Mr Rutherford, a native of Northern Ireland and a graduate of Queen’s University Belfast, is a seasoned investment professional with over 25 years’ experience in investment management and banking, specialising in the global mining and metals sector. Between 1997 and 2013, he served as Senior Vice President at U.S. investment firm Capital Group, where he had responsibility for investing in the global mining and metals sector. Prior to that, he was Vice President at HSBC James Capel in New York, responsible for covering the Latin American mining industry, and also worked at Credit Lyonnais Securities.

He currently serves as a director of Manara Minerals Investment Co., a joint venture between Ma’aden, the Saudi Arabian Mining Company, and the Public Investment Fund, and is a non-executive director of both Ecora Royalties plc and Perseus Mining Ltd.  From 2013 to 2020, he served as a non-executive director of Anglo-American plc, the UK-listed diversified mining group, and in 2020 was appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the gold producer Centamin plc, a role he held until late 2024 when it was taken over by AngloGold Ashanti.

He also sits on the Advisory Board of the Queen’s Business School at Queen’s University Belfast and on the Board of Governors of the Royal Belfast Academical Institution (RBAI).