Kenmare Resources plc announced that Issa Al Balushi has been appointed as Non-Executive Director with immediate effect. Mr. Issa Al Balushi was nominated as a Non-Executive Director by African Acquisitions Sarl. The appointment was in accordance with the Subscription and Relationship Agreement entered into on 18 June 2016 by AAS and Kenmare.

Issa is a Manager in Economic Diversification Investments at OIA. He has more than 10 years of experience in the financial industry and has worked as a portfolio manager for several OIA assets nationally and internationally. Previously he worked at the Central Bank of Oman as a bank examiner and at EY in Oman as a Financial Analyst.

He is a director of several private companies owned by OIA or state-owned enterprises but is not a director of any publicly-quoted companies. Al Balushi holds a Master's degree in Financial Analysis from UNSW, Sydney and a Bachelor of Science, Finance from SQU, Muscat.