– UK, Harrow – Alba Mineral Resources plc (LON: ALBA) today announced the appointments of Elizabeth Henson and Lars Brünner to its Board as Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect.
“I am delighted to welcome Elizabeth Henson and Lars Brünner to the Alba Board as independent Non-Executive Directors. These appointments are indicative of the Alba Board’s determination to keep pushing Alba in the right direction and to strive for excellence on all levels, both in the quality of our projects, in our technical work and in the depth of our management team.” said Executive Chairman, George Frangeskides.
He added: “Liz has had a stellar career rising to a very senior position at one of the world’s foremost global accountancy firms. She has a huge amount of professional experience across a wide range of sectors and countries. I am certain that her advice and input will be of huge benefit to the Alba Board as we look to grow the Company in the coming months and years.”
The company also announced that Manuel Lamboley is stepping down from the Alba Board and will take up a consultancy role for the Company, advising Alba on access to European markets and joint venture partners.
“Lars comes from a senior position at another leading international consultancy firm. I got to know Lars well during our 2018 field programme at Thule Black Sands, in which he led the Golder environmental team. Lars has an unrivalled knowledge of environmental regulation and resource management, and exceptional knowledge of Greenland having worked on around 30 projects there in the past decade alone. Environmental compliance plays an ever-increasing role these days in the process of progressing mineral exploration and development projects through to commercial exploitation, and with Lars’ expert guidance we know that we are now very well placed to advance our projects both in Greenland and elsewhere.” added George Frangeskides.
About Elizabeth Henson
Elizabeth Henson was, from 2007-2019, a senior international tax partner for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, based in London. She was the Founder and Leader of PwC UK’s International Wealth business and is considered a leader in her field. Elizabeth has an established and substantial contact base consisting of some of the wealthiest entrepreneurs and high net worth individuals from the UK and across the globe.
Elizabeth has a Master of Laws, Tax, from Queen Mary, University of London, a Bachelor of Laws from Rhodes University, South Africa and a Bachelor of Art, also from Rhodes University, South Africa. She was the 2018 Spears Private Client Accountant of the Year and won the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards Silver award for Woman of the Year – Leadership in 2016, 2018 and 2019, among other awards.
About Lars Brünner
Lars Brünner was, from 2014 until May 2020, the Arctic Mining and Environment, Business Development Leader for Golder Associates A/S, the leading international mining and environmental consultancy firm.
Lars has been an Environmental Consultant for more than 25 years, during which time he has conducted numerous Environmental and Social Impact Assessments for a broad range of projects and developed wide-ranging expertise in environmental legislation, natural resource management, monitoring and surveillance programmes. Much of Lars’ work in recent years has been associated with the mining sector in Greenland.
Lars has an M.Sc. in Biology from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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