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Shahrukh Khan
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Shahrukh was educated in the USA (at Harvard University) and in the UK. He was awarded a BA in Business Administration and Economics (finance and international business) at Richmond, the American International University in London. Shahrukh has over nine years’ experience in project finance, with a particular focus upon the natural resource and infrastructure related sector. He has worked on a number of international assignments with a total value exceeding US$5 billion, predominantly in the Middle East, South Asia and China. He has specialist expertise in large and complex projects, including project valuation and investment appraisal, financial modelling, feasibility studies and other project finance related services. Shahrukh is the Non-Executive Director of All Star Minerals plc, which commenced trading on PLUS in April 2006. He is also a director of Al Nasr Europe Limited, a London-based trading and finance company (a sister company of Al Nasr Trading and Industrial Corporation of Saudi Arabia), which is involved in the metals and minerals industries and the energy sector. |
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Anthony Scutt
Non-Executive Director
Tony is a qualified Chartered Secretary and a Certified Internal Auditor with the US Institute of Internal Auditors. He has over 30 years of financial management expertise with Shell International Petroleum and has worked in many parts of the world, including the Malagasy Republic, East and Central Africa, South Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines, Gabon and latterly as the Chief Internal Auditor of Shell UK. Tony then went on to become an investment analyst, writer and investor. Tony is a Non-Executive director of AIM-listed Addworth plc, Starvest plc and Beowulf Mining plc, and of PLUS-quoted Agricola Resources plc, and Oil and Gas Support Services plc. |
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Roderick Stead
Non-Executive Director
Roderick was awarded BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and is qualified accountant, FCCA. He brings considerable experience in a wide variety of management roles in the oil, gas, coal, mining and forestry industries in different environments. This includes Board experience in over 25 companies. Particular experience in corporate governance issues, strategic business analysis and the management of major joint venture relationships and strategic alliances. Between 1967 and 2003, Roderick worked in several international locations for the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies. His positions included working as the Finance Controller for Shell Expro, the operator of the Shell/Exxon North Sea joint venture between 1984-1987, before moving to Chile, where he was Finance Director and a board member of 18 Chilean Shell subsidiaries between 1987-1991. From 1991-1996 Roderick worked as Group Advisor on Acquisition and Divestments for Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd. From 1996-1999 he was based in the Sultanate of Oman, where he worked as leader of the financing team for Oman LNG LLC, prior to becoming leader of the financing team for Nigeria LNG Ltd between 1999-2003. Roderick has extensive experience in project finance negotiations with investment banks, multilateral agencies, export credit agencies, commercial banks, law firms and accountants. Wide experience in structuring international and cross border acquisitions, mergers and divestments. Experience in privatisation transactions with Governments including Hungary, Sri Lanka, Venezuela, and the Czech Republic. Extensive contacts with most of the main investment and merchant banking firms in the USA, UK and Western Europe. Roderick has extensive experience in financial management, including accounting, budgeting, cost control and fiscal matters, in internal audit and the assessment of controls (particularly in high risk environments). Wide experience in Treasury operations, including commercial bank relations, the hedging of interest, commodity and exchange risks, and the negotiation of insurance cover. |
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Edward Taylor
Company Secretary
Ed has worked in various accounting, human resources, administration and Company Secretarial positions in the natural resources sector. He has worked for Hardy Oil & Gas (now British Borneo Oil and Gas plc), Enterprise Oil plc and LASMO (now AGIP (UK) plc). Presently he has assignments with Yukos Services (UK) Ltd, All Star Minerals plc, and U3O8 Energy Limited, as well as serving as a Non-Executive Director of AIM-listed Beowulf Mining plc. |
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