Jay Hambro

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(George) Jay Hambro (born 24 September 1974) is the Chief Executive Officer of Aricom plc, a director of Peter Hambro Mining and Gold and a founder of The Wine Wedding List.

Normally known as Jay, he began his career at N.M. Rothschild & Sons following a business degree at Newcastle University. He worked in the resource banking division focussing on financing mining projects and general metals trading.

Following a stint in the Denver office of Rothschild, Jay was recruited to become a manager of the HSBC Investment Bank metals and mining corporate finance and advisory division. He worked in this division for nearly four years, advising some of the world's leading metals and mining majors on a range of corporate activity from equity fund raisings to mergers and acquisitions.

In March 2003 Jay joined Peter Hambro Mining as a director of Business Development. During his time with the company it grew from US$50m to over US$2bn in market value.

Jay is married to Alexandra (née Babington) and they have a daughter.