John Burges

John Burges is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Northern Freegold Resources Ltd. He joined Northern Freegold from Knight Capital Group, a New Jersey-based global financial services firm. As a Managing Director for Knight, Mr. Burges was responsible for resources capital markets activities focused on North American small-cap public companies. Before working with Knight, he was employed as a Director for Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch, where he oversaw investment banking practices, advising and financing corporations in the resource and power sectors between the two companies for a total of 13 years. He was subsequently appointed as Chairman and an Officer of Newmarket Power, a private equity-backed independent power generation company. Mr. Burges also has worked with a private equity investment group in the Middle East, which invested in the energy and resource sectors. With more than 20 years involvement in the resources and capital markets sectors, he brings substantial corporate finance, investment and management experience. Mr. Burges graduated with an Executive MBA from Columbia Business School and a B.A. (Hons) from Bristol University, England.