Mr. Torres-Macchiavello has 25 years of experience in the energy, construction and mining business. He has held senior positions with NRG Energy, AES Corporation, Pennsylvania Power & Light, Vattenfall Sweden, SARCOAL Energy, EMSA Construction, West Hawk Development Corp. and Lateegra. He also has served as a board member of different energy and mining companies. Mr. Torres-Macchiavello's education includes degrees in business administration and public administration from the University of Brasilia (UnB) in Brazil, and an MBA from the Getulio Vargas University in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Prior to International Gold Resources, Inc., Mr. Durham was instrumental in procuring investment for three small startup companies. He was responsible for business development in pre-IPO markets and structuring and negotiating a number of mergers and acquisitions beneficial to shareholders. Mr. Durham has held senior management positions in the commercialization of several global innovations in the healthcare industry. While working in the sun care industry over the past several years, Mr. Durham developed and commercialized the first specific UVB monitoring device, enabling people to gauge UVB radiation exposure from the sun. He is also a director and consultant of PetroMed Corp., a private oil and gas company with property interests in Israel.
Richard M. Clyne, an executive consultant, has had a specialty practice negotiating large Information Technology Services contracts for a single Fortune 20 client since 1999. Previously, Mr. Clyne was Sr. Vice President of OAO Technology Solutions, Inc., an IT outsourcing provider, and was a member of the board of directors of two of its joint venture companies in the United Kingdom and Brazil. Prior to joining OAO, Mr. Clyne had an extended career at IBM Corp, the last 18 years of which were spent in management and executive positions. His last position, before moving to OAO, was in Tokyo, Japan, as Director of Delivery Services for IBM's Asia Pacific Group. Mr. Clyne negotiated joint venture agreements, among his management responsibilities, at both IBM and OAO.