Resource Capital Funds

Sherri Croasdale is a Senior Advisory Partner at Resource Capital Funds and a retired Partner and CFO with more than 30 years in the private equity industry. In her prior role, she oversaw the finance and accounting operations of RCF Management LLC and its private equity funds, covering fund launches, investor due diligence and onboarding, financial reporting, and compliance with limited partnership agreements. She also serves as President and Chairperson of the Resource Capital Funds Foundation, which supports sustainable development in local and mining communities.

Brett Beatty joined Resource Capital Funds in 2009 after working as a mining engineer for companies including Mincor Resources and Barminco, with experience in production, planning, mine design, geotechnical work, and mine site management across underground operations in Australia. He leads an RCF investment team and oversees administration for the firm's Australian offices, and chairs the RCF Partners Committee governing the firm's global investment operations. He holds engineering and finance degrees from Curtin University and is a Certified First Class Mine Manager.

Lyle Bruce is a Partner in the Innovation Fund at Resource Capital Funds. His experience spans the mining, mineral processing, metallurgical, logistics, manufacturing, mining services, and equipment supply sectors, with a focus on technology commercialization. He has held director and CEO roles, working in strategy development, governance, and team leadership.

Head of Partnerships at Otro overseeing investor relations, marketing and communications; previously Chief of Staff at Ariel Alternatives and began her career leading partnerships at the NBA G League.

Jonathan Rafalski is an Application Owner at Resource Capital Funds, where he specializes in the eFrontInvest software suite. He has built applications using the .NET framework, MVC, and SQL, and managed a North American support desk spanning four offices, seven employees, and more than 80 clients. His work has included designing a 24/7 support module to extend service-level agreements using existing global resources, and reporting on team performance, escalations, and progress to the CTO, CCO, and CEO.

Nathan McNee is a private equity professional working with RCF Innovation in the mining innovation sector, and serves as a Board Observer at Australian Droid + Robot. His experience includes financial analysis and modelling, transaction management, strategy development, and business planning, with a focus on Mining Equipment, Technology and Services (METS) companies. He has advised on more than A$500 million of transactions.

Simon Ford is Senior Director of Processing & Metallurgy at Resource Capital Funds. As a minerals processing engineer and study manager, he has worked across commodities including uranium, gold, silver, copper, nickel, lead, cobalt, zinc, lithium, and tantalum, with experience spanning process design, engineering management, Metsim modelling, commissioning, and scoping, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies. His background includes study management roles on a West African gold project, a polymetallic project, and a uranium project, as well as due diligence and project evaluation across multiple jurisdictions.

Mining engineer and mineral economist who is an investment committee member and former partner at Resource Capital Funds. Has evaluated hundreds of mining projects globally and served on multiple company boards.