Rasool Mohammad – President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
Mr. Mohammad has more than 30 years of combined education and hands-on-experience in the Energy and Mining Industries in Canada, the U.S. and South America.
He has his Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering (1991) from UET, Peshawar, Pakistan. He was a founder, director, and Chairman of the Board of Comstock Metals Ltd (CSL.V) from Mar 2011 to August 2019.
Mr. Mohammad was also a founder, director, CEO and COO of La Ronge Gold/Select Sands Corp (SNS.V) from May 2011 to August 2019.
Paul Sorbara – Director
Mr. Sorbara, Founder, Director President of Golden Goliath Resources (GNG.V) completed his M.Sc. at the University of Toronto in 1979, studying collapsed caldera structures in Canada's Northwest Territories. Following graduation, he conducted Caldera Reconnaissance Programs for Cominco Ltd. in both British Columbia and the Sierra Madre Occidental range in Northern Mexico, spending a number of years in Cominco's Guadalajara office. Changes in the foreign investment laws made investment in Mexico feasible, and Mr. Sorbara was one of the first Canadians to go there. With help from his numerous Mexican geological contacts, he started his own private Mexican exploration company, Minera Delta S.A. de C.V. which after eight years he took public as Golden Goliath Resources Ltd. Mr. Sorbara has been Part of Cominco Ltd's Iron Formation hosted gold team.
He has conducted Research on Uranium deposits. Mr. Sorbara has been Lecturer at U of Toronto Ore Deposit Workshop on Uranium deposits (1979).
Andreas Jacob – Director
Mr. Jacob is Vice-President and director since 2007 of Petrolympic Ltd (PCQ.V) Mr. Jacob has significant experience growing and expanding small-cap companies and has spent years consulting for various businesses. As co-founder of Petrolympic, Mr. Jacob brings specific skills in providing strategic business direction, developing and maintaining key relations and fund raising.
Peter Deacon – Director
Peter Deacon brings a strong Entrepreneurial spirit and a get-it-done attitude to the board of Arya. Peter is the founder and CEO of River Birch Global Water Inc., providing water and wastewater solutions throughout six continents globally. He is also the CEO of Deacon Global Capital Corporation - a hybrid cross between a merchant bank/private equity group.
Prior to founding River Birch and Deacon Global, Mr. Deacon worked with Dundee Securities (formerly Deacon Capital Corporation) where he helped manage approximately $400 million for a select group of private clients. The Deacon Family has a long and proud history in the Canadian Investment landscape since his Great Grandfather founded F.H. Deacon and Company in 1897.
Peter has a BBA in Business Management from Northwood University (West Palm Beach, Fl), but truly believes that real business success comes down to heart and hand-to-hand combat. In his spare time, Peter is active in hockey, baseball, and golf, and loves spending time on his family farm where the Deacons still farm approximately 600 acres 45 minutes north of Toronto.
Andrew Cormier, CPA – Director
Mr. Cormier is Chief Financial Officer of River Birch Global Water Inc. and a director on the Board. He is responsible for managing global financial affairs, including finance, accounting, capital, treasury, and financial regulation. Previously he held senior accounting and finance roles with leading insurance companies across multiple jurisdictions. Mr. Cormier is a Canadian CPA having completed his public accounting experience with PWC Bermuda in audit and assurance services of insurance and reinsurance companies.
Oliver Foeste, CPA, CA – Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Foeste holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with distinction) from the University of Victoria (2001). Mr. Foeste is the founder and Managing Partner of Invictus Accounting Group LLP (est. 2012) and has significant executive, director, finance and public company compliance experience across a number of industry sectors. Prior to Invictus, Oliver was in senior finance and accounting roles at TSX, TSXV, and NYSE listed issuers, and earned his CPA at Deloitte and a boutique tax advisory firm.
