Prior to joining the Global 9 Resources Board as a Director, Mr. McBrideserved as group Compensation and Benefits Manager and Vice President International Employment Taxes at the UK headquarters of an International Engineering and Construction and Ship building group with an annual turnover of 5 billion pounds and staff strength of 42,000 worldwide.

Mr. V. Sukumar Iyer is a Chartered Accountant and the CEO / Director at Global 9 Resources Pte Ltd. He has over 35 years of experience in Accounting, Auditing, International Human Resource, Corporate Taxation and HR Administration.

He has worked in large MNCs like Schlumberger as Tax Manager and in Kvaerner as Director of Taxation. In the latter role he was responsible for the operations of the company’s International Payroll covering more than 500 employees in over 50 countries for the whole Kvaerner group, and for ensuring the Tax compliance obligations in respect of these employees. He was also responsible for all aspects of financial accounting and budgeting for the Company's activities (annual revenues over $25 million).

CEO's Resume

Mr. George Thomas

George Thomas is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

He is seasoned and hands-on professional with  multi-industry and global experience ranging from Asia to Middle East and Europe. Proven track record in building, strengthening and leading the corporate function for a capital intensive public  company listed in US and Singapore and having over 30 years of  in-depth experience across all finance functions including corporate finance, accounting, treasury and MIS and strong M&A
and capital raising track record totaling close to US$5 Billion . An
pro-active “business partner” within the senior management team .
He is a Chartered Accountant and currently Director - International Operations at Global 9 Resources Pte Ltd.