Ian Cockerill
Chief Executive Officer
Ian Cockerill was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Endeavour in January 2024, having joined the Board as Senior Independent Director in 2022 and been Deputy Chair since September 2023. He has nearly 50 years of experience in the global natural resources industry, having previously been Chief Executive Officer at Gold Fields Ltd, and Chief Executive Officer at AngloCoal, a subsidiary of the Anglo American group.
Mr Cockerill was the former Chair of the BlackRock World Mining Trust and also of Polymetal Plc. He was the former lead independent director of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd and a non-executive director of Orica Ltd. He is associated with two private businesses as the non-executive Chair of Cornish Lithium, and a non-executive director of I-Pulse Ltd.
He holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Geology from London University, an MSc in Mineral Production management from the Royal School of Mines and the AMP from Templeton College Oxford.