Team - VERDE MAGNESIUM

Board of Directors

Sorana Baciu

EBRD, Senior International Advisor, 2017-2021
World Bank, External Advisor
Secretary of State, Romanian Ministry of Economy, 2015-2016
OMV Petrom, Strategy&Corporate Development Director
Porsche Financial Group, Board Member
ING Bank, Investment Banking & Strategy, 1997-2004
BCom, Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest, MA Economic Policy Management, McGill University Canada

Dr. Andor Lips

European Commission. External Expert, 2010 – 2020
Eldorado Gold. European Strategy & Corporate Sustainability Manager
Lydian Intl. Technical Director
ING Bank NV. Senior Banker mining finance
Commodity Discovery Fund. Fund Manager

Dr. Bernd Martens

Audi AG, Board of Management, Head of Procurement and IT 2012-2020
Volkswagen AG, SVP of New Product Management (within Procurement), 2005-2012
Volkswagen do Brasil, Director of procurement, 2002-2005
Director of Product Planning and Product Management, 1997-2002
Roland Berger, Project Manager in Automotive, 1995-1997
Mercedes-Benz AG, PhD student
University of Kaiserslautern Studies in Industrial Engineering

Jonathan Winer

Regulatory attorney specializing in national security law and cross-border regulation
Senior Counselor at APCO
Former U.S. Special Envoy for Libya
Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Law Enforcement
In 2016, received the highest award granted by the Secretary of State, for “extraordinary service to the U.S. government”
Former Counsel to United States Senator John Kerry

Gelu Maracineanu

CEO

Gelu has over 30 years of international experience in mining projects. He was the former GM of the fully permitted predecessor project to Verde Magnesium.
Gelu is also a former President of NAMR with great knowledge of Romania’s geology, industry legal frame, NAMR procedures.
PhD, Petrosani Mining University, Romania

Serghei Gheorghe

Commercial Manager

Serghei has 30 years of expertize as a top commercial executive mainly in primary metals (non-ferrous) production and mining.
He was the Procurement Manager and Board Member of Romanian Aluminum Smelter, VIMETCO-ALRO, being also involved in the alumina refining and bauxite mining activities of the Group.
DSC Structural Engineering – Brasov University, MSC Engineering – Bucharest Polytechnic University

Alex Rosu

Project Manager

Alex Rosu has 20 years of experience in natural resources sector, serving as a regional head for Amerocap and deputy CEO for a European refinery. Alex brings good business development experience in Romania having negotiated large commercial and M&A contracts in energy and commodities.
BA, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest

Ilhan Goknel

VP Metallurgy

Ilhan is a mining engineer with great expertise in non-ferrous mineral projects, from his
30+ year career.
He was the former Project Manager and Plant Manager of the Esan, Turkey Magnesium Mining and Processing; the sole such asset built outside China in the last 20 years.
MSC, Mining Engineering,
Technical University of Istanbul and RWTH Aachen