Equipe dirigente de IMIC (International Mining and Infrastructure Corporation)
Haresh Kanabar
Executive Chairman
Haresh Kanabar has more than 20 years’ experience in senior management of various companies and industries, including many AIM listed companies. He is currently a director of Aurum Mining plc, Gasol plc, Indian Restaurants Group plc, Silentpoint plc, Silentpoint Property Limited and Venteco plc. Prior to this, he has held a number of management and senior finance positions in several companies since 1997.
Ousmane Kane
Chief Executive Officer
Ousmane Kane has a wealth of experience in leading Mauritanian and pan-African public institutions. Prior to joining IMIC, Mr Kane was a Senior Adviser to Mauritania’s Head of State and a Vice President of the African Development Bank. He served as Minister of Finance and as the Governor of the Central Bank of Mauritania and was Director General of Mauritania’s state-owned iron ore company and Africa’s second-largest iron ore exporter, Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (“SNIM”) where he successfully implemented a US$1bn modernisation project. He was largely involved in the West and Central African iron ore sector while serving as Vice Chairman of African Iron Ore Group (“AIOG”) and as a Non-Executive Director of TSX-V and AIM-listed Afferro Mining Inc. Mr Kane is a qualified engineer and a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne (France) and the Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France).
James Ward
Finance Director
James Ward is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Chartered Company Secretary. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Whale Rock Accounting Limited; a firm of chartered accountants specialising in the natural resource and financial services sector. James has many years of experience advising AIM and Main Market companies. His natural resources experience included acting as the finance director of Global Coal Limited whose shareholders include Glencore, BHP-Billiton, Anglo American and Rio Tinto. In addition, he previously assisted Gasol Plc as interim financial controller. He has also advised a number of investment and private funds in the sector. Prior to this he worked on PPP/PFI infrastructure projects with Vinci and Willis' Construction insurance team. James trained at Grant Thornton.
Dr Rilwanu Lukman, KBE
Non-Executive Director
Dr Rilwanu Lukman, KBE, is an internationally known and respected figure in the oil and gas industry, with over forty years of experience in that sector. He was the Honorary Advisor on Energy and Strategic Matters to the President of Nigeria, a former President and Secretary General of OPEC, a former Nigerian petroleum minister, Founder and Chairman of the African Petroleum Producers Association and one of the founders of Afren plc, a FTSE250 company. Dr Lukman holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College (London) and follow-on diplomas and certificates, including doctorates, from prestigious institutions including the University of Leoben (Austria), McGill University (Montreal), University of Bologna (Italy), Ahmadu Bello University and the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria. He was made an Officer of the Legion d'Honneur of France in 1990.
Dr Babacar Ndiaye
Non-Executive Director
Dr Babacar Ndiaye is the Ambassador at large of Senegal. His professional career was predominantly with the African Development Bank. During his time there, he was awarded International Banker of the Year 1984 by the influential International Finance Review and served two terms as President. He is also a founder of the African Business Round Table (“ABR”) and the African Export Import Bank (“Afreximbank”), a member of the African Forum of former African Heads of State and Government and other African leaders, a member of the Presidential Council for investment in Mauritania, a member of the Scientific Committee of Teresys Foundation and Chairman of the West African Observatory of Business Ethics. Dr Ndiaye is a chartered accountant, a graduate of l’Ecole Superieure de Commerce, Toulouse, l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques “Sciences Po”, Paris, and Centre d’Etudes Bancaires et Financieres, Paris. Dr. Ndiaye was also awarded honorary doctorates by Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta Georgia and Lincoln University, Philadelphia.
Liu Guoping
Non-Executive Director
Mr Liu Guoping, a well know figure in Chinese iron ore and steel industry, held a position of Senior Vice President of China Railway Materials Company Limited (“CRM”) for 14 years since 1997. CRM is a major Chinese state owned enterprise focused on providing integrated services in the railway industry and the largest steel trading enterprise in China. Prior to that, he assisted in the development of CRM’s Kong Hong division as General Manager for two years. Mr Liu gained vast experience in the West African iron ore industry while serving as Non-Executive Director of African Minerals Limited between 2010-2012, during which time he contributed to the development of that company’s financial strategy and facilitated relationships with iron ore off-takers. Mr Liu was Non-Executive Director of Australian FerrAus Limited. Presently, he is President of Orix Group China, a Tokyo and NYSE listed integrated financial services group, and Chairman of Orix Asia Limited. He is a senior economist and a graduate of Heilongjiang University in China.
