Stephen Nairne, Managing Director:
Mr. Nairne has served as Lundin for Africa's Managing Director since 2007. He is concurrently appointed as an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia, where he teaches courses on Country and Project Risk Analysis in Developing Countries, and is a Member of Canada's Scientific Committee on Failed on Fragile States. Prior to joining LFA, Mr. Nairne served as Deputy Director with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Pacific Office and as Senior Political Risk Analyst at Export Development Canada. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and a Master of Arts from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University. His most recent publication, "Nigeria: Mapping Political, Economic, and Business Scenarios in the Post-Obasanjo Era," was published by the Canadian Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute in June 2007.

Communications Group:
Lundin for Africa's communication group is dedicated to developing and maintaining mutually beneficial relationships with our current and prospective donors, the general public, and the communities in Africa and to identify and fund innovative initiatives leading to sustainable improvements. The communications group has lead responsibility for the production and dissemination of quarterly newsletters, annual reports and media relations.

Karamo N.M Sonko, Special Advisor:
Mr. Sonko is Vice President of Tasiast (Mauritania) Ltd., a subsidiary of Red Back Mining Inc. (a Lundin Group Company). He is an Advisor, Business Development and Strategy (Africa) for the Lundin Group. He has a B.A. (First Class) from the University of Swaziland, M. Phil. from the University of Cambridge, UK, and a Ph.D (with Distinction) from the University of Denver, CO, in international economics & development. Before his transfer to Mauritania in September 2007, he was Director of Business Development & Strategy, Champion Industrial Minerals Inc. (another Red Back Mining subsidiary). He has advised many multinational companies on thier African investment strategies, worked for a number of international institutions, including the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund, and taught at four universities in the United States and France. He has written and published extensively on Africa and has served as a Special Advisor to Lundin for Africa since 2006.