Board of Directors

Daniel Simoncini
Chairman
Mr. Simoncini has been a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Foraco since incorporation. Prior to his involvement with the company, Mr. Simoncini held various senior management positions with other entities. From 1994 to 1997, Mr. Simoncini was Chief Executive Officer of Technoplus Industries SA, a subsidiary of the French Atomic Bureau (CEA), dealing with nuclear power systems components. From 1982 to 1994, Mr. Simoncini held various positions in Comex group of companies, predecessor to Acergy SA, listed on the NASDAQ. During his carrer, he managed several offshore construction projects, then lead a deepwater R&D programme and became Vice President of Business Development; he ended up as VP of the EMEA Region. Mr. Simoncini is a Professional Engineer and holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Ensam University in Paris, France.

Jean-Pierre Charmensat
Director
Mr. Charmensat has been a Director and Executive Officer of Foraco since incorporation. Prior to his involvement with the company, Mr. Charmensat held various senior management positions with other entities. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Charmensat was Chief Financial Officer of the LOHR group in France, a worldwide specialist in the design and manufacture of transportation systems. From 1990 to 1995, Mr. Charmensat served as Chief Financial Officer of Stolt Comex Seaway SA, predecessor to Acergy SA, listed on the NASDAQ. From 1975 to 1990, Mr. Charmensat held various financial management positions in France and Chile with Spie-Batignolles, a group of international engineering and construction companies. Mr. Charmensat holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pantheon Sorbonne in France, and a Master of Economics from the University of Aix en Provence in France.

Jean Paul Camus
Director
Mr. Camus is the Chief Executive Officer of Veolia Acqua a division of Veolia Water, a worldwide municipal, domestic and industrial water and wastewater service provider. From the period from 1982 through 2008 Camus has held various management positions with divisions of Veolia Water. From 1979 to 1982 Mr. Camus was an Engineer for Compagnie Electromecanique. From 1978 to 1979, Mr. Camus served in the French military. Mr. Camus holds a M.Sc. in Engineering from Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris and a M.B.A. from the Institut d'Administration des Entreprises in Provence.

Bruno Chabas
Director
Mr. Chabas was appointed Chief Operating Officer of Acergy SA in October 2002, with responsibility for all the day-to-day commercial and operational activity of Acergy SA worldwide. Acergy SA is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ. From 1992 through 2002, Mr. Chabas held various management positions within preceding companies of Acergy SA including as the Chief Financial Officer of Stolt Offshore SA. From 1999 to 2002, these positions were held in the United Kingdom, France and the United States. Prior to 2002, Mr. Chabas was a loan officer and investment adviser for a French bank. Mr. Chabas holds an M.A. in Economics from the University of Science at Aix-en-Provence and an M.B.A. from Babson College in Massachusetts.

Warren Holmes
Director
Mr. Holmes has more than 40 years of experience in the mining industry. He is currently Chairman of Nuinsco Resources Ltd. and Victory Nickel Inc. and is a Director of several other public and private mining companies. From 1986-2002 Mr. Holmes held successive senior management positions with Falconbridge Ltd., including Senior Vice-President, Canadian Mining Operations. From 1964-1986 he worked for Noranda Inc. in a series of supervisory, technical and management roles, becoming Vice President and General Manager of the Noranda-owned Pamour Porcupine Mines Ltd. in 1985. Mr. Holmes is Co-Chair of the Ontario Mining Cluster, an initiative sponsored by Ontario’s Ministry of Northern Development and Mines and was President of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum from 2004-2005. Mr. Holmes holds an M.B.A. from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Science, Mining Engineering, from Queen’s University.