Patrick Chidley

Patrick Chidley joined HSBC in August 2010 as the Senior Analyst covering the gold mining sector. Prior to joining HSBC, Mr. Chidley worked with a major South African investment bank on the sell side as a Senior Analyst and covered the gold mining sector for seven years. Mr. Chidley also worked as an Equity Analyst with a major U.S. asset management firm and has been covering the mining sector as an Analyst since 1997. Previously he worked as a Commodities Analyst and also as a Geologist in the South African mining industry. Mr. Chidley has a master’s degree in mineral economics from the Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in mining geology from Imperial College, London, and has been a CFA charterholder since 2000.