London, United Kingdom - May 25, 2012, London, United Kingdom - Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC announces the appointment of two new independent non-executive directors to the board and the appointment of a senior independent director.
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The following Independent Non-executive Directors are joining the Board of ENRC:
Richard Burrows is Chairman of British American Tobacco p.l.c, having joined the Board of the company as a Non-executive Director in September 2009. Mr. Burrow's executive career has been with Irish Distillers, where he was Chief Executive from 1978 - 2000, and Pernod Ricard, where he was Co-Chief Executive from 2000 - 2005, based in Paris.
His current non-executive roles include Rentokil Initial and Carlsberg, while he was Governor of the Bank of Ireland from 2005 - July 2009. Mr.Burrows is a member of the Trilateral Commission which fosters closer co-operation among democratic industrialised nations. He served as President of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation from 1998 - 2000, as Chairman of the National Development Corporation from 1984 - 1988 and Chairman of the Scotch Whisky Association 2006 - 2007.
Mohsen A. Khalil is Global Head of Climate Business Group at the World Bank/IFC. During his 14 years' tenure with the World Bank, Dr. Khalil has held several managerial positions, among which Director of the Global Information and Communication Technologies Department, Director of IFC's Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa Department, and Chief Investment Officer in the Telecommunications, Transport, and Utilities Department.
Before joining the World Bank, while also a Professor of Business at the American University of Beirut, Dr. Khalil served as Chief Advisor to the Lebanese Minister of Post and Telecommunications, Board Director of Lebanon's Autonomous Fund for Housing, and advisor to various governments and major corporations in the Middle East. He also worked with McKinsey & Co. Management Consultants, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and MITRE Corporation.
Dr. Khalil holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California, an M.Sc in management from the Sloan School of Management at MIT, an M.Sc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a B.Sc. in Physics from the American University of Beirut.
Appointments are effective from the close of the Annual General Meeting on 12 June 2012.
Terence Wilkinson is appointed as Senior Independent Director, effective immediately. ■