People: Hochschild Mining PLC (HOCM.L)

Mr. Fred Vinton is an Independent Non-Executive Director of Hochschild Mining plc., since 1 August 2009. He holds directorships of a number of companies including Unipart Group of Companies UK, GP Investments Ltd and Dinamia SCR S.A. He was a director of European Goldfields Limited until its acquisition by Eldorado Gold Corporation in February 2012. Between 1995 and 2006 he served as Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Electra Partners Limited and prior to that he was Chief Executive of Quilvest Ltd between 1992 and 1995. Over the course of Fred’s 25 year career with J.P. Morgan, Fred was responsible for the bank’s business in Latin America, the UK and Scandinavia before he joined N M Rothschild & Sons Ltd in 1988 as Chief Operating Officer.