Ian Gowrie-Smith

Biographical Information
"Ian Gowrie-Smith was born in Australia and educated at Geelong Grammar and Melbourne University. His business career has focused on investing in opportunities in the private sector and then taking them to the public markets. Ian Gowrie-Smith moved to the UK in 1987 and is best known for having founded and chaired two listed companies in the pharmaceutical sector, Medeva PLC and Skyepharma PLC.

"More recently his focus has returned to the mining, and oil and gas sectors, with exploration and production activities in Vietnam, Papua New Guinea and Zambia, through listed companies Triple Plate Junction PLC and Rift Oil PLC. Ian was appointed a trustee of The Outward Bound Trust in September 2007."