About Us - Management Team
 

Mohammed Al-Barwani Founder, Owner & Chairman of MB Holding Company LLC Mohammed Al-Barwani is Founder, Owner & Chairman of MB Holding Company LLC. Mr. Al-Barwani earned his Bachelor of Science at the University of Miami-Ohi, USA and Master of Science from University of Harriet Watt, Edinburgh, UK in Petroleum Engineering. A petroleum engineer by profession, he has an extensive experience of over 35 years in the oil industry in Oman and abroad. He joined Petroleum Development Oman in 1976 and held several senior engineering and managerial positions in the company executing prestigious projects. In 1986, he left PDO to take MB Group on the fast track of growth. Under his dynamic leadership, MB Holding Company LLC has become over US$600 million strong company employing over 4,000 people from different nationalities, with operations spread across the Middle East, Far East and Europe. The group of companies has wide ranging interests in Oilfield Services, Exploration and Production of Oil and Gas, Mining and Investments. Mr. Al-Barwani is also the Chairman of other group companies including National Mining Company, MB Petroleum Services, Crest Oil & Gas, Petrogas E&P and Daleel Petroleum. He also holds the positions of Deputy Chairman of Oman Air (national airline of Oman) and Chairman of Board of Directors of Transgulf Investment Holding Company.

Hafidh Al Busaidi Chief Executive Officer A Graduate of Imperial College of Science & Technology, London University in Petroleum Engineering and Diploma holder in Accounting & Finance from Chartered Institute of Certified Accountants, London.  Extensive hands on experience in Upstream Oil Industry. During the career span of last 30 years, he has worked in several senior positions in Petrophysics, Drilling Engineering, Production Technology, Gas Engineering and Production Operation with Abu Dhabi Marine Offshore Operating Company (ADMA) and also Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), a Shell operating Company. Joined MB Petroleum Services in January, 2000 as General Manager (Production Services) and promoted to the position of the Chief Executive Officer and subsequently assigned as Chief Executive Officer of National Mining Company (a fully owned subsidiary of MB Group).

Shankarabanda Satya Simha Concentrator Manager Shankarabanda Satya Simha completed his post graduation in Mineral Processing from Karnataka University in 1979 and joined Hindustan Copper Limited in India as graduate engineer. He has done crusher plant, grinding circuit and flotation circuit studies at Malanjkhnad Copper Project and at Khetri Copper Complex. After serving copper concentrators for 15 years, he joined Bharat Gold Mines as Chief Metallurgist at Kolar Gold Fields. The Nundydroog Mill flowsheet was modified and de-bottle necking was done for smooth operation. He served Government of Botswana (Africa) in Department of Mines for 3 years as Principal Mining Engineer (Metallurgy). Subsequently, he joined Chaithanya Geo Lynx, a geological and mineral consultancy as Mineral Consultant. He started environmental wing in the firm and has also started three chemical laboratories to cater to the iron ore mines around Hospet. He has experience in the commissioning of ball mills, flotation cells, AMDEL’s In Stream Analyser and Outokumpu’s On Stream Analyser, Knelson Concentrators and CIP circuits. He has expertise in mineral grinding and flotation circuits.

Kylie Prendergast General Manager – Exploration Kylie Prendergast joined NMC in 2008. She is a first class Honours graduate in Economic Geology and holds a PhD from James Cook University, Australia. Post-graduate business studies assist her in blending technical and commercial components of the role. Kylie held senior exploration and project generation roles in Australia and Mongolia and other countries. Her career in the mining industry includes involvement in resource and feasibility programs as well as management of mineral exploration from regional reconnaissance through to advanced projects. She has experience in a broad range of commodities including Archaean gold; intrusive related gold; porphyry, skarn, epithermal copper/gold systems; VMS; sediment-hosted Pb-Zn; Fe oxide Cu-Au; Ni-sulphide and coal. Kylie views the development and mentoring of graduate and junior geologists as a key aspect of her role.

Lawrence Manjengwa Mine Manager Lawrence Manjengwa holds a BSc. (Hons) Degree in Mining Engineering from the University of Zimbabwe and he is a member of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (SAIMM). Lawrence is responsible for the safe production of copper sulphide ore from National Mining Company’s Hatta and Shinas open pit mines that are situated about 80 kilometers away from the company’s Lasail copper concentrator. The transportation of the copper ore by road from the mine sites to the concentrator is also part of his responsibilities and this function is outsourced to a local transport company. Lawrence’s mining career is dominated by domestic and international assignments in open pit mining (covering both mine planning and production) for a number of multinational companies. He spent most of his career in Southern African countries before moving to the Gulf. He has been involved in the start up of a number of new projects where he was instrumental in developing and ramping up strategies to take projects to full capacity mine production. He has been involved mainly in base metals and platinum mining projects where he had both operational and managerial exposure. He has exceptional drilling and blasting experience that he gained over years, during when he successfully dealt with related challenges at different mining sites. Lawrence is married and he is a proud father of two children. He enjoys touring new places with his family and playing with kids during free time.

Purvang Shah Finance Manager Purvang Shah is the Finance Manager of National Mining Company. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from Bombay, India. He is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He also holds diploma in Forex Management from World Trade Centre, Bombay, India. Purvang is a senior finance professional with eleven years of experience in Financial Analysis, Reporting and Accounting related to different areas of business operations like manufacturing, sales, marketing, corporate affairs in the petroleum and pharmaceutical industries. Prior to working in NMC he worked for eight years in the finance department of MB Petroleum and UES.

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