Mr. Zamani was director of the Southern Europe and Central Asia Department of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector lending arm of the World Bank, from March 2000 to July 2005. This department was responsible for the IFC investment programme in 15 countries across the region. As of July 1st, 2005, Mr. Zamani was appointed as Senior Advisor to the Vice President of Operations.
Whilst a director at IFC, Mr. Zamani was instrumental in building the IFC investment programme in the region with several new initiatives, particularly in Central Asia and Caucasia.  He oversaw the IFC portfolio of more than US$2billion, diversified across the financial, oil and gas, mining and manufacturing sectors. 

Mr. Vaziri served at the Ministry of the Imperial Court of the Shah of Iran before moving to the US Mr. Vaziri was the initial founder of the US Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (USACC) and has been appointed chairman for life. In his role with the USACC, he has arranged and participated in a number of economic delegations to Azerbaijan and played a key role in bringing US investment to the country.

Over the course of his career, Mr. Lewis has worked as a senior mining executive on a significant number of projects across a range of emerging markets. He previously managed Avocet Mining PLC's Indonesian operations, including taking the North Lanut gold mine from in-fill drilling through to production and overseeing the start up of Malaysia's largest gold mine. He has also run various mining operations for RTZ and, more recently, was Chief Operating Officer of Alexander Mining PLC. Mr. Lewis is a Member of the Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and holds a First Class Mine Manager's Certificate, South Australia.

Mr. Round is a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants. He began his career with British Coal in 1977. In 1987 Mr. Round joined Ferrum Holdings plc, becoming group Finance Director in 1993. In 1995 Mr. Round became Finance Director of Consolidated Supply Management Limited, an international oilfield logistics group operating primarily in Latin America and the Former Soviet Union, including Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. In 2001, Mr. Round became Financial Director for the Mining (Scotland) group, the largest opencast coal mining company in the UK, before joining Anglo Asian in September 2005. Mr. Round has also been Finance Director for Cambrian Mining plc and is now Chief Financial Officer of Lubel Coal Company Limited..

Dr. Bhappu is a Principal with Resource Capital Funds and has over 20 years experience in the mining industry working for both senior and junior mining companies. Prior to joining Resource Capital Funds in early 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer of a start-up copper mining company, GTN Copper Corporation. Dr. Bhappu holds a Ph.D. in Mineral Economics from the Colorado School of Mines and B.S and M.S degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Arizona.

Governor Sununu received a Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and taught engineering at Tufts University for 16 years. He served three terms as the governor of New Hampshire before President George H.W. Bush appointed him Chief of Staff in 1989, a position that he held until March 1992. After his tenure as Chief of Staff, he co-hosted CNN’s Crossfire, ran an engineering firm, and then in 2004 served as the visiting Roy M. and Barbara Goodman Family Professor of Practice in Public Service at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Governor Sununu is a former partner in Trinity International Partners, a private financial firm, and currently serves as President of JHS Associates, Ltd.