Rob Adamson

Mr. Adamson is an experienced Chair and Director with an extensive 35-year history as a corporate adviser and investor in the resources and related industries sectors.

He currently serves as the Executive Chair of RFC Ambrian Group Limited, RFC Ambrian Limited, and RFC Ambrian Funds Management Pty Ltd. RFC Ambrian undertakes three core business activities: Corporate Advisory; Venture Building; and Funds Management.

Mr. Adamson has leveraged his deep industry knowledge and commercial acumen within RFC Ambrian’s advisory business, combining it with the groundbreaking technology developed by CSIRO to co-found Chrysos Corporation, NextOre, MRead, Hadean Energy, and, most recently, FPR Energy.

He chairs each of these companies. Chrysos delivers fast, accurate assays to the mining industry; NextOre advances magnetic resonance detection, primarily for bulk ore sorting; MRead Limited is an Early-Stage Innovation (ESI) company focused on commercialising drug and explosives detection, with an initial focus on humanitarian de-mining operations; Hadean Energy Limited is an ESI company commercialising tubular solid oxide electrolysis for hydrogen and syngas production; and FPR Energy Limited is an ESI company formed to commercialise grid-scale, particle-based, next-generation concentrated solar thermal energy systems.