Directors

Shaikh Mohamed AlKhalifa is based in the Kingdom of Bahrain and a Member of the Bahraini Royal Family. 

Shaikh Mohamed AlKhalifa is a Director and Chairman of the Board and majority owner of iCAP Middle East W.L.L., NCR (Bahrain) W.L.L. and Bahrain Energy Services W.L.L. (BES).  He is also a director of the CoalTech Group Companies, and the Chariman of the Board of UBM AEM (formerly Arabian Exhibition Management W.L.L.) which became part of Informa PLC, a leading B2B information services group and the largest B2B Events organizer in the world.

Shaikh Mohamed AlKhalifa is responsible for investment opportunities and has an extensive network of contacts which support the development of the CoalTech business, including professional firms and investment bankers.

Based in Bahrain, Filippo is the President of CoalTech Limited, the wholly owned subsidiary of CIA, and major owner and CEO of the Contax Group of Companies.

Filippo has over 30 years of business development, project management, sales management, business start-up and market strategy experience in the Middle East, Europe and Russia. Filippo has a strong background in the energy, utility and construction sectors. Former experience includes commercial responsibilities in the GCC region for two large Italian construction companies and overall management responsibilities for a leading Engineering and Construction company.

Filippo has a Phd in Civil Engineering from the University of Florence, Italy and a Masters in Project Management from Sinnea Business School, Bologna/Zurich.

Pascal, a very experienced banker, brings significant expertise and competencies to the Company in areas such as, but not limited to, financial planning, compliance, and investment opportunities based on tailor made structured products as well as banking relations.

Pascal also brings an extremely important network of relationships that could support the Company expansion plans.