Masoud Alikhani Executive Chairman Cape Diamonds plc.

Professional

Masoud Alikhani is a British national who was born in Iran. Before 1979 he was the major Shareholder and Director of Alupan Ltd (now Alborz Aluminium), an Iranian aluminium fabrication company that he co-founded. Following its expropriation by the Iranian government in 1979, he became a self-employed businessman before working in a variety of senior investment roles in Prudential Bache and Shearson Lehman Brothers. Since 1989, he has been Chairman of Swan Overseas Ltd which has been involved in a variety of agricultural businesses, including projects in Ukraine. Mr. Alikhani has had a broad experience at board level in public quoted companies. Between 1993 and 1998, he was Chief Executive of Middlesex Holdings plc (now named Global National Energy plc), an international company quoted on the London Stock Exchange which then operated predominantly in Russia and the other CIS countries in steel, non-ferrous metals, financial services, energy, and agribusiness. He is also a director of Tecteon plc, a technology company traded on AIM and Dominion Energy plc, an oil and gas company that is traded on PLUS.

Education

He received a BSc in Agriculture from the Hebrew University in Israel in 1966.

Memberships & Affiliations

• Member, Dean's International Council, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, The University of Chicago
• Member, Dean's Council, J.F.K. School of Government, Harvard University
• Executive Chairman, AIM listed Cape Diamonds plc.
• Board Member, International Foundation for Privatisation of Russia
• Board Member, PLUS Markets Group plc