Paul Moffatt

Paul is a lawyer with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), where he leads the Bank’s Mineral Sector Market Development programme, with a particular focus on critical minerals. He works with governments, mining regulators and national geological services across Central Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa to modernise policy and regulation, build stronger and more capable institutions, improve access to geological information and attract responsible private investment. Paul's work spans a diverse range of mineral-producing and emerging markets, including Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Mongolia. This work focuses on turning geological potential into credible, investable opportunities through clearer and more predictable legal frameworks, transparent licensing and permitting, better geological data and practical investment and partnership models that bring private capital and expertise into exploration and mine development. Paul has more than 30 years’ legal and regulatory experience, including extensive experience in the mining sector, and is a barrister by background.