AEX Gold Inc. announced appointment of Sigurbjorn Thorkelsson as Non-Executive Director. He joined the board of the company as independent non-executive director, and Chair of the Audit Committee, on July 27, 2020. He has wealth of experience in the financial markets, having worked at major financial institutions throughout his career. He has over 25 years' experience in the banking and securities industry across New York, London, Tokyo, Hong Kong and his native Iceland. He has previously serves as Managing Director at Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited and as Head of Asia-Pacific Equities before becoming Senior Managing Director of the Nomura Group. In 2010, he moved to Barclays Capital (Hong Kong) as Managing Director and Head of Asia-Pacific Equities before becoming Managing Director (Head of Equities EMEA) at Barclays Capital in London in 2011. More recently, he has co-founded investment and securities companies in Iceland and in the UK.