Mr. McCutcheon joined the Board of Ovoca as a Non-Executive Director in January 2009 and moved into the CEO position in December 2009. Prior to Ovoca Mr. McCutcheon was a partner at DBM Capital Partners, an INVESTMENT manager and corporate FINANCE boutique specializing in the mining sector of Russia and the former Soviet Union. He also worked at several investment banks such as Bear Stearns, Aton Capital and Pioneer Investments as an award-winning metals and mining sector analyst and as an investment banker. He was one of the first analysts in Russia to write about its gold mining sector and he has advised numerous international gold mining companies on M&A, business development, and Russian business practices.BA, cum laude, Columbia College, New York, NY. MBA, Finance, Columbia Business School. Moscow resident. Fluent in English and Russian.