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About us
Our Team
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Michael Barton
Vice President
Kurt Budge
Vice President
Martyn Buttenshaw
Associate
Philip Clegg
Associate
Stephen Gill
Associate
Evgenij Iorich
Associate
Michael Psihogios
Associate
Martina Halter
Analyst
  Operations
Colin Murray
Chief Operations Officer
Gregory Radke
General Counsel
Richard Brown
Finance Director
Our Advisory Council
Michael Barton – Vice President

Michael is currently a Director of Dumas Contracting Ltd, Norcast Castings Company Limited and New Birmingham Inc. Michael’s Pala investment experience also includes Anatolia Minerals Development Ltd., Avoca Resources Limited and Coalcorp Mining Inc.

Prior to joining Pala, Michael was at Hatch Corporate Finance, a company specializing in the metals and mining industry. Michael worked on a broad spectrum of transactions in the sector, including Rio Tinto’s investment in Ivanhoe Mines, the disposal of EnterTad’s steel distribution business, seed financing of RecovCo, a start-up aluminum recycler, negotiation of a major debt facility for Cambrain Mining, appraisal of and investment in metallurgical coal prospects for Tata Steel, and the development of several early-stage mining projects through partnership agreements, including Crew Minerals with Jilin Jien Nickel and Western Canadian Coal with Anglo American.

Michael began his career with Deloitte & Touche where he was involved with numerous clients, transactions and projects in the mining sector. Michael is a qualified chartered accountant (ACA) and a fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute.

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