siewierski Dr. Stanislaw Siewierski, Director
Dr. Stanislaw Siewierski is a graduate of the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow, and has a doctorate in technical sciences from Wroclaw Politechnic. From 1970 to 1981, he was a scientific employee and instructor at Wroclaw Politechnic. From 1982 until 1991, Dr. Siewierski held various senior managerial and engineering positions, including First Deputy Director, in the Rudna Mine, one of the largest copper and silver reserves in Poland. He was Vice-President-Strategy and Development in 1991 and 1992 with KGHM Polska Miedz S.A. ("KGHM"), the 9th largest producer of copper and the 3rd largest producer of silver in the world, employing 18,000 workers.
From 1994 to 2003, Dr. Siewierski was an active member of the Management Board of KGHM, holding the positions of First Vice President and President for several years. Between 2003 and 2007, he was Vice President of the Board for KGHM Polish Copper Ltd., a marketer and distributor of copper and silver operating as a subsidiary of KGHM from August 2001 to December 2001 he was President of the Management Board of LZG Leczyca S.A., a large manufacturer and marketer of steel structures and steel structure components for the mining industry, incorporated in 1955 and based in Leczyca, Poland. He has been the main shareholder of LZG Leczyca S.A. since 2008. Dr. Siewierski is currently the General Managing Director of Willingdon Services Inc., a large European financial institution located in Spain and Andorra that invests in mining projects.
Dr. Siewierski speaks English, French and Russian and is the author and co author of 75 papers in scientific and technical periodicals, eight books and university textbooks and 30 patents.