Christine Coignard Managing Director
ccoignard@hcfintl.com Download vCardChristine has over 20 years of experience with capital intensive businesses, mostly gained in metals and mining.
She brings together corporate and structured finance skills which she developed while working in banking (Royal Bank of Canada, Société Générale, Citibank) with operational experience she gained as director for investments and financing at Norilsk Nickel. For the past ten years she has been a consultant to mining companies at all stages of development and has also been advising professional mining investors.
Christine currently focuses on structuring debt financing for large greenfield and expansion metals and mining projects. She led the team which raised US$710 million for the SNIM iron ore mine in Mauritania, successfully closing the financing in December 2009.
Christine holds dual French and Canadian citizenships. She earned a business degree from EM Lyon, France and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business, Canada.