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Fidel Jonah

12th February 2016

By: Martin Creamer

Creamer Media Editor

  

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Full Name: Fidel Nathaniel Thomas Jonah

Position: COO of Cavalla Resources since 2011

Main Activity of the Company: Iron-ore exploration in Liberia, West Africa

Date and Place of Birth: May 15, 1969, Brighton, UK

Education: High school, Mfantsipim College, Ghana; Bachelor’s degree, Greenwich University, UK; MBA, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK; Certificate in Private Equity, Oxford University, UK; Global Leadership and Public Policies, Harvard Kennedy School

First Job: Hospital floor cleaner

Size of First Pay Packet: £35 a week

Value of Assets under Your Control: $100-million

Number of People under Your Leadership: Cavalla uses a contractor model and can employ between 25 and 100 people

Management Style: Collaborative and decisive

Personal Best Achievement: Taking Cavalla Resources from start-up to one of the largest iron-ore exploration companies in West Africa

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Life: My father, Nana Prah Agyensaim

Person Who Has Had the Biggest Influence on Your Career: My chairperson, Sir Sam Jonah

Person You Would Most Like to Meet: Barack Obama

Businessperson Who Has Impressed You Most: Elon Musk

Philosophy of Life: It’s all relative

Biggest Ever Opportunity: Cavalla’s recent acquisition of development, near-term and long-term iron-ore assets

Biggest Ever Disappointment: Failure of my first business when the gold price collapsed in the 1990s

Hope for the Future: That Cavalla Resources becomes a world-class African iron-ore company

Favourite Reading: Start-Up Nation, by Dan Senor and Saul Singer

Favourite TV Programme: Discovery Channel

Favourite Food/Drink: Fruit cake and champagne

Favourite Music: Hip-hop and R&B

Favourite Sport: Soccer

Hobbies: Art Collecting

Car: Porsche 911

Pets: None

Miscellaneous Dislikes: Extremely hot weather and long-distance drivin

Clubs: Manchester United

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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