Russell Fryer

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Biography

Mr. Russell Fryer is the Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer & Chairman at Critical Metals. Prior to establishing Critical Metals plc, Mr. Fryer was the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Western Uranium Corporation, a Canadian-listed uranium and vanadium explorer. Prior to Western Uranium Corporation, Mr. Fryer was also the Non-Executive Chairman of Ecometals Limited, a Canadian mining company focused on South American bulk and precious metals. Before Ecometals, Mr. Fryer was Managing Director covering the natural resources sector for North Sound Capital LLC, an investment advisor based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Mr. Fryer joined North Sound in 2006 from Deutsche Bank, where he had been a Director in Emerging Market Equities. Prior to that, Mr. Fryer was a Director in Emerging Market Equities at HSBC in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mr. Fryer holds an advanced diploma in International Taxation from Rand Afrikaans University and received a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Newport University. He is a member of the New York chapter of the Society of Mining Engineers and Minerals and Metals Professionals Globally. Over the course of his 28-year investment career, Mr. Fryer has traveled extensively obtaining an on-the-ground understanding of the natural resources sector. In addition to this significant international travel, Mr. Fryer was based in Africa from 1987 to 2004. While there, Mr. Fryer gained knowledge of many of the properties he continues to follow and developed relationships at both senior and working levels throughout the industry. During his time in Africa, Mr. Fryer wrote investment columns for various news sources such as South African Smart Investor and the Sunday Business Times.