Farhang Hedjazi
Vice President Technical Services
Azerbaijan International Mining Company Limited
Farhang Hedjazi oversees all mining and exploration activities. He joined AIMC in July 2008 as project manager, overseeing the design and construction of the Gedabek mine, comprising the heap leaching and SART facilities. He served as technical advisor to the President from 2009 to 2011 when he was appointed as Vice President Technical Services. He has worked for the National Iranian lead and zinc company as chief process engineer from 1986 to 1989. He then founded Kahanroba engineering company. He has designed and constructed several zinc smelters, gold CIL plants, gold heap leach facilities and has managed underground mining facilities. He has an M.Sc. degree in non-ferrous extractive metallurgy, and has worked in this field since 1985.
William Morgan
Chief Financial Officer
Anglo Asian Mining PLC
Bill Morgan is a UK chartered accountant with over 30 years accountancy and financial management experience. He has worked in the UK, the Far East, Kazakhstan and Russia. Previously, he was regional financial officer for the Kinross Russia region based in Magadan, Russia. Between 2006 and 2012 was CFO of Hambledon Mining PLC, an AIM listed gold mining company, and was based in Kazakhstan. He has been instrumental in several successful start-ups and restructuring of companies in the telecoms and mining industries. Bill speaks Russian.
Stephen Westhead
Vice President
Azerbaijan International Mining Company (AIMC)
Dr Stephen Westhead is a geologist with over 31 years of experience and joined AIMC in April 2016. Stephen has worked in India, CIS, Eastern Europe and Russia. Previously, he was Technical Advisor to the Managing Director of Polyus Gold’s main business unit. Stephen has project management expertise from exploration to construction and production. He earned a PhD in structural controls on mineralisation, a MSc in Mineral Exploration and Mining Geology and a BSc in Applied Geology. He is a Chartered Geologist, Fellow of The Geological Society, a Member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, a Fellow of Society of Economic Geologists and Member of the Institute of Directors holding a Diploma in Company Direction. Stephen is the former AIMC Director of Geology and Mining.
