– UK, London – KEFI Gold and Copper plc (LON: KEFI), the gold and copper exploration and development company with projects in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, today announced the appointment of Dr. Alistair Clark to its Board as a Non-Executive Director effective from 1 July 2023.
About Dr. Alistair Clark
Dr. Alistair Clark is a graduate of Bradford University and obtained his Ph.D. from Imperial College, London. He sits on the Board of trustees of the charity Television for the Environment and Venus Minerals UK, a copper explorer in Cyprus. He was recently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Export Guarantees Advisory Council of UK Export Finance.
From 2001 until 2021, Alistair was Managing Director, Environment and Sustainability Department at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. During this period, the Bank undertook Environmental and social Appraisals of over 5,000 projects in diverse sectors (extractive, infrastructure, municipal, marine, financial, SMEs, manufacturing/industrial) and oversaw the development of the 5-year policy frameworks for environmental and social issues under which the institution can operate—developed the Annual Sustainability Report which details the Bank’s Environmental, Social and Governance of its internal and investment activities.
During his time at EBRD, Alistair was involved in the management of challenging projects to protect against reputational damage; managed the financial and diverse technical resources so that an effective support/compliance function could operate in tandem; Incubated new activities such as labor and human rights, climate change adaptation/road safety/gender/AMR, which resulted in new banking products and enhance development impacts of the Bank’s investments. During his tenure at EBRD, he ensured that the Bank was at the forefront of climate and ESG issues and was associated with best market practices. He has recently been awarded the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Impact Assessment in recognition of his work at the EBRD and Knight of the Order of the White Rose by the President of Finland for his work on the Northern Dimension Environmental Partnership.
Before joining EBRD, Alistair held SVP and Senior Management positions at URS Dames & Moore, where he helped develop new markets in the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and the former Soviet Union, specializing in environmental and social due diligence of major extractive projects, corporate M&A activities, project finance, and IPO support.
Source: https://www.kefi-goldandcopper.com/
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