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Managing Director

Taseevskoye , Highland Gold

Natalia Kaybalina manages the Taseevskoye mine in Siberia , one of the largest gold mines in the world . Born in Eastern Kazakhstan , Kaybalina moved to Russia in 2009 , working initially in the Trans-Baikal Territory before moving to Moscow . Kaybalina oversees the Taseevskoye deposit , which includes two adjacent sites – the Baley tailings project and the Sredniy Golgotay deposit . The predominantly underground mining operation is staffed almost entirely by a male team of about one and a half thousand persons . In addition to being a surveyor by training , Kaybalina is also a sociologist , having completed a masters programme at Transbaikal State University ’ s School of Sociology .

Chairman

London Metal Exchange

As chairman of London Metal Exchange , Gay Huey Evans has led a major technology infrastructure rebuild and steered LME ’ s diversity and inclusion agenda and sustainability initiatives . She also sits on a number of boards , is a Trustee of the Beacon Collaborative and Wellbeing of Women , serves on Chatham House ’ s 20th Century Committee , while she is also a member of the US Council on Foreign Relations . She serves on the boards of Standard Chartered , ConocoPhillips , IHS Markit and HM Treasury . Over the course of a 30-year career , Evans has worked within the finance and commodity industry as both an established market practitioner and regulator , giving her deep expertise across commerce , risk , governance , policy , and regulation in capital markets . In 2016 , she was awarded an OBE for services to the financial service industry and diversity .

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