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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
He also co-founded and served as General Manager of Nubian Mining Company in Egypt, an Egyptian national mining company focused on gold and precious metals. Under his leadership, the company was awarded a Direct Exploitation Grant covering 15 km 2 and a large-scale exploration agreement covering 666 km 2 , marking a significant milestone in Egypt’s modern mining sector. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hani founded, led, and held executive roles in multiple mining and investment companies. These included Cresset International Limited in the United States, which held a concession in Egypt’s Eastern Desert for gold mine that is now in production, and the Integrated Group for African Investment in Sudan, which managed a gold concession under a formal mining agreement.
In addition to his mining background, he was engaged for nearly a decade in oil-related infrastructure, refinery, and power plant projects, providing him with broad exposure to large scale industrial and energy developments.
Hani Al Asmar
Chief Executive Officer
Hani Al Asmar is a mining executive and entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience in the minerals, precious metals, and energy sectors across the Middle East and Africa. He is a co-founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Wadi Araba Minerals Company, where he provides strategic leadership, corporate governance, and oversight of the company’s copper and gold portfolio.
At Wadi Araba Minerals, Hani leads the company’s overall vision and business strategy guiding projects across exploration and development stages. He has been instrumental in securing and executing the Executive Agreements with the Jordanian Government to advance the Definitive Feasibility Study for copper at Abu Khusheiba Project, while overseeing stakeholder relations, regulatory engagement, and strategic planning to position the company for long-term growth.
Louie Oumeish
Chairman
Engineer Louie Oumeish is a seasoned executive and strategic leader with nearly 35 years of experience across natural resources, energy, large-scale drilling and exploration mining. As Partner/Deputy CEO of Site Group (ex-BAUER Resources subsidiary), he has led major oil shale, water, and drilling programs for Total, AGIP, Texaco, DNO, and SUNCOR, delivering complex projects across Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Kazakhstan.
He has overseen some of the region’s most significant water supply and resource development initiatives, complemented by the development and management of integrated support-services platforms encompassing logistics, supply chain management, camp construction, and life-support operations.
Louie’s leadership and management expertise was further strengthened through his tenure at Andersen Consulting, where he contributed to corporate restructuring and operational optimization engagements, including projects for ARAMEX.
In addition to his commercial leadership, he has held prominent institutional roles, serving on the Executive Boards of the Jordan Football Association and the Jordan Olympic Committee.
At Wadi Araba Minerals, Louie brings a distinctive combination of strategic consulting acumen, deep technical expertise in natural resources and energy, and a proven ability to execute complex, multi-jurisdictional projects. His extensive regional and international network, experience engaging with government and multinational stakeholders, and track record of scaling operational platforms significantly enhance WAM’s ambitions in mining transition, resource development, and cross-border strategic partnerships.
Louie's professional experience is supported by a BA in Industrial Engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA.
Matouq H. Al Asmar
Chief Technical Manager
Matouq H. Al Asmar is a geologist and mineral exploration executive with more than a decade of experience across the Middle East and North Africa, specializing in copper and gold exploration, resource development, and feasibility stage projects. He is a co-founder and serves as Chief Technical Manager of Wadi Araba Minerals Company, where he leads the company’s technical strategy, exploration programs, and government engagements.
At Wadi Araba Minerals, Matouq oversees copper and gold projects from early-stage exploration through feasibility studies. His responsibilities include designing and approving exploration work programs, leading multidisciplinary technical teams, evaluating contractors, and making critical technical decisions based on exploration outcomes, while acting as the primary technical interface with government and private stakeholders.
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Sukumar Kuppusamy
Vice Chairman
Sukumar Kuppusamy is a seasoned entrepreneur and industrial leader with over 30 years of experience in the cement, construction, and industrial materials sectors, with a strong focus on sustainability, circular economy solutions, and industrial innovation. He currently serves as Deputy Chairman of Wadi Araba Minerals Company.
