Peter Hambro

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Peter Hambro
Born
Peter Charles Percival Hambro

1945 (age 7677)
NationalityBritish
Education Eton College
Alma mater Aix-Marseille University
OccupationBusinessman
Spouse(s)Karen Brodrick
Children3 sons, including Jay Hambro
Relatives Percy Hambro (grandfather)

Peter Charles Percival Hambro (born 18 January 1945) is one of the founders of Petropavlovsk plc, (formerly Peter Hambro Mining), a gold mining business in Russia.

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Early life

Peter Hambro was born on 18 January 1945, [1] the son of Lt-Col Everard Bingham Hambro, and grandson of Major-General Sir Percy Hambro. One of his paternal ancestors, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish banker. Hambro was educated at Eton College and Aix-Marseille University. [1]

Career

Hambro initially worked at a firm of accountants. [1] He then briefly worked at Hambros Bank before moving on to Smith St Aubyn, a discount house, where he became a Managing Director in 1973. [1] From 1983 to 1990 he worked at Mocatta & Goldsmid, a bullion house, where he became Deputy Managing Director. [2]

In 1994 with Pavel Maslovskiy, Hambro co-founded Peter Hambro Mining, which was renamed Petropavlovsk plc in 2009. [3] He served as its chairman until June 2017. [4] Petropavlovsk went into administration in July 2022. [5]

Personal life

Hambro married Karen Brodrick in 1968. [1] They have three sons. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Peter Hambro: The rise of a dedicated gold bull Daily Telegraph, 3 May 2008
  2. 1 2 "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
  3. Critchlow, Andrew (4 July 2015). "Peter Hambro's nightmare when his Russian Gold miner nearly went out of business". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. "Peter Hambro ousted from gold miner Petropavlovsk after losing board battle with Russian investors". The Telegraph. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
  5. "Sanctions bite: London-listed Russian mining firm Petropavlovsk to suspend trading and file for administration". City AM. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.