Pala Investments Expands Team
ZUG, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pala Investments (“ Pala”), a multi-strategy investment company focused on the mining and metals value chain, announces today the expansion of its investment team, with the addition of Jessica Fung and Justin Cochrane.
Jessica Fung, Head of Research
Jessica joins Pala following eight years with investment bank BMO Capital Markets as their lead Commodities Strategist, where she held primary responsibility for developing the bank’s commodity research as well as generating commodity calls and investment recommendations for the bank’s clients. Jessica will oversee Pala’s research efforts, assisting in developing commodity views and investment strategies to underpin both Pala’s Liquid Investments Strategies fund and Pala’s core Private Equity investments.
Justin Cochrane, Streaming and Structured Finance
Justin will support Pala’s efforts in structuring streaming and royalty transactions as part of Pala’s structured finance offering to its investee companies. Justin is an Executive of Duke Royalty Limited and was Executive Vice President, Corporate Development at Sandstorm Gold Ltd between 2010 and 2015, holding primary responsibility for sourcing, negotiating and executing royalty and stream transactions in the precious and base metals sectors globally, prior to which Justin was with National Bank Financial for nine years in their investment banking division.
Commenting on the expansion of the team, Stephen Gill, Pala Portfolio Manager, said:
“ We are very pleased to welcome Jessica and Justin. Their addition adds further depth to Pala’s team, and continues to underpin a robust, research-driven approach to thematic investing across the commodity space. Jessica’s skill set will enable us to further increase our ability to develop conviction views around counter-cyclical and thematic investments opportunities both in our liquid strategies and PE investments.
Justin’s depth of experience in structuring royalties, streams and other forms of non-dilutive financing will help further expand our ability to represent a creative and long-term financing partner for companies in the mining and metals space.
The continued expansion of the team positions us well to generate attractive returns across the commodity cycle.”
About Pala
Pala is a multi-strategy investment company focused on the mining and metals value chain with a strong track record of successful investments and value creation. Pala’s team has extensive experience within the sector and seeks to assist companies in which it has long-term shareholdings by providing strategic advice and innovative solutions in development, production, expansion and turnaround situations. Pala also pursues a range of liquid investment strategies. Pala invests across all geographies and in all mining commodities as well as mining services and consumables. For more information, visit www.pala.com.
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