Full Name: Ian Cunynghame Daymond

Position: Nonexecutive chairperson of Mustang Resources

Main Activity of the Company: Ruby exploration, development and mining and ruby and graphite exploration and development in Mozambique

Date and Place of Birth: November 25, 1949, Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), Australia

Education: BA LLB, University of Sydney, 1973

First Job: Legal articled clerk, 1972

Size of First Pay Packet: A$28 a week

Value of Assets under Your Control: Over A$40-million from having been a nano-cap company

Number of People under Your Leadership: 40-plus employees

Management Style: I enjoy adding value (and rolling up my sleeves)

Personal Best Achievement: Transitioning Mustang from an oil and gas explorer and producer in the US into a gemstone developer and miner in Mozambique

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My parents, who enjoyed a long and happy marriage and family life and gave the three children a secure and solid grounding, an excellent education and an international outlook

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: Hugh Morgan, former MD of Western Mining Corporation (WMC)

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Disabled Professor Stephen Hawking, who, when reportedly asked what he would have chosen if he had his life over again, responded that he could not have asked for anything better!

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Rick Menell, for his intellectual gifts – I worked with him on the Hartley Platinum Project at Delta Gold, in Sydney, in the late 1980s and early 1990s

Philosophy of Life: Persistence – never give up – reinforced by the way to play the game of golf! Truth, fairness and tolerance to all! Inspired by the Rotary International 4 Way Test

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Joining WMC in 1980 as a young in-house lawyer and working on the Olympic Dam Joint Venture (JV). Later, working on JV with BHP for the Hartley Platinum project on the Great Dyke, in Zimbabwe, and then forming and listing Zimplats on the ASX in 1998

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Departing the successful Australian gold and platinum company, Delta Gold

Hope for the Future: That wealth-creating miners are given more encouragement

Favourite Reading: Biographies, classical literature, international mining journals

Favourite TV Programme: Big rugby and cricket tests, major golf tournaments, news and current affairs

Favourite Food/Drink: Steak au poivre, chicken with green peppercorn sauce, Japanese sashimi/sushi. Beer, good Aussie and South African wines

Favourite Music: Classical and good rock

Favourite Sport: Golf and swimming

Hobbies: Greek island holiday villa, cattle farm NSW

Car: Audi A6

Pets: Small Jack Russell-type

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Sloppy legal drafting

Married: Fiancée Sally Horton since 1999, after 17 years of marriage

Children: James, 35, Alexandra, 33, and Timothy, 35, from marriage. Step-granddaughter, Lina, 5, step-grandson, Jaya, 14, who lives with us; granddaughter, Sophia, 4, grandson, Nicholas, 2

Clubs: Honorary Consul for Republic of Botswana in NSW since 2007; Australian Club, Sydney; Elanora Country Club, Sydney; Kew Country Club, NSW; formerly Rotary International, for 15 years