Peter Charles Percival Hambro (born 18 January 1945) is a British businessman who is one of the founders of Petropavlovsk plc, (formerly Peter Hambro Mining), a gold mining business in Russia.
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Born | Peter Charles Percival Hambro 18 January 1945 |
Nationality | British |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Aix-Marseille University |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouse | Karen Brodrick |
Children | 3 sons, including Jay Hambro |
Relatives | Percy Hambro (grandfather) |
Early life
editPeter 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
editHambro initially worked at Spicer & Pegler, an accounting firm.[2] 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.[3]
In 1994 with Pavel Maslovskiy, Hambro co-founded Peter Hambro Mining, which was renamed Petropavlovsk plc in 2009.[4] He served as its chairman until June 2017.[5] Petropavlovsk went into administration in July 2022.[6]
Personal life
editHambro married Karen Brodrick in 1968.[1] They have three sons.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Peter Hambro: The rise of a dedicated gold bull Daily Telegraph, 3 May 2008
- ^ Webb, Tim (30 April 2006). "Peter Hambro: An encounter with Mr Goldfinger". The Independent.
- ^ a b "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Peter Hambro ousted from gold miner Petropavlovsk after losing board battle with Russian investors". The Telegraph. 22 June 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
- ^ "Sanctions bite: London-listed Russian mining firm Petropavlovsk to suspend trading and file for administration". City AM. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.