Team Leaders
Jean Paul BITOUMOU
Chairman Co-Founder
Jean Paul BITOUMOU worked for 27 years in the mining and forestry extractive industries, integrating economic, social, and environmental considerations to offer affected populations solutions to improve their working conditions and quality of life. These transformations had a positive impact on local communities and the mining governance of host countries, which motivated me to begin a humanitarian career in order to help not just a target population, but an entire continent. Thus, I supported local and international institutional actors from various countries in the design and implementation of mining and forestry development projects as well as raw material control and certification systems. He holds Certificates in Public Policy Economics, Project Finance and Public Finance Management from the University of Oxford, the New York Institute of Finance and from the International Monetary Fund Institute. .
Jean Thierry SONGOMALI
Executive Director Co-Founder
Jean Thierry SONGOMALI is a Senior Expert in the mining industry, with a degree in Economics and Business Management. As a CMV Certified Mineral Expert from the Gemological Studies Institute (G.S.I), he has unparalleled experience in small scale mining and trading of precious stones and metals. He has led and consulted trading and mining companies in Africa and developed new sustainable business models in responsible supply chain. Devoted to the humanitarian issue and empowerment of artisanal miners, he organized several capacity building sessions on good governance and mining education.
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Emilia Müller
Compliance Officer
Board advisor
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Advising the board while creating metrics to help track compliance and perform the organisation compliance audits ensuring operations are performed with the legal framework while meeeting our goals. She oversee training and communication during the planned corrective action process. Emilia Müller holds a degree in Executive Master Compliance from Executive Education Institute of Geneve.
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Maurice Magloire ONANA
Human Rigts Expert - Board advisor
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Maurice Magloire ONANA holds a doctorate in law, in te area of human rights and humanitarian law obtained at the Catholic University of Central Africa, and was President of the association for the defense of human rights and humanitarian action (ADDHAH). He is the author of a book entitled Fundamental Rights of the elderly : between recognition and ignorance.
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Adaku Okeke
Data Assessment Coordinator
Executive Assistant
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Adaku Okeke is an activist for the social advancement of African women in the mining sector. She holds a Master of Data Science from the University of Luxembourg. She intervenes in driving the implementation of our restoration programs, including hiring, training and monitoring to ensure compliance with regulations as well as coordinating the collection, evaluation and dissemination of all academic and organic datas to support administrative or field units.
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Michaela Marcia NDJA
Child Labor & International migration researcher
Executive Assistant
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Junior researcher, Michaela Marcia NDJA holds a Bachelor's degree in Communication and a degree in International Labor Migration, Economics, Politics and Ethics from Oxford University. She has worked in mapping mining sites employing children and immigrants and writing policy papers to end the abuse of these vulnerable groups.
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Complying with international standards in artisanal and small-scale mining, a challenge to address poverty, deprivation and inequality in the global value chain of extractive mining