Company

Management

• Kevin Foo, M.Sc. Dip Met, MIMMM Chairman

  Kevin has a 37 year career in all aspects of mining, including technical, operational, project management and running public companies including Aberfoyle Limited, Minproc Engineers and Bakyrchik Gold Plc. He has worked on five continents including 17 years in Kazakhstan and Russia and is a specialist in the development of mines in the FSU. He is currently the Managing Director of Celtic Resources Holdings Plc and Bramlin Plc, an AIM quoted resources company

• Grant Manheim Deputy Chairman

  Grant has extensive financial experience in the City of London gained over 37 years at N.M. Rothschild and Sons Limited with 25 years as a main Board Director. In addition to his financial experience, he also has knowledge of the oil and gas sector having been the Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of New Court Natural Resources Plc, a company whose business was the investment in and development of oil and gas properties in the United States.

• Robert Palmer FCA Finance Director

  Robert is a Chartered Accountant. He combines his role as Finance Director with his position as a senior partner in The Gallagher Partnership LLP, a business consultancy-based accountancy practice where he specialises in providing financial advice to small and medium sized enterprises. He holds a number of Directorships in private companies.

• George Donne Executive Director

  George was previously the General Manager of Victoria with responsibility for the administration of the Company’s head office in London. George is a former investment banker with JP Morgan in both London and Johannesburg, specialising in natural resources advisory

• Rashed Al-Suwaidi Non-Executive Director

  Rashed is a petroleum engineer, the former Exploration and Production Director for the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). After leaving ADNOC, Rashed acquired Dalma Energy, a drilling company with operations in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and India and clients include Qatar Petroleum, Saudi Aramco and Cairn Energy. Dalma Energy was sold to Aabar Petroleum Investments Company in 2005, of which Rashed was appointed a director and vice-chairman. Rashed also holds directorships in some of the largest investment companies in the UAE including the Abu Dhabi National Investment Company, Noor Capital and is Chairman of Oman-based Al Maha Petroleum, the largest petrol station owner in the country.

• Philip Rand Non-Executive Director

  Philip has over 30 years of financial experience of which 17 have been in the upstream energy sector. He is currently the chief executive and chief financial office of AIM-quoted oil and gas exploration company Equator Exploration Limited. He has been chief financial officer of Burren Energy, group treasurer of Monument Oil & Gas and held senior financial roles at Deminex and Louisiana Land & Exploration. Philip is a Fellow of the Association of Corporate Treasurers

• Mukhtar Tuyakbayev Non-Executive Director

  Mukhtar qualified at Moscow State Technical University in electronics engineering. He has had a successful business experience in different fields including more than 10 years in mining and exploration industries. He is current an Executive Director of Celtic Resources Holdings Plc with responsibility for finding and acquisition of new projects, attracting local banks to project financing and relations with FSU state institutions.