We are a team of principles and consultants with a deep knowledge and experience across the natural resource sector. Working primarily with exploration companies, project developers, equity investors and strategic industry participants, our approach is pragmatic, discreet and execution focused.
Hugo de Salis
CEO
Hugo has more than 30 years of expertise in international capital markets and communication. His leadership at St Brides Partners and Ragnar Capital has included advising governments and corporates on capital market strategies, with a focus on Africa.
He has worked with both bulge bracket institutions including Schroders Investment Management and JP Morgan Investment Management and smaller boutique capital markets and communications companies.
He has been involved in the listing of companies in the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Kenya, Namibia and South Africa and instigated lobbying campaigns for African governments including Namibia and South Sudan
Kofi Abban Sakey
Executive Director
Kofi brings over 25 years of global experience in corporate finance, operational leadership, and strategic advisory services, with a track record in technology, supply chain management, and capital markets.
Kofi was a Director at the London Stock Exchange Group where he was responsible for Technology Business Management and Group Procurement globally. He subsequently joined global investment firm Fidelity International as Director and Head of Business Finance prior to establishing Heffield Industries Ltd.
Kofi is adept at designing financing strategies and fostering investor engagement, and is able to draw on his extensive experience of capital markets and exchanges from his career in the industry to drive the development of corporate financing strategy and maintain productive engagement with institutional investors and transaction advisors.
David Steinpries
Executive Director
David Steinepreis is a highly experienced figure in the Australian and UK resources investment community, with decades of expertise spanning accounting, corporate advisory, and executive leadership within the mining and energy sectors.
Over his career, he has served as a director, adviser, and major shareholder for numerous private and publicly listed mining and exploration companies, covering commodities such as gold, base metals, diamonds, oil, and emerging mining technologies.
With restructuring, equity funding, venture capital and start-up experience, David and his network provide international deliverability to Amesuk’s operations.
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Djibril Rayan Soumahoro
Executive Director
Djibril is an entrepreneur and business strategist focused on developing high-value ventures across Africa, with an emphasis on projects that combine commercial potential with long-term strategic impact. His work spans investment development, partnership building, and the structuring of complex opportunities across the mining, infrastructure, energy, and technology sectors.
In mining, he is involved in ventures that demand strong financial insight, stakeholder co-ordination, and clear market positioning, working closely with public and private partners to deliver commercially robust and operationally credible projects aligned with broader economic development goals.
With a multidisciplinary background in psychology, finance, machine learning, andmathematics, Djibril brings a rigorous, analytical, and forward-looking approach tobusiness leadership. He supports ventures from concept through to execution, with afocus on building durable value, unlocking investment opportunities, and contributingto Africa’s long-term industrial and economic transformation.