Board of Directors


Mr. Kenneth Olisa (Age 58)

Mr Olisa is the founder and Chairman of Restoration Partners Limited, a non-executive Director of Thomson Reuters PLC, and a non-executive Director of BioWisdom and Open Text Corporation. He currently serves on the Board of, or is an adviser to, several privately held and innovative companies, including Prevx, Independent Audit and Metapraxis and in November 2009 was appointed as an ordinary member of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA).

Mr Olisa is the former chairman (2000-2006) and CEO of Interregnum plc, which he founded in 1992. He worked for Wang Laboratories (1981-1992) and was General Manager of Wang Europe, Africa and the Middle East (1990-1992). 

Mr Olisa began his career at IBM (1974-1981). He has held non-executive directorships of various information technology companies and is the former Postal Services Commissioner. He is a Freeman of the City of London, Warden of the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, Chairman of the homeless charity, Thames Reach, a governor of the Peabody Trust and a director and trustee of the Reuters Foundation. In 2003 Mr. Olisa was awarded the BVCA/Real Deals Private Equity Personality of the Year Award.

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ENRC Divisions

ENRC is a public company traded on London Stock Exchange and the Kazakhstan Stock Exchange, with the Kazakhstan government holding 11.65% (as at 24 March 2009).

Ferroalloy Division
World's largest producer of ferrochrome, on a chrome content basis (Source: Heinz H. Pariser, 2008). 

Iron Ore Division
One of the world's significant iron ore exporters by volume (Source: CRU, 2008).

Alumina and Aluminium Division
The ninth largest supplier of traded alumina by volume in the world (Source:  CRU, 2008).

Energy Division
One of the largest electricity providers in Kazakhstan, accounting for approximately 14.5% of the country's recorded electricity production in 2008.

Logistics Division
One of Kazakhstan's largest freight forwarding carrier companies, providing effective transportation and logistical services to the Group's principal operating divisions and third parties.

Sales & Marketing
The exclusive supplier of all ENRC products, serving customers in all markets across five continents.