Lightbridge Corporation Культура компании

Mr. Seth Grae has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Lightbridge Corp. (Alternate Name: Thorium Power Inc. and Thorium Power, Ltd) since March 17, 2006. Mr. Grae has been an Executive Director of Lightbridge Corp. since April 2, 2006. He joined Lightbridge in 1992 and has held various executive positions. He has played an active role in all business activities of Thorium Power since Novastar Resources Ltd.'s founding. His expertise is in structuring and implementing high-technology international business transactions. He served as an Interim Chief Financial Officer and Interim Treasurer of Novastar Resources Ltd. since March 2006. He represented refuseniks pro bono who were nuclear scientists, in securing exit visas from the Soviet Union. He helped advise on the drafting of nuclear export control regulations in China and Belarus and he participated in consultations with the government of India on nuclear power and weapons. Mr. Grae serves as co-chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament. He serves as a Director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. He served as a Director of Lawyers Alliance for World Security. He served as Member of Advisory Board of Novastar Resources Ltd. since July 14, 2005. Mr. Grae obtained his B.A. in Economics from Brandeis University cum laude, J.D. from American University LL.M. in International Law with honors from Georgetown University and MBA from Georgetown University. He has been admitted to the bars of New York, Connecticut and Florida. Mr. Grae led the efforts that resulted in Thorium Power becoming one of the first Western companies to contract with Russian nuclear institutes and become one of the first grant recipients from the United States Department of Energy for nuclear non-proliferation related work in Russia.

Ms. Linda Joan Zwobota, CPA, CIA, has been the Chief Financial Officer of Lightbridge Corp. since March 25, 2015 and serves as its Treasurer. Ms. Zwobota served as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Lightbridge Corp. from November 26, 2014 to March 25, 2015. Ms. Zwobota is responsible for Lightbridge's financial reporting and analysis, including its quarterly and annual SEC reporting, Sarbanes Oxley compliance and general financial management, among other things. She served as Controller at Lightbridge Corp. since October 2009 until November 2014. She joined Lightbridge in October 2009. From May 2000 to October 2009, Ms. Zwobota held the position of Associate at Resources Global Professionals ( RGP ), a consulting firm, where she provided RGP clients with a broad range of services, including accounting, regulatory reporting, internal audit and IT system support. Prior to joining RGP, from 1999 to May 2000, she held the position of Senior Internal Auditor for BAA, USA, Inc., a subsidiary of BAA plc. Ms. Zwobota performed high-level, risk-based audits of BAA plc's investments in North America, including World Duty Free Americas, World Duty Free Inflight, airport and retail operations and development activities. Prior to joining BAA, USA, Inc., from 1997 through 1999, Ms. Zwobota was the Revenue Accounting Manager for World Duty Free, another BAA plc company with global operations, sales of $43 million denominated in 54 different currencies worldwide, servicing 23 airline concessions, at 31 stations in 18 countries. From 1992 to 1997, she worked at a subsidiary of Wartsila, a global power solutions company, as a Senior Accountant and as the Assistant Treasurer. Ms. Zwobota earned a Bachelors Degree from the University of Maryland, College Park. She has been a certified public accountant since November 1991 and a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA ) since May 1999.

Joel B. Grae is Co-Founder of Thorium Power, Ltd., parent company of Thorium Power, Inc. Mr. Grae has built his career around starting high- technology companies and building them to the point of commercialization. He co-founded Thorium Power with Alvin Radkowsky. Mr. Grae founded Millisecond Liquid Technologies, LLC. He founded MelaRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. as a privately-held company to support research at Yale and served as its Vice President of Technology from 1992 until MelaRx merged with Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly OncoRx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) in 1995. Mr. Grae is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Concept II, LLC, which is developing a non-hormonal female contraceptive. Mr. Grae is also a Manager of ConCept LLC a biomedical company. He served as President of Thorium Power from the time of its inception in 1992 until 1997. He served as Attorney and Business consultant to foreign multinational consortiums and companies. Mr. Grae serves as Chairman of the Board of specializing in the development of medical equipment, pharmaceuticals and sterilization techniques in the liquid food industry. He served as Chairman of the Board of Thorium Power, Inc. Mr. Grae is the inventor of the US patent No. 5,914,255, dated June 22, 1999 and titled 'Temperature Shock Method and Apparatus', and the US patent No. 6,277,610 B1, dated August 21, 2001 and titled 'Rapid Thermal Cycle Processing Methods and Apparatus'. Both Patents have been assigned to Millisecond Liquid Technologies, LLC. Mr. Grae has sponsored biotech research at major universities, including Yale, Cornell and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Mr. Grae is a graduate of New York University School of Law and is a member of the New York Bar.

