Brief info
Robert joined N M Rothschild & Sons in 1983 where he worked initially in London and later at its subsidiaries in Hong Kong, Chile and Spain. In 1990, he joined Hanson PLC becoming a main board director in 1992 responsible for strategy, mergers, acquisitions and disposals. Robert resigned from Hanson PLC at the end of 1997 after the demerger to chair Hanson Transport Group, now Hanson Family Holdings. In 1998 he founded Hanson Capital Limited to capitalise on his worldwide network of close relationships with private venture capitalists, entrepreneurs, financiers and high net worth individuals.
In 2006 Hanson Westhouse was formed by linking Hanson Capital Limited and Westhouse Securities with Robert becoming Chairman, a position he held until June 2009. In October 2009 Robert became chairman of Strand Hanson Ltd, an independent corporate advisory firm. Externally Robert became a director of Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines Ltd in 2001 and South Gobi Energy Resources in 2006.