He is the Founder and Chairman of ACE Group of Companies, a privately owned Malaysian conglomerate with operations spanning power-related services,
manufacturing, trading, logistics, and scheduled waste management. Through ACE Group, he has built one of Malaysia’s leading platforms for industrial by-product management and sustainable construction materials.
Under his leadership, ACE Group became Malaysia’s largest coal ash solutions provider, commanding over 75% market share and servicing major power plants nationwide. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in green concrete solutions, having introduced the first commercial on-site use of fly ash in ready-mix concrete in Malaysia, contributing to reduced carbon intensity in the construction sector.
Prior to founding ACE Group in 2009, Sukumar held senior leadership roles in multinational corporations, including Lafarge Cement Malaysia, where he gained extensive experience in strategic operations, commercial development, and industrial process management.
He has actively promoted collaboration between industry, academia, and government, initiating partnerships with the University of Malaya and CREAM (CIDB), and leading ACE Group to secure Schedule Waste Management licenses from Malaysia’s Department of Environment.
Sukumar holds a Bachelor of Science (Honors) from Universiti Sains Malaysia and an MBA in Strategic Marketing from the University of Hull, United Kingdom. He is a member of the National Ready-Mix Association of Malaysia.
Hani AlAsmar
Board Member
Hani Al Asmar is a mining executive and entrepreneur with more than three decades of experience in the minerals, precious metals, and energy sectors across the Middle East and Africa. He is a co-founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer of Wadi Araba Minerals Company, where he provides strategic leadership, corporate governance, and oversight of the company’s copper and gold portfolio.
At Wadi Araba Minerals, Hani leads the company’s overall vision and business strategy, guiding projects across exploration and development stages. He has been instrumental in securing and executing the Executive Agreements with the Jordanian Government to advance the Deinitive Feasibility Study for copper at Abu Khusheiba Project, while overseeing stakeholder relations, regulatory engagement, and strategic planning to position the company for long-term growth.
He also co-founded and served as General Manager of Nubian Mining Company in Egypt, an Egyptian national mining company focused on gold and precious metals. Under his leadership, the company was awarded a Direct Exploitation Grant covering 15 km 2 and a large-scale exploration agreement covering 666 km 2 , marking a significant milestone in Egypt’s modern mining sector.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Hani founded, led, and held executive roles in multiple mining and investment companies. These included Cresset International Limited in the United States, which held a concession in Egypt’s Eastern Desert for gold mine that is now in production, and the Integrated Group for African Investment in Sudan, which managed a gold concession under a formal mining agreement.
In addition to his mining background, he was engaged for nearly a decade in oil-related infrastructure, refinery, and power plant projects, providing him with broad exposure to large scale industrial and energy developments.
Raed Yaghnam
Board Member
Raed T.C. Yaghnam is an entrepreneur with more than 35 years of executive leadership and board-level experience across multiple industries and geographies. In April 2008, he founded Wasita Group (www.wasitagroup.com), where he served as its Vice Chairman and CEO. Following rapid growth and significant market penetration, WES was acquired by Renaissance Services SAOG in late 2010. The business was subsequently reacquired by Raed and Qatar First Bank in 2012, and in 2018 the group became fully owned by Raed and his family. Raed continues to serve as Chairman and Group CEO.
Wasita Group is a leading provider of total life support services, including logistics, facilities management, and industrial contractual catering, with operations across Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, and Iraq.
Through his investment vehicle, Raed has invested in several ventures including Wadi Araba Minerals L.L.C., Genome for Research and Development L.L.C., Family Office for Management Consultancy L.L.C., Industrial Rocks and Minerals L.L.C., SWP Holdings L.L.C.-FZ, Kidz Holding, Mammoth Investments L.L.C. and Kidzmondo, Ycrave Ventures L.L.C.-FZ.
Earlier in his career, Raed established Support Service and Catering L.L.C (SSC) in Abu Dhabi. SSC was a joint venture between Al Wasita for Support Services – Jordan and International Golden Group (IGG), where he served as Managing Director and Board Member until the company was acquired in early 2008.
