Dr. Andy Chakrabarti

2015 – 2018: SENIOR CONSULTANT IN GLOBAL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, NV5 INC., NY, USA

2011 – 2015: GLOBAL DIRECTOR MINING, RIZZO ASSOCIATES, PA, USA

2006 – 2010: EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, O&G EXPLORATIONEVALUATION (ONSHORE & OOFFSH) IN EAST AFRICA, SOMALIA/SOMALILAND. ROVA/OPHIR ENERGY CORPORATION, SOUTH AFRICA.

2001 - 2005: SENIOR RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE, JCI LIMITED, (ANGLO-AMERICAN GROUP) SOUTH AFRICA (RESPONSIBLE FOR SUB-SAHARA AFRICA).

1998 – 2000: OPERATIONS MANAGER, UNITED NATIONS REVOLVING FUND FOR NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION (UNRFNRE), SOUTHERN AFRICA

1994 – 1998: SENIOR SCIENTIST, WOODWARD CLYDE, INC./U. S. DEPT. OF ENERGY, WASHIGTON DC IN HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL, WESTERN USA .

1990 - 1994: SENIOR EXECUTIVE, LONRHO PLC, UK. RESPONSIBLE FOR ZIMBABWE, MOZAMBIQUE & YEMEN.

1981 – 1990: CHIEF TECHNICAL ADVISER, UNITED NATIONS DEPT. OF TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT (UNDP/DTCD). RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.

1976 – 1980: SR. ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST, THE WORLD BANK, LCP II, IN COLOMBIA, PERU, BRAZIL & ARGENTINA.

1972 – 1975: EXPLORATION MANAGER, SIAMESE TIN SYNDICAT UK - THAILAND AND MALAYSIA.

1969 – 1971: MINE GEOLOGIST, ALICE ARM COPPER, MOLYBDENUM MINE, KENECOTT COPPER CORPORATION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA .

EDUCATION: Ph.D. IN PURE SCIENCE (ECONOMIC & MINING GEOLOGY), DURHAM UNIVERSITY, UK 1967 LANGUAGES: ENGLISH, SPANISH, PORTUGUESE