Dr. Andrey Mushakov has been an Executive Vice President of International Nuclear Operations of Lightbridge Corp. since July 27, 2006. Dr. Mushakov oversees the nuclear fuel technology division of Lightbridge Corporation and is an expert in cost modeling and the economics of the nuclear fuel cycle. He has been with Lightbridge since 2000. Dr. Mushakov served as Secretary and Treasurer of Lightbridge Corp. In 2009, Dr. Mushakov led Lightbridge's efforts to establish its Russian Branch Office in Moscow and oversaw its successful operation from 2009 to 2014 when Lightbridge made a decision to move its critical path fuel development and demonstration activities out of Russia due to increased political risk. Since mid-2014, Dr. Mushakov has been spearheading an effort within Lightbridge to establish cooperation agreements with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories in Canada and more recently, with Institute for Energy Technology in Norway to enable successful execution of fuel sample fabrication and irradiation work according to its schedule. He was also instrumental in negotiating Lightbridge's collaborative agreements with AREVA, the world's largest nuclear energy firm and led a Lightbridge technical team that successfully completed these collaborative projects with AREVA over a period of two years. More recently, he coordinated a successful negotiation team effort that led to execution of a Joint Development Agreement with AREVA NP. Dr. Mushakov has been a featured speaker at international conferences and panels on nuclear fuel technology, including the Wharton Energy Conference and the World Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance, an M.S. degree in management from Hult International Business School and a B.S. degree in banking and finance from the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation.

Ambassador Thomas Graham, Jr., serves as Secretary of Lightbridge Corp. Ambassador Graham serves as Special Counsel at the law firm of Morgan, Lewis and Bockius in Washington, D.C. He has been an Executive Chairman and Executive Director of Lightbridge Corp. since April 2, 2006. He serves as Senior Consultant at the Eisenhower Institute. He served as an Interim Secretary of Lightbridge Corp. since April 2, 2006 and as its Secretary in July 27, 2006. Ambassador Graham served as an Interim Secretary of Thorium Power, Ltd. since April 2, 2006. He serves as Chairman of the Board of the Cypress Fund for Peace and Security. He has been the Chairman of the Board at CanAlaska Uranium Ltd. since June 03, 2011. He has been an Executive Chairman of Thorium Power, Ltd. since August 1, 2007. He served as the Chairman Emeritus at Mexco Energy Corp. since September 13, 2011. Ambassador Graham served as Chairman of the Board of Mexco Energy Corp. from July 1997 to September 13, 2011. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Novastar Resources Ltd. since April 4, 2006. He serves as an Executive Director of Thorium Power, Ltd. Ambassador Graham has been an Independent Director of CanAlaska Uranium Ltd., since March 30, 2007. He has been a Director at Mexco Energy Corp. since 1997 and has been its Lead Independent Director since September 13, 2011. He served as a Director of Novastar Resources Ltd. since April 2, 2006. He served as the General Counsel, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, as well as Acting Director and as Acting Deputy Director of such agency successively, since 1993 to 1994. He served as a United States Ambassador, from July 1994 to July 1997. He served as the Special Representative of the President of the United States for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament from 1994 to 1997 and in this capacity successfully led U.S. government efforts to achieve the permanent extension of the NPT. Ambassador Graham is one of the world's leading experts in nuclear non-proliferation. He served as a Senior US Diplomat involved in the negotiation of every major international arms control and non-proliferation agreement for the past 35 years. This includes the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT Treaties), the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START Treaties), the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Ambassador Graham drafted the implementing legislation for the Biological Weapons Convention and managed the Senate approval of the ratification of the Geneva Protocol banning the use in war of chemical and biological weapons. He served in a senior position in every arms control negotiation in which the United States participated from 1970 to 1997. Ambassador Graham serves as Board Chairman of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, Board Member of the United States Industry Coalition (helping U.S. business in Russia), Chairman of the Bi-partisan Security Group. He chaired the Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament of the American Bar Association from 1986 to 1994. Ambassador Graham is a Member of the Kentucky, the District of Columbia and the New York Bars and is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Stanford University and the University of Washington (Seattle). He has taught at the University of Virginia Law School, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Law Center, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley and the University of Washington. He received the Trainor Award for Distinction in Diplomacy from Georgetown University in 1995. Ambassador Graham is the Author of Disarmament Sketches (2002), Cornerstones of Security (with Damien LaVera) in (2003) and Common Sense on Weapons of Mass Destruction (2004). Ambassador Graham received an A.B. in 1955 from Princeton and a J.D. in 1961 from Harvard University.