Raed has also founded and led several successful private businesses in Jordan, including the Elite Group for Medical Equipment and Investments L.L.C. is a medical equipment sales and maintenance company. In addition, he has served on the Board of The Modern Flour Mills and Macaroni Factories, a producer of pasta, breakfast cereals, snacks, and wheat flour, and as Chairman for Medical Equipment andInvestments.
Raed currently serves on the boards of Wadi Araba Minerals L.L.C., Wasita for Support Services L.L.C. and Elite Group for Medical Equipment and Investments.
Raed T.C. Yaghnam holds a Bachelors of Science in Political Science, and a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from Kalamazoo College, Michigan, USA.
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Dr. Arian Hadadin
Board Member
Dr. Arian Hadadin is a recognized leader in industrial waste management, green construction materials, and mining-adjacent sustainability solutions, with over 15 years of experience in transforming industrial by-products into high-value construction resources. He currently serves as a Board Member of Wadi Araba Minerals Company.
He is the Group Chief Executive Officer of ACE Green and Asas Asia, where he has been instrumental in establishing Malaysia’s largest platform for handling and processing of coal combustion by-products, including fly ash and bottom ash.
Dr. Arian joined the ACE Group in 2010 and progressed through senior roles, including Technical Manager, Vice President, and Group COO, before his appointment as Group CEO. He combines string engineering expertise with commercial execution, building a scalable supply chain and long-term partnerships across power generation, mining-linked industries, cement producers, and infrastructure developers.
Under his leadership, the group has achieved industry-leading outcomes, including the highest volume of fly ash processed in Malaysia, large-scale waste diversion from landfills, reduced cement consumption through engineered SCM substitution, and measurable CO2 reductions across the construction value chain. He has also helped establish a circular-economy model linking power plants, mining-related waste streams, and downstream construction markets.
Dr. Arian is recognized as a practitioner-led executive, focused on delivering commercially viable ESG-aligned solutions at the intersection of mining waste recovery, low-carbon materials, and sustainable infrastructure.
Dr. Arian holds a PhD in Civil Engineering (Materials) from the University of Malaya. His doctoral research underpins a patented industrial ash-processing technology implemented at scale through Asas Asia.
Matouq H. Al Asmar
Board Member
Matouq H. Al Asmar is a geologist and mineral exploration executive with more than a decade of experience across the Middle East and North Africa, specializing in copper and gold exploration, resource development, and feasibility-stage projects. He is a co-founder and serves as Chief Technical Officer of Wadi Araba Minerals Company, where he leads the company’s technical strategy, exploration programs, and government engagements.
At Wadi Araba Minerals, Matouq oversees copper and gold projects from early-stage exploration through feasibility studies. His responsibilities include designing and approving exploration work programs, leading multidisciplinary technical teams, evaluating contractors, and making critical technical decisions based on exploration outcomes, while acting as the primary technical interface with the government and private stakeholders.
Matouq led comprehensive exploration campaigns for Abu Khusheiba gold and copper projects, including geological mapping, trenching, drilling, sampling, interpretation, and reporting. He overlooked resource estimation studies using geological and block models until the successful delivery of a JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) study approved by Jordan’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
Earlier in his career, Matouq was a co-founder and Head of the Technical Department at Nubian Mining Company in Egypt, contributing to national mining initiatives through the preparation of competitive bidding documents, technical submissions, executive reports, and detailed exploration work plans in coordination with international consultants and regulatory authorities.
In parallel, he conducted independent regional studies across the Arabian-Nubian Shield, identifying and ranking high-potential copper and gold prospects.
Matouq holds a Bachelor of Science in Geology and Petroleum Studies from the American University of Beirut. He is proficient in industry-standard geological, GIS, and remote sensing softwares, with expertise spanning data acquisition, processing, and interpretation. He is an Associate Member of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).