Month: October 2022

Water supply system for Sand Hills – Guyana

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Guyana Industrial Mineral Inc (GINMIN) to establish a new water supply system in Sand Hills, Guyana. The investment is in keeping with GWI’s strategic plan to provide 100 per cent potable water access Guyana by 2025. GWI’s Chief Executive Officer, Shaik Baksh, pointed out that this collaboration forms part of the utility’s key mandate to provide potable water access to riverine communities and that partnerships with stakeholders such as GINMIN, as well as communities, are important. Baksh commended GINMIN, who will be funding the project, noting that Government is appreciative of such interventions which help to bolster communities.

Read the Guyana Chronicle article.

Welcome to Olga Sarman

Olga joined FBX LLC on October 17th in the position of Corporate Controller, FBX LLC, and report to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), FBX LLC.   

Olga will be responsible for FBX LLC consolidated Financial Statements, consolidated Management Reporting, consolidated Cash Forecasting and filing FBX LLC regulatory and tax filings, in addition to maintaining the FBX LLC consolidated accounting system, processes, internal controls and payments. 

Olga has an extensive background in financial management including experience in planning and budgeting, full cycle financial accounting, reporting, forecasting, financial analysis and modelling, integration of M&A, cash management and treasury, internal controls, and audit preparation. 

Prior to joining FBX, Olga held numerous Controller and Financial Management positions with small, mid-sized, and large companies in the US and Europe, including Director Finance for Sibelco North America.  

When not at work, Olga can be found spending time with her husband and son, enjoying traveling, playing piano and reading.

Welcome to Eric Westbrook

Eric Joined First Bauxite in October as the Vice President Technical Integration. As the person responsible for driving First Bauxite’s product strategy and road map, he will collaborate and partner with the Marketing & Sales Operations and R&D Teams to help prioritize and scale product development in order to meet best customer’s requirements. Eric will also work closely with the Operations teams to provide strategic oversight of technology and process driven choices as well as quality management. Eric will be working remotely and travelling to USC and GinMin sites as required.

Eric has extensive experience in kaolin operations, process engineering, technical management & sales and innovation development. He comes to First Bauxite from Covia Corporate where he was Senior Director Innovations for over 4 years. Prior to that he held the Executive Technical Manager position at Sibelco Asia where, during his 17 year tenure, he established 10 technical centres throughout Asia and North America and oversaw exploration

When not at work, Eric can be found spending time with family – his wife and two daughters – or travelling on one of his many motorcycles.

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