects institutional investors with high-growth emerging markets. Prior to that, Lionel was a Managing Director at Standard Bank until 2016. He previously served as a multi-year top-ranked buy-side analyst and fund manager with JPMorgan Asset Management until 2009, and began his career with Royal Dutch Shell managing exploration projects internationally. Lionel holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MPhil and an MSc in Geology and Geophysics from ENSG Nancy.