Our Team

Terrence P. Duffy

Chairman and CEO

    • Terrence Duffy serves as the Chairman and Director of the Board of Ferrox Holdings. He is also the Chief Investment Officer of Lionhart Group, a hedge fund and a private equity fund based in Canada.

    • Mr. Duffy has many years of experience in mining operations and development in South Africa, including Eastern Platinum and Petra Diamonds.

    • He is a founder of Lionhart Group and has successfully invested in a number of mining and resources companies. Founded in 1993 by Terry with less than $10 million, the firm evolved into a truly global organization that allocates capital across different strategies in various industry sectors and asset classes, including a focus and core competence in mining and natural resources investments.

    • Terry’s investment strategies and in-depth risk management have allowed Lionhart to produce above-average returns in seventeen out of nineteen years.

    • Under his leadership, Lionhart has had a successful track record in private equity natural resource investments. From 2002 –2012, Lionhart achieved an average total return of 173%, with 22 investments and an average investment horizon of 3.7 years.

    • Lionhart has received many industry awards for its hedge funds, private equity funds, and for natural resources investing, including 9 awards from Barclay Hedge (#1 ranking five times), 3 awards from Hedge Fund Review, 2 from EuroHedge and 4 others.

    • Terry has held several key roles prior to forming Lionhart. As Head Trader of Global Equity Derivatives at First Interstate Capital Markets, he was instrumental in producing significant profits for the bank’s proprietary accounts.

    • Terry holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Purdue University.

Saad Hussain

    • Mr. Hussain has over 10 years of experience in mining operations and corporate development. He has a keen eye on natural resources in Sub-Saharan Africa. He specializes in bulk and critical mineral commodities including: magnetite, ilmenite (ores & their concentrates), vanadium pentoxide, phosphates and also ferro-alloys including: ferro-titanium, ferro-vanadium and ferro-chromium.

    • Mr. Hussain has played a critical role in Ferrox by helping secure its railway terminal and transportation allocation of ore and mineral concentrates with South Africa’s largest State owned enterprises.

    • Mr. Hussain has a very diverse finance background and plays an important role in Ferrox’s financing and marketing needs. His transactions include; structuring and closing financing from an American, Special Purpose Acquisition Company (“SPAC”) listed on Nasdaq.

    • Prior to joining Ferrox and Lionhart, Mr. Hussain was involved in retail banking at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

    • Mr. Hussain has a Master of Finance from Smith School of Business, Queen’s University, Canada. He is also a CFA level 3 candidate.

    • He is also serves as the Senior Analyst of Lionhart Group, a hedge fund and a private equity fund based in Toronto, Canada.

Corporate Development, Executive

David Sims

Director of the Board

    • David Sims is currently a Managing Director of Sentinel International Management SA in the Cayman Islands.

    • For the past 25 years he has provided offshore Financial Services to companies in USA, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Brazil, Hong Kong, Japan and South Africa and is currently director of several International Hedge Funds.

    • David has abundant expertise in structuring, administering, and managing Hedge Funds and other alternative investment vehicles domiciled primarily in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands.

    • Sentinel International Management SA was founded by Mr. Sims in 1997 as part of the Beacon Group of Companies and was renamed at the end of 2014 and is now again, privately owned Sentinel International Management SA specialises in the provision of director services to Alternative Investment Funds and Managers.

    • Prior to Sentinel / Beacon Fund Advisors, Mr. Sims was a Director of Citco Fund Services and Citco (BVI) Ltd.

    • A resident of the British Virgin Islands, Mr. Sims is originally from South Africa and speaks Afrikaans.

    • David graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1981.

Marta Miraglia

  • Marta Miraglia joined the Lionhart team in 1998 and has since held a number of key positions across investor relations, administration, and compliance. She currently oversees financial accounting, administration, human resources, and marketing for the Lionhart Group of Companies. Additionally, she manages cash operations for Ferrox Holdings Ltd.

    Marta brings a strong background in accounting and management within the financial and construction engineering sectors. She also has prior experience in the finance department of a Zurich-based insurance brokerage firm.

    She holds a Bachelors degree in Economic Science from Newton Paiva University in Brazil and a degree in Engineering from the Kennedy Institute. Marta has also completed language studies in German in Switzerland and is fluent in Portuguese, English, and German.

Corporate Administration

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