Trident Royalties Plc announced the appointment of Richard John Hughes as an executive director with effect from 20 September 2022. Richard succeeds Martin Page who will step down with effect from the same date. Richard Hughes has over 15 years of experience in the natural resources sector.

In 2019, Richard founded an independent consultancy providing corporate finance advisory services to both mining and royalty finance companies. Prior to this he was a senior member of the Metals and Mining Investment Banking team at RBC Capital Markets based in London from 2010 to 2018. Richard began his career at CIBC, where Richard was a member of the Global Mining Group.

Richard, aged 39, is also currently a Director of Cana Advisory Limited.