Ian Robert Ashby is on the board of Anglo American Plc, IAMGOLD Corp. and Suncor Energy, Inc. and Member of Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and Vice President for The Chamber of Minerals & Energy of Western Australia, Inc.

In the past Mr. Ashby held the position of Independent Non-Executive Chairman for Petropavlovsk Plc, President for BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd. and President-Iron Ore Segment at BHP Group (UK) Ltd.

Ian Robert Ashby received an undergraduate degree from the University of Melbourne.