Berkeley Energia adds Nigel Jones to board

Berkeley Energia announced on Wednesday that “highly respected” London-based mining executive Nigel Jones had been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company, effective immediately.

The AIM-traded company said Jones had 30 years of experience in the international mining sector.

It said he had “considerable” corporate development and marketing expertise, including being responsible for the negotiation of key uranium supply agreements for Rio Tinto.

Jones spent two decades at Rio Tinto, where ultimately he held the position of global head of business development, and prior to that, managing director of Rio Tinto Marine, head of investor relations and marketing director, uranium.

He was recently appointed as head of private side capital markets at ICBC Standard Bank, the global markets subsidiary of ICBC Bank, which is the world's largest bank by assets.

Jones is an Oxford University graduate and had completed a corporate finance programme at the London Business School.

He was replacing Dr Jim Ross, who was retiring from the board after more than 12 years of service.

“We are delighted to welcome Nigel to the board, a key appointment in step with the company's transition into a European-focused uranium developer and producer,” said managing director Paul Atherley.

“We believe his considerable experience in corporate development and marketing of uranium products will be of considerable value to the company.

“On behalf of the board and the rest of the company, I would like to sincerely thank Dr Ross for his guidance and many contributions to the highly successful transformation of the company from a junior explorer to an institutionally-backed European uranium developer.”