San Francisco, Ca., USA - December 8, 2015, San Francisco, Ca., USA - EnCore Energy Corp. announced that it has named Richard Cherry to its board of directors.
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Mr. Cherry is a veteran executive of the nuclear industry, having worked for several leading companies in the areas of uranium mining, production, conversion, marketing and power generation operations for 40 years. He is currently employed as a consultant to the uranium mining industry.
Mr. Cherry previously served as president and chief executive officer of Cotter Corp. and Nuclear Fuels Corp., both affiliates of General Atomics Corp. He was responsible for all aspects of Cotter's mining and milling operations in Colorado, including uranium and vanadium ores with over 200 employees. His participation in Nuclear Fuels Corp. made him responsible for the worldwide uranium marketing efforts for all General Atomics' affiliates.
Mr. Cherry also served as vice-president of ConverDyn and Nuclear Fuels Corp. ConverDyn is a joint venture between Honeywell International and General Atomics focused on marketing uranium conversion services to large electrical utilities worldwide.
Mr. Cherry has international experience having served UG U.S.A. Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., as vice-president. UG U.S.A. Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of the German uranium trading company based in Frankfurt, which trades all forms of nuclear fuel. Mr. Cherry also served as the regional director Far East for Sequoyah Fuels Corp. marketing the company's uranium conversion services to clients in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Mr. Cherry also previously served as CEO and president of Zenith Minerals, a private uranium mining company, CEO and director of Uranium International, and served on the board of Sequoyah Fuels Corp.
He held various management and technical positions at Kansas Gas and Electric for the Wolf Creek nuclear generating station as it progressed from construction through start-up and power generation, he was responsible for all commercial and technical areas required to secure and design nuclear fuel. ■