Daniel P. Kesonen
Chairman & CEO
Nevtah Capital
Management Corp.
Mr. Kesonen has been the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Nevtah Capital since 1995. He is
also the current Managing Director of RLK Investment Group,
an international investment and venture capital corporation
with offices in Florida and Zurich , Switzerland .
He is the Chairman and CEO of Pegasus Pharmaceuticals Inc.,
a medical devices company trading on the OTC Exchange (Symbol:
PGUZ) Mr. Kesonen is the President of Wyn Developments Inc.,
a resource company trading on the Toronto Venture Exchange.
(Symbol: WL.V) He was also President of PLC Systems Inc., a
medical laser company trading on the AMEX Exchange.
In the past, Mr. Kesonen has been Vice President
of several investment companies including Shearson Lehman Brothers,
E.F. Hutton and A.G. Edwards & Sons. He has an extensive
network of contacts in Europe, United States and Canada within
the institutional investment community. His background in the
institutional investment banking industry will aid greatly
in the course of developing the Company's strategic platform,
its infrastructure, its financial resources and its marketing
strategies.
Laurence Jones,
Director, Nevtah Capital Management
Mr. Jones brings to the Company a wealth of experience in the international commodities markets. He is currently a Commodities Consultant for Chiltern Group Services PLC, an accounting and business advisement firm based in London, England. In 1978, he established Barclays Metals (Barclays Capital & Barclays Bank PLC) and expanded the business to become a Ring Dealing Member of the LME in 1980. He reported directly to a Main Director of the Bank of England and assisted with the sale of the company as Johnson Matthey Commodities to Deak International. Mr. Jones continued to build the global presence of Deak International by establishing trading offices in New York, Hong Kong and the acquisition of two refineries in Australasia. He was elected to the Board of London Metal Exchange in 1995. He was also a Senior Director of Johnson Matthey Commodities and a Senior Manager of Ametalco Trading Limited (AMAX Inc.).
Mr. Jones is a former member of various committees of the London Metal Exchange including Chairman of the Warrant Automated Delivery System and Member of the Warehousing Committee and a Member of the Governance Committee.