Dr. Andor Lips serves as Senior Advisor to HCF International Advisers Ltd (Financial Advisory), External Advisor Mineral Exploration to a BCG mining mandate, and is member of the Advisory Board to Spectral Industries and MineHub Technologies. He is also an Independent Director of Western Tethyan Resources, Verde Magnesium and of the 79th Group. Andor has over 25 years of experience in mineral exploration and finance. Prior to his own consulting and advisory activities he worked for Eldorado Gold until end 2019 as Vice President European Strategy & Corporate Sustainability. He held prior positions with Lydian International Ltd (Technical Director), ING Bank N.V. (Senior Banker), the Commodity Discovery Fund (Fund Manager), and BRGM (Programme Manager), whilst also providing external expert advice to the European Commission (2010-2022) and the UNESCO (2007-2012).