Mark Rachovides is President Emeritus of Euromines, an Executive Board Member of EIT Raw Materials, Chairman of Venus Minerals, a Director of GreenRoc Strategic Materials and a Consultant to DPM Metals. He has held numerous board positions in Natural Resources Companies in companies active in Europe and elsewhere during the last three decades and is a recognised expert on European mining. He also spent 11 years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) holds an MA from Oxford University and is an ACIB.