Director
Mr. Rachovides is currently the Chairman of Deva Gold in Romania and is a well-known specialist in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (“FSU”) region. Mark served for over 11 years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (“EBRD”). He is a member of Euromines Board and the Chairman of the Euromines Gold Group. Euromines is recognized as the representative body of the European metals and minerals mining industry. Previously he was Executive Vice President and Director of European Goldfields, a Gold Mining company listed in London and Toronto, as well as Vice President, Europe at Dundee Resources Limited. Mark has been involved in a wide variety of projects in Eastern Europe and the FSU. He was also a director of Uzhuralzoloto, one of Russia’s largest gold producers until recently and remains on the Board of Eurogas International, a company developing oil and gas projects in Tunisia. He has been involved with a number of public companies and natural resource projects in the region both as a company director and a financier. He has also written a number of articles and conference presentations for Euromines, the LBMA, the World Gold Council, PDAC, the Mining Journal, the Russia-Canada mining group and other bodies.
