Shamika's Management team is a group of individuals who bring to the company their experience and enthusiasm.
Robert Vivian, President & CEO , is the Founder and President of Shamika Resources Inc., a junior mining company holding significant mining rights in DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). He is an accomplished entrepreneur. After a distinguished career at Montreal Trust, he has headed up his own investment company, focusing now on the development of natural resources. He has extensive knowledge and hands on experience with the identification and development of natural resource opportunities in Africa.
Alvin S. Schacter, V.P. Corporate Finance and CFO , is a senior business professional with over 30 years of experience in business operations as well as consulting and has served on the Board of Directors of many public companies. He was the Managing Director of SLF Consultants, a division of Schwartz Levitsky Feldman and a founding member and Director of the Canadian Turnaround Management Association. In the eighties, he was the President and CEO of Warrington Inc., a public company with approximately 3,000 employees and $200 million in annual sales.
Guy Arbour, P.Eng., Geo., M.Sc. (Geophysics) (Exploration Manager) will be supervising the exploration and development of claims and properties, while providing assistance to the President with communications and other groundwork. He's been largely involved in Mining Exploration, in Association Management, in Technical Publishing, and Professional Development, namely with the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Ahmed Sabri, Senior geologist, holds a Doctorate in Geology from University of St-Petersburg in Russia. Dr. Sabri is a highly respected earth scientist with over thirty years experience in the area of exploration and evaluation of mining properties for companies as well as the public sector. He was appointed Director at the Secrétariat d'État à la Recherche Scientifique et Technique of Algeria. Dr. Sabri has worked extensively in Canada, Algeria, Burundi and Democratic Republic of the Congo. His vast experience and extensive industry contacts will be major assets as the company moves forward.
Patrick VUALU, Chief geologist , has a diploma in geology from University of Lubumbashi and has an extensive experience in all aspect of mining in DRC. Mr. VUALU served as project manager for De Beers in DRC and was appointed chief department officer for the Ministry of Mine (Département du Domaine Minier et des Carrières). Mr. VUALU is also president of Général de la Société Mining Consulting and Services, a firm offering several services in the mining sector including geological mapping-structural and lithological mapping, geological logging, analysis and testing of minerals, preparation of preliminary geological and project reports.
Anthony Keogh, Controller, is an English Chartered Accountant, with more than thirty years experience in accounting, financial management and internal auditing. As an accountant he was at Price Waterhouse, London and Montreal. In industry he was for eighteen years at Cemp Investments Ltd., a major private investment company and subsequently, with companies in different industries including financial services, manufacturing and wholesaling. Companies include Standard life and GE Capital.
Patrick Martineau , Environmental and Social Affairs, has a Master in Political Science from UQAM (University of Quebec in Montreal). He did his research work on the governance of the DRC mining activities and the challenges of the columbo-tantalite sector. Mr. Martineau made several visits to the African continent, where he was appointed Co-coordinator on a research project on the social impact of mining investments and Head Researcher for a survey on the columbo-tantalite sector in DRC. He also was a special collaborator for GRAMA, a political research group that focuses on the mining sector in Africa.
Jane Qu, Business Development Coordinator for China. Originally from a very active mining area in China, Ms. Qu is familiar with senior management of some of China's largest mining companies involved in minerals such as tin, iron ore, coal and copper. Prior to joining Shamika, she was responsible for the sales and marketing of a Chinese pharmaceutical group for over 13 years. In her role she brought sales from $ 300 000 to $70 million and expanded its market throughout China, Japan and North America. As senior Vice President of sales she was ultimately responsible for a sales force of 200 people.
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