WS Amati Strategic Metals Fund B Acc

Fund manager biography

Georges Lequime joined Amati in March 2021 as a Fund Manager for the WS Amati Strategic Metals Fund. Since 2008, Georges was formerly a partner at the Earth Resource Investment Group and fund adviser of the award-winning Earth Gold Fund UI, a pure precious metals fund offering exposure to precious metals stocks and the underlying metals. Prior to this he headed up equity research at RBC Capital Markets in London for five years, having moved there from New York where he managed the North American region for HSBC Global mining. Georges is a mining engineer by qualification, and after gaining practical experience in the gold and coal mining industries with Anglo American, he went on to manage the largest gold fund in South Africa, the Old Mutual Gold Fund for four years. Georges holds a BSc in Mining Engineering from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa and studied economics at UNISA (University of South Africa), he also holds the Mine Manager’s certificate in both open pit and underground mining.

Fund manager biography

Mark Smith joined Amati in March 2021 as a Fund Manager for the WS Amati Strategic Metals Fund. Since 2010, Mark has been a partner at the Earth Resource Investment Group and a mining analyst on the award-winning Earth Gold Fund UI, a pure precious metals fund offering exposure to precious metals stocks and the underlying metals. Previously he has worked as a resource equity analyst at RBC Capital Markets and with the African mining research team at Renaissance Capital. A geologist by qualification, he worked for four years in gold exploration prior to completion of his Masters in mineral project appraisal from the Royal School of Mines, University of London. Mark also holds a BSc. (Hons) 1st Class from the University of Bristol. His experience has enabled him to develop a substantial network in Africa, Europe, and North America.