Mr. Hughes has served as Company Secretary/Financial Controller since October, 1999. In 2005 Mr. Hughes was promoted to Cooperate Officer. He has over 32 years of accounting experience gained from various large organizations in the United Kingdom. Mr. Hughes obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Thames Valley University in the United Kingdom in 1996 and is a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians and the UK Chartered Management Institute (formally the Institute of Management).