Luis, took over the role of President & Chief Executive in October 2007 having joined Mano River in February of the same year as Chief Financial Officer. He gained his extensive international experience with the multinationals Lafarge S.A. and Blue Circle Industries Plc as well as Stevin Rock, formerly of the Dragomar Group. His career has taken him across the world in an operational, technical and corporate capacity. Most recently as a Director of Group Audit, Luis was heading Lafarge's Asia Pacific internal audit department based in Malaysia having previously been posted to Paris, France, with the same company. Luis is a graduate Mining Engineer from Camborne School of Mines and read for his MBA at the Cranfield School of Management. He is currently a Non-Executive Director of Stellar Diamonds Ltd.