Damon Barber was appointed chief executive officer and an executive director of CST Mining Group Limited on 1 April 2010. He was most recently managing director, head of metals and mining, Asia with Deutsche Bank. Mr Barber has over 17 years of experience in advisory and management roles in the natural resources industry having worked five years in the US mining industry and having spent over 12 years advising and assisting natural-resource companies on mergers and acquisitions, divestments, debt and equity capital raisings, leverage buy-outs and project financings as a member of Deutsche Bank’s natural resources group from 2007 to 2010 and Credit Suisse’s natural resources group from 1998 to 2007.