Robert Friedland

Ivanhoe Mines; cycle-aware mining capital allocator

Executive Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines, the TSX-listed company developing tier-one copper and platinum-group-metal assets in Africa. Built a track record across multiple commodity cycles by identifying and de-risking giant ore bodies—most notably Kamoa-Kakula and Oyu Tolgoi—before majors recognised their scale. Known for early-stage project financing and using commodity-cycle timing to attract strategic capital from Asian industrial partners.