Board of Directors
Our Board is comprised of six directors, five of whom are independent. Our directors bring a wealth of experience in operations, finance, law and accounting. The Board has established detailed charters to enable it to function independently of management and to facilitate open and candid discussion among the independent directors. The Board holds in-camera independent director meetings at every scheduled Board meeting, and otherwise as deemed necessary and upon the request of independent directors.
Charter of the Board of Directors
Mr Gandur has a degree in law and political science from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Mr Alexander is a citizen of Canada and received a B.B.M. from Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Canada.
Mr. Camp is the Managing Director of Darb al-Iraq, a consulting firm that provides market intelligence and advisory services to persons investing in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
Mr. Camp has successfully advised indigenous companies on developing management structures and strategic planning within their organizations, assisting foreign investors seeking to participate in energy projects in Iraq, and investing as a principal in start-up opportunities in the Kurdistan Region.
Some of Mr. Camp’s recent projects include the development of an integrated upstream/midstream/downstream petroleum project and the first major refinery in the Kurdistan Region.
He developed an agriculture project on 500 acres of land in the Kurdistan Region. He has also been successful in bringing a major international hotel chain into the Kurdistan Region where they will manage several projects. Mr. Camp has lived and worked in Iraq for more than 10 years.
Prior to entering the private sector, Mr. Camp held various United States Foreign Service Officer positions, including assignments in the Kurdistan Region for two years and an additional tour based in Baghdad. He served as a Director in the Office for Iraq and Afghanistan at the National Security Council at the White House.
Mr. Camp has a Masters in Management from New York University and a B.Sc. in journalism from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Ms. Karim, a native of Erbil, has spent her professional life participating as an advisor on multiple industrial development projects in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. As the region’s economy shifted from the mining of various stones and minerals to the development of oil and gas resources, Ms. Karim, a qualified lawyer, advised senior management of a number of entities on strategic projects. Her unique knowledge of the local market, her understanding of the legal framework, and her pragmatic problem solving skills were essential to the industrial era that has emerged in the Kurdistan Region.
Ms. Karim concluded her legal studies at the University of Salah ad Din in Erbil after completing a technical certificate in civil engineering at the Erbil Technical Institute. She participates in various humanitarian ventures primarily focused on education programming for refugees and internally displaced persons.
Mr Macey is a Canadian citizen and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in geotechnical science from the University of Montreal (Loyola College) and a Master of Science degree in geology from Carleton University in Ottawa. He is also a director and Chairman of PanOrient Energy Corp. and a director of Gran Tierra Energy Inc. He was previously a director of Addax Petroleum.
Mr Newman is a citizen of the United Kingdom, and studied geography at the University of Oxford before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in England.
