Paul Lock is the founding Chairman and Managing Director of Pan Asia Metals, which he listed on the ASX in late 2020, and has been involved in minerals exploration and development in Southeast Asia since 2012. Prior to this Paul was an investment banker, beginning his career as an OTC derivatives and high yield bond trader before moving into project finance for the resource sector and then leveraged finance for the private equity sector and then into a corporate advisory role where he was sector agnostic and focused on generating corporate transactions. Prior to this Paul was a commodity trader. Paul is a Political Economist and holds Masters degrees in Political Economy, International Studies, Commercial Law and Business Administration as well as a Bachelors degree in Business. Paul is a member of AusIMM.