Robert Martin Friedland

Biography

Mr. Robert Martin Friedland is Non-Executive Co-Chairman of the Board of the Company. Mr Friedland is an international financier and global leader in resources and technology industries. Since the early 1980s, he has specialised in securing financing for the exploration and development of mineral and technology ventures. Mr Friedland is the founder of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (formerly Ivanplats Limited) - a Canadian public company listed on the New York, NASDAQ and Toronto exchanges - and has been Executive Chairman and Director since November 2000. He was formerly President of the company from June 2003 to May 2008. Mr Friedland was the founder of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (now Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd) and served as Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer until April 2012. He directed the assembly by Ivanhoe Mines Ltd of a portfolio of interests in several countries over 15 years and led the company’s discoveries and initial development of the world-class Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in southern Mongolia. Mr Friedland is also Chairman and President of Ivanhoe Capital Corporation, a private company based in Singapore that specialises in providing venture capital and project financing for international business enterprises, predominantly in the fields of energy and minerals. Mr Friedland holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Reed College.  

Research Interest

waste management sustainability