Peter Hambro
Peter Charles Percival Hambro is a British businessman who is one of the founders of Petropavlovsk plc,, a gold mining business in Russia.
Early life
Peter Hambro was born on 18 January 1945, the son of Lt-Col Everard Bingham Hambro, and grandson of Major-General Sir Percy Hambro. One of his paternal ancestors, Carl Joachim Hambro, was a Danish banker. Hambro was educated at Eton College and Aix-Marseille University.Career
Hambro initially worked at Spicer & Pegler, an accounting firm. He then briefly worked at Hambros Bank before moving on to Smith St Aubyn, a discount house, where he became a Managing Director in 1973. From 1983 to 1990 he worked at Mocatta & Goldsmid, a bullion house, where he became Deputy Managing Director.In 1994 with Pavel Maslovskiy, Hambro co-founded Peter Hambro Mining, which was renamed Petropavlovsk plc in 2009. He served as its chairman until June 2017. Petropavlovsk went into administration in July 2022.