Management & The Board of Directors
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Fayyaz Alimohamed, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director
Mr. Alimohamed has a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Economics from the London School of
Economics (University of London) and is a Certified General Accountant (CGA). He
has over 20 years experience in investment management, finance and consultancy.
He previously worked at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Financial and Management
Services Ltd. (a management consultancy set up by Morgan Grenfell & Co. Limited
and Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc.) and as the Chief Financial Officer of the Key Capital
Group.
He then moved to Dubai where he became Director of Investments for the Cupola Group,
a large operating and investment conglomerate. He is also the President of Acamar
Advisors, which provides management consultancy and corporate communications services.
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Robert A. Archer, P.Geo., Chairman of the Board of Directors
A career explorationist, Mr. Archer has a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Geology from Laurentian
University in Ontario and is a registered Professional Geologist. He spent more
than 15 years with major mining companies including Newmont Exploration Canada Ltd.,
Rio Algom Exploration Inc., Placer Dome Canada Ltd., and Noranda Exploration Inc.
During that time he specialized in generative exploration and participated in 3
positive feasibility studies at Canadian gold mines, including the 14 million ounce
Dome Mine in Timmins.
In the past 10 years he has held various positions at the senior management level
of junior exploration companies. He is currently President and Chief Executive Officer
of Great Panther Resources Limited, the company he co-founded 2 years ago. During
that time he has been instrumental in raising $21.5 million for Great Panther Resources
Limited.
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Shehzad Bharmal, Director
Mr. Bharmal has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of British
Columbia. He has over 15 years of experience in the mining industry with operating
experience at mines and smelters. As Manager, Operations, at Teck Cominco's $ 1.8
billion Trail smelter, he is responsible for managing plant operations, capital
projects and infrastructure construction and maintenance. Previously he was responsible
for Energy and Commercial Services at Teck Cominco, which involved concentrate purchasing
for the Trail smelter, chemical and industrial sales, and surplus energy sales.
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Tony M. Ricci, Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary
Mr. Ricci is a Chartered Accountant (CA) and has a Business Administration degree
from Lakehead University, Ontario. He has over 18 years of practice experience,
mainly with public companies listed on Canadian and U.S. stock exchanges. Previously,
he had worked as a manager with Amec Inc. (formerly H.A. Simons Ltd.) and with KPMG
as a senior accountant.
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