Mr. Jon Johnson serves as Senior Vice President at Lightbridge Corp. Mr. Johnson has served as a senior executive with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). He served as Deputy Director for the NRC's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, where he participated in managing personnel in licensing, inspection, assessment, event response and rulemaking activities at all nuclear reactor facilities in the United States. Earlier he served as Senior Resident Inspector and Branch Chief in Philadelphia and Director of Reactor Projects and Deputy Regional Administrator in the NRC's Atlanta office. Mr. Johnson has provided nuclear regulatory and reactor safety advice to several foreign governmental regulatory agencies on reactor safety design and oversight matters and consulting advice to senior US utility executives on reactor safety management and performance matters. He was the Chair of the Executive Assessment Board for a Department of Energy facility, has performed nuclear safety assessments at several US DOE facilities and has served on the Safety Boards of US nuclear utilities. Earlier in his career he operated and managed nuclear reactor plants and trained operators in the fundamentals of nuclear power and safety. He earned a bachelor's degree, with distinction, in physics from the U.S. Naval Academy and a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the University of Virginia.

Mr. James P. Malone, also known as Jim, B.S. Chemical Engineering (Nuclear), M.B.A., has been the Chief Nuclear Fuel Development Officer of Lightbridge Corp. (Alternate Name: Thorium Power, Ltd) since October 2010. Mr. Malone has been the Vice President of Nuclear Fuels at IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., since April 2010. He has been the Chairman of Fuel Technology Working Group at World Nuclear Association since September 2011. Mr. Malone has more than 40 years of experience in the nuclear power industry, focused on the technical, economic and planning aspects of nuclear fuels. He served as Co-Editor of the World Nuclear Association's (WNA)The Global Nuclear Fuel Market Report Supply and Demand 2007 - 2030. He served as the Chairman of the ANS Fuel Cycle Waste Management Division. He served as the Vice President of Nuclear Fuels at Exelon Generation Company from 1999 to October 2009. He guided the interactions of the Nuclear Fuels staff in the regulatory, political and public acceptance areas. He was responsible for providing strategic direction and tactical guidance for Excelon's nuclear fuel cycle activities. He served as Vice-President and Senior Consultant at NAC International, where he participated in fuel cycle consulting including the front and back-ends of the fuels cycle and fuel reliability via NAC's Stoller Nuclear Fuel Division. Mr. Malone spent several years at SWUCO, Inc. as a SWU broker. He served as Manager of Economic Analysis at Yankee Atomic. In 1968, he began his career in the utility reactor core analysis section of the Nuclear Engineering Department of United Nuclear Corporation(UNC). He served as the Chairman of Hathor Exploration Ltd. from January 25, 2011 to December 2011. He serves as the Chairman of Nuclear Fuels Advisory Board at IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. He served as the Chairman of the Fuel Cycle Waste Management Division. He serves as a Director of Uranium Investment Corporation. Mr. Malone has been a Director of Hathor Exploration Ltd., since September 7, 2010 and Kivalliq Energy Corp. since September 26, 2012. He served as a Director of Yellowcake Mining, Inc., from December 3, 2007 to February 24, 2010 and SKY Digital Stores Corp., Prior to Reverse Merger with HongKong First Digital Holding Limited from December 3, 2007 to February 24, 2010. He serves as a Member of Nuclear Fuels Advisory Board at IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. from September 2009 to 2012. He served as a Member of the Advisory Board at Hathor Exploration Ltd. since January 2010. He serves as a member of the American Nuclear Society. He was a recipient of the Iona College's Graduate School of Business Award for Academic Excellence. Mr. Malone holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (Nuclear) from Manhattan College in 1968 and MBA from Iona College in 1972.

Robert H. Ihde, Bob has been Senior Vice President of Nuclear Technology of Thorium Power Ltd., since July 2008. Mr. Ihde served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Cogema Technologies Inc. from 1995 to 1999. He served at AREVA, as President and Chief Executive Officer of Duke, Cogema, Stone & Webster from 2000 to 2005, where Mr. Ihde was responsible for the carrying out the US MOX (Mixed Oxide) fuel program. He played a significant part of his career at Babcock & Wilcox, where he held various management positions. While at Babcock & Wilcox, Mr. Ihde led the Nuclear Fuel Services Business Unit and led the formation of B&, W Fuel Company, where he served as its President and was responsible for establishing license agreements with international partners and successfully implemented new fuel assembly designs as well as related fuel hardware and services. Mr. Ihde has been a Member of Technical Advisory Board of Thorium Power Ltd., since March 2008.