Javier Del Ser Perez (Chief Executive Officer)

Javier, 42, is a Chartered Engineer (Spain), master in Structural Engineering and has a degree in finance from HEC. Javier has lived in Kazakhstan since 1996 when he was appointed as the investment adviser to a large investment fund focused on the country. It was through this role that Javier first became involved with the Group’s Cement Business. He is the Chairman of the Company’s operating subsidiaries, Central Asia Cement and Karcement. Javier has other business interests in Kazakhstan, including being a director and large shareholder in the Chagala Group. Javier is also a director of Central Asia Cement B.V. and Mechanical and Electrical Consulting Services Ltd.

Keith Robert Newman (Non-Executive Director)

Keith Robert Newman, 57, has a background as a professional engineer including 30 years experience in director and general manager roles in industry sectors including construction materials. Keith's international business experience includes 7 years living in South and East Asia, 2 years in the Middle East and 2 years in Central Asia, which is particularly relevant for his role as a director of Steppe Cement Limited. In Asia, he has experience of managing, developing and growing highly profitable multi-million pound businesses in construction materials and he has led teams in tendering for major infrastructure projects across the region. He has led teams and put together successful proposals for environmental projects in India and Indonesia, with projected values up to US$1bn. and has advised major companies in the cross-border development of environmental solutions and systems.

Paul Rodzianko (Non-Executive Director)

Mr Rodzianko, 62, is a New York based businessman with a diverse range of international experience, including executive positions in energy and other companies in Kazakhstan, Sweden, Ukraine, Russia and the United States. Mr Rodzianko currently serves on a number of corporate boards, including Energibolaget i Sverige (Stockholm Sweden), and as Vice Chairman of the US-Kazakhstan Business Association. For twelve years before that, he served as Senior Vice President of and, lastly, Senior Advisor to Access Industries Inc. During that period, he also served concurrently as Chairman of GreenFuel Technologies Corporation (US), as Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Tyumen Oil Company (Russia) and as first CEO of Bogatyr Access Komir (Kazakhstan). He is Chairman of the Hermitage Museum Foundation.