Stockbroker Ord Minnett’s head of natural resources, Richard Saywell, is packing his bags for a rival.Street Talk understands Saywell lobbed his resignation on Wednesday morning and is due to pop up at Brent Potts’ Blue Ocean Equities as a senior corporate adviser. He is expected to start in November and would advise emerging miners and explorers on MA managing director at Ords, Saywell led the firm’s role – just a fortnight ago – into restart its Dartbrook mine.
He spent a big chunk of his 30-year-long career at UBS, where he was a managing director. He left the Swiss bank to join as Citi’s head of resources, which he left for Ords in 2021.